Homestead Ranch

The family has been in farming for over 50 years, keeping goats for more than 13 years and pigs and cattle for over 9. The herd is mostly La Manchas with a few Nubians and Alpines, and all the livestock is raised on grass and alfalfa hay, rotationally grazed through the summer and fed grass and alfalfa through the winter. Raw goat milk is supplied through a herd share programme, the legal route in Colorado, with the milk tested monthly and the herd tested for brucellosis and tuberculosis.

Beyond the milk there is farmstead goat cheese the family has been making for ten years, plus beef, pork and goat meat sold through the online shop, and goat milk soaps, lotions and lip balms. The goats do not milk from December through March so the milk pauses over winter, and boarding fees pause with it. The ranch also runs a seasonal goat grazing service for weed control from April to October, accepts SNAP and EBT, and delivers locally for a small fee.