Backyard Goat Workshop

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Date & Time

Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 9:00am - 3:15pm

Learning Objectives

• Holistic Animal Care Fundamentals: Understand the difference between conventional and holistic approaches to general animal husbandry, focusing on Goats
• Living systems tour: We will have a guided walk through our various integrated animal rotation systems to help see the knowledge in action.
• Nutrition & Health: Discover ideal feeding regimens, water care, basic housing and herd dynamics on a homestead
• Hands-On Skills: We will be trimming hoofs, taking temperatures and learning different ways to care for our animals more holistically
• Goats: Practice with our farm teams guidance on hoof trimming, weight testing, temperature testing, home remedy mixes and many other demos.
• Rotational Systems: See how we integrate goats in our regenerative grazing systems

Schedule

8:45am: Gates open

9:00am: Arrival & welcoming circle

9:30am: Farm Walk & Introduction to Backyard Goat Care

10:00am: Lecture: Housing, Security, Nutrition, and Health Fundamentals

11:30am: Lunch

12:30pm: Hands-on demonstrations

2:30pm: Q&A Session

3:00pm: Closing Circle

3:15pm: Departure

Food

A hearty, vegan lunch will be provided. Please bring a water bottle and feel encouraged to bring your own snacks. Try to eat a hearty breakfast to avoid any hunger distractions.

Payment

These pricing tiers were thoughtfully calculated to reflect the costs of our farm operations, food provided, and educator's time.

We offer three tiers of payment for the entire weekend:

• Early Bird: $90 - Closes 4/18/25 at 9:00am
• Standard Tuition: $120 - Opens 4/18/25 at 9:00am
• Pay it Forward: $150 - Attend & sponsor a scholarship

The pay-it-forward tier allows us to continue offering scholarships to folks in need.

Group Discount:

Looking to train a group on animal care? Email us at programs@mamatreeojai.com for information on a group discount. We would love to help fellow farms or groups to get their workforce trained up here.

Scholarships 

Financial assistance is available for folks in need of financial support to participate in this workshop. Please contact us directly if you are needing support at programs@mamatreeojai.com

Refund Policy

A 90% refund will be provided upon cancellation if we are notified 1 week in advance (4/26/25 at 9:00am). The 10% not returned accounts for the GoDaddy processing fee as well as our registration fees. We can provide a refund of 50% up until two days before the workshop begins (5/1/25 at 9:00am). However, due to preparation expenses, we are unable to provide a refund if a cancellation occurs within two days before the workshop begins.