Chef Daniel Fox and Jason Veal have been raising South African Boar goats for the past month or so. The goats were purchased in Columbus from Rich Fotes of Greek Acres Farms. Rich has become the goat mentor for the farm. Jason built a small home for the goats to get out of the elements.
The goats will mainly eat grass from the Fountain Prairie Farms pasture. They will be fed a small amount of corn and barley to aid the animals in producing fat. Their pen is fairly mobile; we move them every other day or so and they are effictively mowing down the grass in all the areas around the other areas of the project. We are going to start bringing the goats to a processor in a couple of weeks and are working on some ideas now for our summer menus.
Chef Daniel Fox and Jason Veal have been raising South African Boar goats for the past month or so. The goats were purchased in Columbus from Rich Fotes of Greek Acres Farms. Rich has become the goat mentor for the farm. Jason built a small home for the goats to get out of the elements.
The goats will mainly eat grass from the Fountain Prairie Farms pasture. They will be fed a small amount of corn and barley to aid the animals in producing fat. Their pen is fairly mobile; we move them every other day or so and they are effictively mowing down the grass in all the areas around the other areas of the project. We are going to start bringing the goats to a processor in a couple of weeks and are working on some ideas now for our summer menus. 
