Our Activities
Our participation in the USAID Farmer-to-Farmer program: Ethiopia
The Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia has a small ruminant population of 5.3 million sheep and 4.8 million goats kept mainly by small farmers as a sole or supplementary source of cash income. Our reports assess the current production and marketing methods and provide short and long term strategies for development and improvement.
- AMHARA Region Report (pdf) by Judy Moses
- AMHARA Power Point (pdf) by Larry Jacoby
Somali Goat Meat Preference Survey, Fall 2004
Minneapolis is the new home of the largest national population of Somali refugees. This survey was funded for Shepherd Song Farm in 2005 by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection whose support is gratefully acknowledged. The survey was input and analyzed by the Survey Research Center at the University of Wisconsin River Falls.
Wisconsin Public Radio Interview:
Shepherd Song Farm owners Larry Jacoby and Judy Moses Jacoby were guests on Here on Earth radio show on March 23, 3007.
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Newspaper Article Archives:
The owners of Shepherd Song Farm say a market exists for their product.
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Speaking and Conference Archives:
Second Annual YOK-SUNY Collaboration Symposium. Co-authored paper presented by Dr. Joe Regenstein. Spirit of Humane, Scientific Collaboration for Sustainable Development. May 23-25, 2007. YOK-SUNY CUKUROVA University, Turkey.
Living off the Land. Speaker. Multi-species Grazing and Parasite Control, May 26, 2007. Camp Douglas, WI
Meat Marketing: Some of your business. Conference development, organizer. Sessions: Eating your values. What makes meat craveable. Listening to the consumer. The importance of how we grow our food. Finding your passion–finding your customers. March 24, 2007. Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, Rice Lake, WI.
Focus on Goats. Speaker: WI Department of Agriculture Trade Consumer Safety Conference, Madison, WI. February 15, 2007. Madison, WI.
Wisconsin Indianhead Sheep Breeders, Assoc. Conference: Session development, organizer: Ethnic Marketing. Humane Certification of Meat Products. February 10, 2007. Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, Rice Lake, WI.
15th Annual WI Grazing Conference. Speaker: Gotta Get Yourself Some Goats, February 2-3, 2007. Tape available from: GrassWorks, Inc. Paul Nehring, Director, 210 River Drive, Wausau, WI 54403. phone: 715-261-6009 mail@grassworks.org
Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture. Alternative Livestock Systems Program. Speaker: Who Eats Goat Meat? Do You? March 18, 2006. Marshall, MN.
Ethnic and Religious Food Markets: Opportunities for sheep and goat producers. Conference Development and Speaker. October 18, 2005. Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, Rice Lake, WI.
Wisconsin Indianhead Sheep Breeders, Assoc. Conference. Speaker: Marketing to Culturally Diverse Families. February 5, 2005. Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College. Rice Lake, WI.