When most people think of goats, they think of dairy goats supplying fresh milk, cheese, and soap. But a growing number of homesteaders are raising goats for a different reason: meat. Goat meat ...

Four months ago, my husband finally caved and let me get goats. Ever since, I’ve been reveling in our does’ antics…and trying hard to keep two voracious caprines fed. In addition to hay and pasture, ...

COLCHESTER, Vt. — A bunch of kids in a minivan are solving twin challenges in northern Vermont: refugees struggling to find the food of their homelands and farmers looking to offload unwanted ...

Durham city leaders seem to have had their hands full with animal issues lately. First, it was Dixie, the pot-bellied pig. Wednesday, it was exotic South African goats. Both are winners. Ricky Pope of ...

LAKELAND | Goat ranching offers an opportunity for a small farmer to make some doe, but don't expect to rake in the bucks. No kidding! Now that we've dispensed with the mandatory goat puns, the fact ...

Kandi Acres of Hawick is home to nearly 500 goats, most of them raised for meat production. Owned by Tiffany Farrier, it has been a labor of love. It is the only halal-certified goat farm in the state ...

ELLENSBURG — Getting rid of the Christmas tree can be a hassle sometimes, but with a bit of help it can become food for some lucky goats. Brandy Heard and her husband, Ben, tend to approximately 400 ...

A white and a dappled Boer goat stand in their pen at the D and J Goat Farms auction at the Johnston County Livestock Arena. The auction drew goats from across North Carolina and buyers from across ...