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An archive of our GoFundMe campaign which began in April 2020.

Goat Fund Us: Update #49

Hi everyone,

Initially I had planned to write an update about the farm being closed, how our season was and how great it felt celebrating our 40th anniversary together with you. But that will be in a later update.

Unfortunately, I’m about to share some sad news with you as our closing this year was overshadowed by a big loss of a very special farm resident. With a heavy heart and lots of tears we had to say goodbye to our senior farm cat Leo ”the Lion”.

By Claudia, ago
photo of goat with baby

Goat Fund Us: Update #47

Hello everyone,

The farm is now already open for almost three months and everything is in full swing. While the farm is not as busy as other seasons, the care of the animals and the work around the farm keeps us all very busy.
Today we like to share some updates from the animals and news from around the farm. This year marks our 40th farm anniversary – this might sound like a small feat to some – but the start of this precious farm, building it up, always making changes and improvements and the constant effort and determination, care and dedication, tears and love to keep it going are a testament to what this little great place means to all of us. This is a celebration of building and maintaining something special together.

By Claudia, ago
photo of goat on bosu ball

Goat Fund Us: Update #46

Hello everyone,

Our season has started and the farm has been open for more than a month – time simply flies. People often ask “how is it going?” and there is no easy answer to this. It is going “a lot” but the important thing is that we are always going forward. Each year getting this precious place ready for opening seems like a tremendously big undertaking, a tall mountain to climb with many steep steps just before the summit, but the team – strong with experienced staff and reinforced by new very motivated staff – stood together and we got there.
It felt great to open up, the first few days always feel like welcoming old familiar faces back and swapping stories about the past months. It was really awesome to see you all again.
There are several new things at the farm, but I’ll tell you about those next time.

I would like to use this update to tell you about Rosie’s adventures and accomplishments in 2024. This month Rosie is going to turn four and for me that is a great opportunity to look back at her eventful year.

By Claudia, ago
Photo of goat in red coat

Goat Fund Us: Update #44

Hello again everyone,

In my last update and the look back onto 2023 I didn’t tell you anything about Rosie’s year and this is very unusual for my stories – A year without Rosie? By now, I can’t even imagine my life without Rosie: this unique, smart and strong, true and loyal, curious and brave little girl who proves over and over again that she is ready to master all of life’s challenges makes my life complete.

By Claudia, ago
photo of mother goat with babies

Goat Fund Us: Update #41

Hello everyone,
Our farm season has started over a month ago and as every year it seemed an impossibly big task to get everything ready for opening, but the team put in A LOT of hours and together we managed it all. And all this hard work and stress was entirely worth it: Being open to the public again, welcoming back many of our regular visitors and meeting new animal lovers – and in general just being able to witness how everyone has a “goat” time at the farm has simply been a very rewarding experience for us. Thank you.

By Claudia, ago
Text "our goaties 2022" on yellow background

Goat Fund Us: Update #38

Hello everyone,

The farm has already been closed for 2 months now and fall has finally started to change into winter – with some colder temperatures and even some snow – and looking at the forecast still more snow to come.
We’ve all been very busy getting prepared for the winter and that’s why I have not written an update about this “new winter situation” yet. Many regular visitors to the park who walk along our fence line might have seen a change to other winter seasons at the farm – and to us this is kind of a big and great thing: This winter all our animals are staying right here in town with us – they even got joined by Wasabi, our billy goat and his little crew of male companions. And so, we all (farm residents, their staff and passersby in the park) are experiencing a very different winter – for us it’s a combination of giving them all the daily care they need during the cold season and the joy of being able to see and spend time with them every day. And while the farm is not open to the public for visits, on dry and sunny days you will be able to observe the animals through the fence.

By Claudia, ago
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