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The Kids Are Back! Help Us Name Earth Mat­ter’s Goats

May 23, 2017 3:35 pm

Last week we brought you the news of the newest mem­ber of the Gov­er­nors Island park team, Quinn, and now we’re adding two MORE addi­tions to the Island’s ani­mal crew! Help us name the goats by post­ing your sug­ges­tions in the com­ments on Insta­gram @governorsisland or @EarthMatterNY. We’ll announce the win­ning sub­mis­sion on Tues­day, May 30.

Each year our friends at Earth Mat­ter bring have two vis­it­ing goats who live in Gov­er­nors Island’s Urban Farm. The two three month old kids (females) are vis­it­ing from Goodale Farms in River­head, Long Island. Like Rice and Beans, last year’s cohorts, the girls will spend open sea­son with the NYC Com­post Cen­ter host­ed by Earth Mat­ter at the Com­post Learn­ing Cen­ter locat­ed in GI’s Urban Farm. After the sea­son, they will return to Goodale Farms, where they will be used for dairy pro­duc­tion, and farm­ing education. 

The goats, like Earth Matter’s hens, con­tribute to the com­post­ing process by con­sum­ing NY res­i­den­tial veg­etable scraps. Their manure is also high in Nitro­gen and is a per­fect ​“green” ingre­di­ent for the com­post pro­duced at Earth Mat­ter’s Center. 

In addi­tion to food scraps, the girls will also feast on excess CLC green­ery (leaves, weeds, and branch­es) and milk (until weaned). Urban Farm vis­i­tors can help bot­tle feed and pet the goats every Sat­ur­day and Sun­day from 12 – 1pm. Vis­i­tors can check out the NYC Com­post Learn­ing Cen­ter host­ed by Earth Mat­ter and the GrowNYC Teach­ing Gar­den week­ends from 12 – 4PM dur­ing the season.