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Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

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craig.wood@uky.edu

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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu




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Success StoryA Business Based on a Love of Goats



A Business Based on a Love of Goats

Author: Christy Eastwood

Planning Unit: Carroll County CES

Major Program: Agriculture

Plan of Work: 4-H Agriculture

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

If a child is given the opportunity to participate in their county 4-H program many doors can become open to them.  The Boone County 4-H program assists youth in developing life skills that can make them become productive citizens as adults. This process takes many years and as time goes by, as an agent, we see these important skills develop. Occasionally, we see a 4-H member accomplish great things and attribute their success to their participation in 4-H.  

 

A young child started showing livestock in the Boone County 4-H program at the age of nine. She was the youngest sister of three girls who watched her older sibling’s exhibit. She immediately fell in love with showing goats, which she did for 10 years. During that time, she and her family started breeding and raising goats. In 2017 she started freezing the milk from the mama goats and decided to try making goat’s milk soap. Later she expanded into adding lotions to her product line and sold her products out of her home. With time she supplied several local businesses with her products. Each new year she expanded and changed her packaging and labeling. She has a blog where she writes about her experiences with the goats, educating the reader about agriculture and sustainability and talks about her past experiences with 4-H.

 

In 2021 she netted just over $2000 and in June of 2022 she had already passed that total up! She continues to improve her marketing, products, and locations of where she sells her products. As a young woman, she has found a way to make money while doing what she loves while attending college. She attributes her success to her experiences in 4-H and she continues to give back to the organization that molded her into who she has become!






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