Class: Milk a Goat and Make great Soap!

Learn hands-on how to milk a goat and how to make cold process soap.

Class is three hours from 11 am to 230pm with a thirty-minute lunch break (farm fresh cheese plate provided)

Includes: all materials, a light lunch, and three pieces of farm-made goat's milk soap. 

Cost: $85 

This is an introductory class for anyone who has ever been curious about what it’s like to be doing the happy homestead thing of making goat’s milk soap. To most folks, both milking a goat and making cold-process soap are intimidating tasks; we will demystify both and have fun while we do it. This class is a broad overview with a hands-on opportunity to milk a goat and craft a batch of soap out of the milk. There is a “classroom part” with an overview of dairy goat keeping and soap making, as well as some take-home materials to keep you going on your own soap-making journey. 

Making your own soap makes sense - it results in the best soap you could buy with total control over the choice of ingredients, oils, colors, and scents. One batch of soap can last a normal household a year- not bad for a few hours of effort! 

Included in the class:

Hands-on experience of goat milking and the basics of what it takes to keep a goat happy and healthy. 

Overview of cold process soap making and the tools and ingredients required. 

Participation in the making of a batch of cold process soap with the milk we previously milked!

We will break for refreshments and serve a cheese plate of our goat’s milk cheeses and hot beverages. 

All materials are provided, including instructional take-home materials. Each participant will receive three pieces of the soap, to be picked up at the farm or at one of our farmers' markets after they have started to cure (one week out).