Sustainable goat dairy producing a variety of goat milk products.
North Carolina
Hello, I'm Clare, Chef/Operations manager and live on the farm with my partner, Cole, who is the barn manager! In conjunction with the farm owners and a small but mighty team, we run this dairy farm, NC’s pioneer farmstead goat dairy. The farm owners live on site as well in a 7 bedroom Inn that is open to the public. We’ve been treating all our goats like celebrities since 1991 and strive to do the same for our customers! Following time-honored French farmstead techniques, we transform their milk into a variety of goat cheese products. Its taste is inextricably tied to its place of origin – our particular herd of Alpine and Lamancha goats.
We have several seasons on our farm, beginning in winter with kidding season where our herd of 60 goats begin having babies. In conjunction with kidding, we start back up the milking parlor with a morning and evening milking shift. We also begin bottle feeding the baby goats once become 4 days old. There is much to do during kidding season to include: monitoring pregnant moms, attending births, recording, tagging and monitoring each kid, feeding babies, etc. Kidding season lasts up until the beginning of May, then we transition to the high milk season of summer including continuing to care for the last of the babies born. Breeding season then begins in August and by the end of November we are no longer milking and spend our time on many farm projects in preparation for the kidding season. In addition to all the above listed animal husbandry, we have a fully operations cheese production facility and attend 6 farmers markets a week. During kidding season we host Open Barn days every Saturday.
Accommodations are a 3 bedroom house, with a full kitchen, bath and laundry facility. The pictures show the house in the process of being repainted and furnished and will be fully furnished before WWOOFer arrival. There is a full kitchen for exclusive WWOOFer use. We will provide a variety of ingredients and prepared foods for WWOOFers to use and eat at their discretion.
We are on 340 acres including hiking trails and fishing pond. The farm sits between the County Seat of Pittsboro and Siler City and is located about 30 minutes east of the NC Zoo in Asheboro, and is approximately 30 minutes west of UNC-Chapel Hill. There are many activities in the area and Jordan Lake state park is about 30 minutes away.
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Learning opportunities
Sheep or goat farming
Raising of other farm animals
Dairy farming
Aromatic or medicinal plants, teas
Cheesemaking
Mechanics / tools / technology
Methods or systems
Biological pest control
Holistic management
Mentoring opportunities
Woman-operated
Host type
Production farm
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340
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Clare
Member since 2025
Languages spoken:
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Response rate: 58%
Response time: typically within 4 days
North Carolina
Raleigh Durham International
Reviews
Diana
United States
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March 2026
I had one of the best months of my life on this farm. Everything about the experience was amazing—from the owners, to the managers, to the other Woofers, and the work itself. I even ended up extending my stay because I truly didn’t want to leave.
Clare and Cole genuinely care for their goats and treat them incredibly well—not just as farm animals, but with real compassion. They also care deeply about the people on the farm. They are very gracious when someone makes a mistake and truly treat the Woofers like part of a team, even like family. They even invited us to their home a few times and cooked dinner for us, which was so generous.
Clare is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to goats (I call her the goat whisperer, lol) and is always happy to share with anyone interested in learning.
The other Woofers—Mac, Jacob, and Duncan—were all kind and respectful and made me feel at home right away. Lena, the assistant manager, was fantastic as well. She taught me so much in the cheese room and was incredibly patient while I was learning.
During my stay I fed the baby goats every day, helped pack cheese (they make the BEST goat cheese I’ve ever had!), collected and packed eggs from the chickens and joined the team at a few farmers markets to sell them, I even helped deliver baby goats :D
I truly can’t recommend this farm enough. I'll definitely visit again
If you’re considering volunteering here, go for it—you won’t regret it.
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Duncan
United States
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March 2026
I had an excellent time during my month long stay! Clare and Cole were great teachers and welcomed questions about everything, making sure that we were able to experience all the unique responsibilities that spring up on a farm of this size in addition to the daily milking and feeding. I got to see and take part in many different aspects of the farm, such as delivering babies, trimming hooves, mucking pens, and teaching guests about the goats. The farm itself is a lovely place, with great people working there. The house we were in had plenty of space and was very comfortable.
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Caleb
United States
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May 2025
I greatly enjoyed my time with Clare and Cole and the celebrity goats. Overall the setting is quite beautiful, and it was really cool to so quickly be trusted to singlehandedly handle some of the milking shifts which happen twice each day most of the year. The house that myself and the other Woofers got to stay in worked very well, and I found it to be quite comfortable and more than spacious enough. Various small issues arose, which is inherent when occupying a house that old, but Clare was always very responsive in helping us work through them. There is always plenty to be done on a farm of this size, but the expectations are super reasonable and the work itself can be quite rewarding - whether it involves the day-to-day milking/feeding or the development of the farm in some new directions. I'm really glad I got the chance to stay here for a month and certainly plan to swing back through periodically when I am in the area.
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