Original from iFood Ingredients 10 medium Red Bliss potatoes, washed and dried 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons ground cumin 1 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary Kosher salt... »
Goat Milk Soap
Kiko Goats
2009 Ober National Champion
Nigerian Goat
Courtesy of Danielle Langloism, Wikipedia CCLGreat Goats
R.I.P. Cherrypines Standout
Naimhe Jeanne fell in love with this old guy’s photo and declared him a Great Goat. It turns out he really was, said Trinity Smith, farm manager for Redwoodhill Farm in Sonoma County, California. “Cherrypines Standout was one of Redwood Hill Farm’s most famous Saanen bucks, siring many beautiful daughters. Here he is showing the love!” After... »
The Indispensable Goat
BRISBANE, Australia — From the 1870s to the 1960s goats were inextricably linked to the lives of settlers throughout vast Queensland. They provided fresh meat and milk that ensured a family’s survival. They pulled carts, providing primary transportation where horses did not thrive. Goats were raced and jumped with child jockeys aboard, the champions celebrated... »
Missing the Goats…
Jen, aka Tree Mama, wrote earlier this month about longing for goats to return to her life and her childhood memories of them on her great-grandparents’ farm, where she lives today, albeit goatless: “I love their fur. I love their knobby knees…. I love their orneriness,” Jen told readers at Under the Big Blue Sky. Jen... »
Duffer’s Goats
SITKA, Alaska — David Rice, aka The Old Duffer, knows how to walk softly in the wilderness. His quiet calm shows in his videos, especially in this one of the Mountain Goats of Washington state’s Olympic National Park. During the ’70s, Rice carried into the mountains one of the first Minolta SLR 35mm cameras, amassing... »
Great Goat Billy Mabray
Billy Mabray, of Yukon, Okla., wrote and asked if he could be considered for our Great Goat category and after minimal consideration we decided why not! Billy, a two-legged critter who Twitters under Smart Goat and blogs at News Goat, runs a Web development company with his wife, who dreams of owning a... »
Razor Family Farms
Meet Cramer, the pet wether at Razor Family Farms in Georgia, where he has access to a small playground and likes to use the swing set, as seen in this video. Cramer is one of myriad critters at Josh and Lacy Razor’s farm, where a herd of milking goats was recently added. It wasn’t easy... »
King Billy
A wild Irish mountain goat battled red tape and was granted a passport to be crowned King Billy at the 400-year-old Puck Fair in Killorglin, County Kerry, one of Ireland’s oldest fairs. The buck captured near Ballycastle in County Antrim initially was barred from crossing county lines long enough to be crowned and see the... »
Rocky Mountain Goat Restoration
UMATILLA, Ore. — Eighteen Rocky Mountain goat kids have been released into the Blue Mountain wilderness in the ongoing effort to rebuild Oregon’s goat populations in their historic habitats. The goats were hunted to extinction in the 19th century and remain the rarest game animal hunted in Oregon today, state biologist Corey Heath told The... »
Free Gigi
This could have been just a quirky little story about a miniature pet goat named Gigi being kicked out of an neighborhood festival in Milwaukee, Wis. Instead, writer Michael McElwrath pens a scathing indictment of local officials showing them as they were that night — hypocritical and ridiculous. Through it all, Gigi maintains her... »
Tushar Mountain Goat Watch
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources hosts its annual Tushar Mountain Goat Watch Aug. 8. The event is free and offers the chance to see as many as 100 mountain goats. In years past, goats and viewers have come within 35 feet of each other. Participants, driving their own vehicles, are to meet up with... »
Ireland’s Bilberry Goats
These magnificent feral goats are a key attraction at Waterford, Ireland’s National Heritage Week Aug. 22-30th. The goats have been living on Bilberry Rock overlooking Waterford for more than 400 years and are said to be the only ones of their kind worldwide. Some think the goats were brought to Ireland by French Huguenots who... »
Rare Asian kids
The spring baby boom at The Los Angeles Zoo includes several endangered Asian goat species. Slideshows and a story here from NBC show Tadjik markhors, gorals and Sichuan takin. The takin shares mountain habitat with the giant panda, which has proven key to the takin’s survival. »
RIP: Steve, a beloved pub goat
Coalport, England: Regulars at the Brewery Inn say they’re sickened by the death of Steve, their billy goat mascot who was attacked and killed in his field next to the pub. “There have been women in here in tears when they found out, they just don’t know what to say,” Roger Hotchkiss, the pub’s landlord,... »
Yellowstone’s mountain goats
The couple who took this photo have been living full time in a recreational vehicle since 1993 and say they still love every minute of it. Right now they’re in Yellowstone National Park where they took photos of mountain goats and posted them to their blog “Our Bus And Us.” The National Park... »
2009 Alpine National Champion
Happy Goat Caramels
Happy Goat Caramels are sweet, savory and made from the milk of California goats grazed on pesticide-free grass.
