A Zero Carbon Farm
The Farm
We live on a small farm near Albany in upstate New York. We
raise poultry, goats, pigs, and a big garden. Our motto is - use it up, wear it out, make do, or do
without! Our goal is to create a microfarm based on:
- Sustainability - buying local feed and hay, creating local markets, and preserving our ecological community through farming.
- Restoration - making the landscape more resilient than when we found it through soil recovery, permaculture design, grazing management, and polycultural animal management.
- Appropriate Animals - breeding dwarf goats for backyard milking; raising hardy, heritage breeds that don't just survive, but thrive; and grazing in proper densities to restore native woodlands.
- Zero Net Carbon - using wind energy for electricity, choosing manual labor instead of power equipment whenever possible, and sequestering carbon by building up our soils.
Click on one of the images below to find out more about us or click on the links to the left to learn more about our animals.
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Click here to find out what is going on in our crazy life with our two beautiful children (though many times it is so crazy we don't update this - what can we say?).
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Click here to learn about our Little Milker Nigerian Dwarf Goats - their cute, their cuddly, and they make awesome milk! |
Click here to go to the Sky Observing page with constellation guides, Sky Forecast, and details about the observatory.
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"If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest,
craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go
to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you
know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty." -Jeff Foxworthy
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"It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep" -Cowboy proverb
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"Space is big. You just won't
believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may
think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just
peanuts to space." - Douglas Adams,
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Weathertop Farm
Johnsonville, New York 12094
Rensselaer County
Email us: weathertop@littlemilkers.com
Goats Poultry Pigs Garden For Sale
