Morning chores and goat cuddles on an Oregon sheep farm
We recently told our personal Farmstay story at the GAN conference in Scotland and along the way we experienced Scottish farms big and small telling theirs. It was abrilliant experience.
After spending years welcoming guests to our own farm and now working with hundreds of farms across the Farmstay community, I've learned something simple:
Celebrate Mom with Fresh Air, Good Food, and Farm Hospitality
This June, we’re packing our bags and heading to Aberdeen, Scotland for something pretty special.
When we think of farming, we often picture tidy rows of vegetables or herds of animals grazing in open pastures. But tucked across the countryside are farms that trade tomatoes for tulips and cornrows for cosmos—where blooms take center stage and every corner bursts with color.
Did you know that fewer than 2% of Americans have lived on a farm since the 1950s? The other 98% of us have missed the deeply organic experience of waking up to the rooster's crow and don't even know it. While many who grew up on farms left for financial reasons, it wasn't often because they disliked the landscape. For them, the farm would continue to hold cherished memories, growing sweeter with time. Today, a new generation of farmers is eager to replicate this grounding lifestyle for their own children. Some grounding in the ground, as it were. They are, indeed, the lucky ones.
Goat Yoga hit the big time a few years ago. Started on a whim by Lainey Morse in 2016 when a yoga teacher suggested offering a class in the field with Lainey's goats, her Original Goat Yoga craze took off not only across the country but around the world. It was one of those silly ideas that livestock owners have known like... forever. Some of our animals can be down-right affectionate.
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