TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 Getting from Pasture to Market 4 CHAPTER 2 The Road to Goat Farming 10 CHAPTER 3 What It Takes 16 CHAPTER 4 Getting to Market 22 TAKING INFORMED ACTION 30 GLOSSARY 31 FURTHER READING 32 INDEX 32
CHAPTER 1 Getting from Pasture to Market Goats are cute clever animals that have lived alongside humans for almost 11,000 years And from the ancient Greek god Pan to the characters of Three Billy Goats Gruff they’ve long played roles in the stories we tell But what exactly do goats provide humans When where why and how did people first domesticate them And why are they still used as livestock today Let’s learn more about these cloven creatures with Gretta Winkelbauer a farmer who harnesses their resources to make everything from candy to cheese 4 21st century skills library
Kids go together Baby goats and humans make for natural companions 5 5 Nature’s Makers
