Goat Care Workshop
**Events may have been canceled or postponed. Please contact the venue to confirm the event.
Date & Time
Sat, Nov 08 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Address (map)
12140 Old Walnut Rd Ojai, CA 93023, USA
Venue (website)
Mama Tree Farm
Curious about keeping goats? Whether you’re a beginner or looking to integrate goats into your permaculture system, this full-day workshop will give you the knowledge and confidence to raise happy, healthy goats. Learn about rotational grazing, natural health care, enclosure solutions, and how goats can regenerate your land. Get hands-on experience with hoof trimming, feeding strategies, comprehensive health screenings and even milking! Come prepared to learn, laugh, and leave with practical skills for holistic goat keeping. Learn directly from our experienced farm team in a supportive, hands-on environment.Bring all your questions!
Learning Objectives
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Holistic Animal Care Fundamentals: Understand holistic approaches to general animal husbandry, focusing on Goats
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Living Systems Tour: We will have a guided walk through our various integrated animal rotation systems to help see the knowledge in action.
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Nutrition & Health: Learn about feeding regimens, natural home remedies, and basic housing, electrical systems, and herd dynamics on a homestead
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Hands-On Skills: We will be milking, trimming hoofs, taking temperatures and learning different ways to care for our animals more holistically
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Rotational Systems: See how we integrate goats in our regenerative grazing systems
Schedule
8:45am: Gates open
9:00am: Welcoming circle
9:30am: Hands-on goat milking demonstration and practice
10:30am: Instructional lecture on holistic goat care
12:00pm: Lunch break
12:45pm: Hands-on goat handling, health tests, hoof trimming, behavior observations and grazing tour
2:45pm: Questions & answers about backyard setups and future plans
3:00pm: Closing Circle
3:15pm: Departure
Food
Please bring your own lunch. No food will be provided. The closest restaurant to the farm is The Summit Drive-In, which is a burger shack. Please bring a water bottle and feel encouraged to bring your own snacks. Try to eat a hearty breakfast to avoid any hunger distractions.
Group Discount:
Looking to train as a group? Email us at PROGRAMS@MAMATREEOJAI.COM for information about a group discount. We would love to help fellow farms or groups to get their workforce trained up here.
Scholarships
Financial assistance is available for folks in need of financial support to participate in this workshop. Please contact us directly if you are needing support at PROGRAMS@MAMATREEOJAI.COM
Refund Policy
A 90% refund will be provided upon cancellation if we are notified 1 week in advance (11/1/25 at 9:00am). The 10% not returned accounts for the GoDaddy processing fee as well as our registration fees. We can provide a refund of 50% up until two days before the workshop begins (11/7/25 at 9:00am). However, due to preparation expenses, we are unable to provide a refund if a cancellation occurs within two days before the workshop begins.
Question?
Email us at PROGRAMS@MAMATREEOJAI.COM
