The Complete Idiot's Guide to Raising Goats - Softcover

Winslow, Ellie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1615640185 ISBN 13: 9781615640188

Publisher: Alpha, 2011

Synopsis

No butts about it! Because of increased interest in self-sufficient and sustainable living practices, people interested in having their own milk supply are turning to goats, which are easier to keep than cows. Whether for pets, milk, fiber, or even meat, The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Raising Goats provides everything a beginner needs to know about raising goats. ?According to the June 2007 issue of Better Nutrition magazine, goat's milk is gaining popularity in the United States because it is less allergenic and more easily digestible than cow's milk, and contains higher percentages of key nutrients ?Like raising chickens, raising goats ties directly into the sustainability and thrift movements

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About the Authors

Ellie Winslow grew up on a small farm in Los Angeles County in the 1950s and '60s and has lived in rural America more or less ever since. She has raised dairy goats for 35 years and virtually every type of livestock and companion animal. Ellie teaches seminars on goat husbandry and rural marketing all across the United States.

Ellie Winslow grew up on a farm and has lived in rural America more or less ever since. She raised dairy goats for 35 years, as well as virtually every other type of livestock and companion animal. Ellie has shown goats and produced cheese, butter, yogurt, and soap from their milk. The author of four self-published books, including Making Money with Goats, now in its sixth edition, and Marketing Farm Products, Ellie studied English at San Diego State University and zoology at the University of Montana. She has taught seminars on goat husbandry and rural marketing all across the United States.

Ellie Winslow has raised goats for 35 years. Her experience includes showing and producing cheese, butter, yogurt, and soap from goat's milk, and has written four books on the subject of goats and the benefits of country living.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alpha
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1615640185
• ISBN 13: 9781615640188
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208