Animals at Adamah
Having animals on the farm is an important part of how we think about soil health and our relationship to the more than human world- not to mention the value of snuggles. We keep aegg-laying chickens, dairy goats, and meat goats and sheep to supply the Adamah fellows with animal products and give them the learning experience of working with livestock. Occasionally, we have a surplus of eggs and sell the, but otherwise our animal products are not generally for sale. Community members can still enjoy the animals by visiting them on Beebe Hill!
Chickens
The Adamah chickens eat a unique diet, getting first dibs on food waste before it decomposes into fertile compost. Apple cores, pizza crusts, and leftover matzah at the end of Passover are all delicacies to chickens and feeding them scraps humans would otherwise throw in a landfill allows us to avoid buying feed grain grown on valuable, fertile land and shipped across the country. Our chickens tend to be friendly and they are well habituated to running excitedly toward anyone dumping out a bucket.
Goats and Sheep
We keep a couple of dairy goats on the campus of Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center and milk them as a part of the Adamah Fellowship. We graze a flerd "flockyoung male goats and sheep through our agroforestry project on Beebe Hill and along the roadside to control invasives. Each fall we slaughter the 'flerd' (flock+herd), which offers a profound opportunity for the Adamah fellows to experience the full lifecycle involved in a carnivorous diet.
Chickens
The Adamah chickens eat a unique diet, getting first dibs on food waste before it decomposes into fertile compost. Apple cores, pizza crusts, and leftover matzah at the end of Passover are all delicacies to chickens and feeding them scraps humans would otherwise throw in a landfill allows us to avoid buying feed grain grown on valuable, fertile land and shipped across the country. Our chickens tend to be friendly and they are well habituated to running excitedly toward anyone dumping out a bucket.
Goats and Sheep
We keep a couple of dairy goats on the campus of Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center and milk them as a part of the Adamah Fellowship. We graze a flerd "flockyoung male goats and sheep through our agroforestry project on Beebe Hill and along the roadside to control invasives. Each fall we slaughter the 'flerd' (flock+herd), which offers a profound opportunity for the Adamah fellows to experience the full lifecycle involved in a carnivorous diet.
