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Jacob Morton demonstrates Wednesday how to trim a goat’s hoofs at the Somali Bantu Community Association’s Liberation Farms in Wales. Morton, property and livestock manager at the farm, and a team from the Cumberland County Food Security Council held a “Goat Health Screening Basics” training for farmers from as far away as Aroostook County. Bri Bowman of CCFSC said that the demand for goat meat is increasing across the state and that raising awareness about how to care for and raise goats can help keep business local rather than importing goat meat from a common source, New Zealand. Morton said that the farm sold 17 goats in 2023. Close to 100 percent of those that purchased goats, know how to process the goat and will do so on the farm property while using halal methods, said farm director Muhidin Libah. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
The demand for goat meat is growing across the state as diversity grows, said Bri Bowman of the Cumberland County Food Security Council. Close to 100 percent of the goats purchased from Liberation Farms in Wales are processed by the customer on the farm property while using halal methods, said farm director Muhidin Libah. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Bri Bowman of the Cumberland County Food Security Council demonstrates Wednesday how to trim a goat’s hoofs at the Somali Bantu Community Association’s Liberation Farms in Wales. Goats spend so much time on their feet that caring for their feet is super important, said Lana Cannon Dracup of the SBCA. “Foot health leads to overall good health,” said Cannon Dracup. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Hussein Muktar of the New Roots Cooperative Farm attends the “Goat Health Screening Basics” workshop Wednesday at the Somali Bantu Community Association’s Liberation Farms in Wales. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
“Goats were the first tenants” at the Somali Bantu Community Association’s Liberation Farms in Wales, said farm director Muhidin Libah. Nineteen does and three bucks currently live on the farm. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Jacob Morton teaches Ekoko Louise how to trim a goat’s hoofs Wednesday at the Somali Bantu Community Association’s Liberation Farms in Wales. Morton, property and livestock manager at the farm, and a team from the Cumberland County Food Security Council held a “Goat Health Screening Basics” training for farmers from as far away as Aroostook County. Bri Bowman of CCFSC said that the demand for goat meat is increasing across the state and that raising awareness about how to care for and raise goats can help keep business local rather than importing goat meat from a common source, New Zealand. Morton said that the farm sold 17 goats in 2023. Close to 100 percent of those that purchased goats, know how to process the goat and will do so on the farm property while using halal methods, said farm director Muhidin Libah. Louise is from OK Community Farm in Lewiston. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
“Goat Health Screening Basics” workshop participants tuck into the goat barn away from Wednesday’s wet weather at the Somali Bantu Community Association’s Liberation Farms in Wales. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Daryn Slover always pulls for the underdog - what would you expect from someone that was raised in Cleveland and lives in Lewiston. He drinks cheap coffee and cheap beer so that he can afford to put his...

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