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If I decide to take the plunge and give island life a chance, I will land without love, guarantees nor friends. But, I will arrive with enthusiasm, a job at JFL and a kick ass van. I am from San Diego and I work in healthcare. But, I owned a business for eight years so I can hold my own in negotiations and I want to start a side business involving solar and sustainable power/food or the organic food industry. I want to use my MBA in a productive way that makes positive outcomes for people. I also want to get some goats as they seem productive, delicious and leave a small “Carbon Inprint”, whatever that means. I just want to consume less that isn’t natural and local.
Posted : August 1, 2013 4:15 pm
Goats on island fairly common. Used for trimming grass and food.
Posted : August 1, 2013 5:44 pm
Just make sure you are properly zoned for livestock & fowl).
Posted : August 1, 2013 5:50 pm
Brian,
It is refreshing to read how much enthusiasm you have... Please, if you take the plunge, don't let anything or anyone take that vibrant enthusiasm away... The island can bite and kick more than the goats but, only if you let it...
Best wishes from Ohio and from Christiansted when I am there...
P.S. I always enjoy a good "Gudwata".. (Goat Water)... 😉
Posted : August 1, 2013 5:55 pm
And make sure your goat-dem don't have access to your veggie garden or your clothes line or anything else you don't want eaten as they eat virtually ANYTHING within reach. A friend of mine kept goats several years ago and one of them got into a bag of concrete mix and devoured a quarter of it before being discovered. Fortunately her husband is a vet and the goat was saved but it does rather demonstrate that they've got more mouth than brains.
Posted : August 1, 2013 7:30 pm
We have a goat....follows us everywhere...poo's everywhere....too attached to eat him.....and OT is correct, he will eat anything and everything.
Posted : August 1, 2013 8:51 pm
I have always wondered, with all the goats around, why someone hasn't started a goat cheese business...
Posted : August 1, 2013 9:34 pm
goat cheese!
i've often wondered that as well.
and I've heard other
people wonder too.
it must be hard work.
lots of wondering
no doing..
Posted : August 1, 2013 11:00 pm
Not big on goats in the yard nor goat cheese however goat stew, curried goat, goat water, etc, can be very pleasing as long as the goats are not on improperly zoned locations driving neighbors crazy with their sounds and smells!,
Posted : August 1, 2013 11:21 pm
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I want goat milk popsicles made with local honey and fruit!
Posted : August 1, 2013 11:55 pm
Buy some Agriculturally zoned property and have at it!
Posted : August 2, 2013 12:02 am
goat cheese!
i've often wondered that as well.
and I've heard other
people wonder too.
it must be hard work.
lots of wondering
no doing..
Much depends on the breed of goat and what it's fed to determine how much milk it will produce. In this recipe you need 4 quarts of milk to make 1lb of cheese:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/quick-goat-cheese/
It's simple enough to make but one goat can produce as little as a pint to as much as a couple of quarts a day. My guess is that the local island goats are very much on the lower end.
Posted : August 2, 2013 1:31 pm
