Zan and Kimberly Walker-Goncalves Circle Back to their Roots
We had bought this house in Brattleboro. We'd bought the truck. We bought the sheep. We bought dogs. We did all of this long before COVID hit, but then we were like, okay, this is our pandemic project.—Kimberly
Kimberly and Zan Walker-Gonҫalves were both kids exposed to animals but not raised on farms. As parents, they circled back to growing food and raising the maximum number of livestock their town in Massachusetts would legally allow. Five years ago, they packed up everything and moved to a new home where they created WagonTail Farm, set up sheep camp, started breeding for intentional wool color, and have been managing invasive knotweed as sheepscapers all while balancing career and health challenges.
WaGonTail Farm email address
WaGonTail Farm Facebook
Whetwoods Wildscaping Facebook
New England Grazing Network web site
Vermont Grass Farmers Association web site
Your Transformation Story program registration is open!
Choosing to Farm Patreon link
Leave us a review or buy us a coffee at Choosing to Farm!
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/choosingtofarm/message
Kiki and Z
Shepherds
Z was a teenaged 4H shepherd who went on to a career in Academia; Kiki a suburban kid who fell in love with sheep and farming in elementary school and had to wait until her 40’s to have backyard chickens and her 50’s to fully make the dream a reality.
Listen On
