- If you are seeking a one of a kind learning in living opportunity read below:
-Come work and live with us to help co-create an off-grid oasis in the rugged, isolated mountains of New Mexico. We milk our bountiful goats to produce milk, cheese, yogurt, and custard for our own use! This fall we are getting less and less milk as the goats are pregnant . We will have lots of milk and baby goats starting the end of February.
- Nancy has been living off-grid on the dairy for 40 years. She is a professional cheesemaker and was awarded the 2010 Organic Farmer of the Year by New Mexico Organic Commodities Commission. Nancy is in her 70s and enjoys sharing her lifelong knowledge of animals, living sustainably, and the world.
- Accommodations include rustic, private, wood-burning cabins, step van, or bunkhouse. All food is provided; vegans and vegetarians will be accommodated thoughtfully.
-There is limited internet and electricity on the dairy. All of the heating is with wood. The electricity is solar-powered.
- Nancy and her husband Leroi run the dairy. Leroi is a great teacher with tools, locks, sewing, fixing broken infrastructure, and history. He is a loving and enthusiastic wise We are looking for folks to come at least a month but longer is ideal.
- Spend time with the plethora of farm animals: free-range goats and their babies, Maremma guard dogs, chickens, and barn cats.
- Love to hike and explore?! You can walk for hours, north of the Sawtooth Mountains and see no sign of other people!
-We are 2 hours from Pie Town which is our mailing address and 4 hours from Albuquerque where pick up can be arranged.
-WWOOFers are accepted year-round and we need help twice daily with chores, (letting the goats out to range, milking in season) as well as cooking, cleaning, wood splitting, and overall care. All WWOOFERS are weekly granted one day off from responsibilities. There is plenty of free time to create, learn, and explore independently or with others.
- No pets welcomed, —Children are great. We enjoy our volunteer families.
-The herd of goats go on the range in the wild. It is a blast to walk out in the mountains to see them in their natural habitat.
- NO DRUGS, ALCOHOL, OR TOBACCO.
- We have an extensive library, cook delicious meals and work on projects like animal slaughtering (if you are comfortable) salve making, cheese making, sewing, and wood splitting.
-English is spoken.
-We live very remotely. We use the water from our roofs and water catchments.
Organic methods: We maintain a chemical free herd and cheese making practices. Doing it the “old way” works for me.
Certifications: Lost the full use of my arms so we put our 20 year old Organic Certification and New Mexican Grade a license on hold.
Current projects: Animal chores, cooking, cleaning, baking, sewing, gardening, greenhouse care, puppy training, taking care of baby goats, and milking.
Internet access available
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Learning opportunities
Vegetable farming
Fruit or nut farming
Poultry farming
Sheep or goat farming
Dairy farming
Forestry
Wild foraging
Seed saving or production
Cheesemaking
Meat processing
Methods or systems
Regenerative agriculture
Mentoring opportunities
Woman-operated
Host type
Self-sufficiency property
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