FREE COMPOSTING WORKSHOP with Jeff Gage (Seattle Zoo, Famous Dr. Doo of Zoo-Doo)
WHEN? – 12/14/2024, Saturday 11am to 1 pm (2 hours).
COST: zero dollars. Just bring your smiles, a positive attitude, and rubber boots for the farm tour.
WHERE? - Dancing Goats and Singing Chickens Organic Farm
14062 Yelm Hwy SE, Yelm, WA 98597.
Who is Jeff Gage?
Jeff is now the Director of Consulting at Green Mountain Technologies and a Certified Composting Professional. He was given the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award by the US Composting Council in recognition of his outstanding contributions to this industry over the past 38 years.
He has designed, upgraded and/or operated over 70 composting facilities throughout the world. Jeff has a Bachelors in Advanced Environmental Studies / Energy Systems from The Evergreen State College. He has published composting research, served on multiple composting/recycling boards and regulatory committees, marketed over a million cubic yards of finished material, and earned multiple awards throughout his 4 decades in the industry.
Dancing Goats and Singing Chickens Organic Farm is a 12-acres farm, located near the Nisqually Indian reservation in Yelm, Washington. Its main focus is not on making money, but on educating the children using the PETTING ZOO as a focal point of teaching. With great amount of enthusiasm and passion, the volunteers in the community hold OPEN HOUSE educational events at the farm to share knowledge during workshops on soil fertility, greenhouse construction, solar panels, wind turbines, composting, Hugelculture, honey bees, rain water harvesting, Earthship homes, sustainable living, lowering our foot-print and responsible financial investments. High-school teenagers and college students are welcome to do internships where they will work and learn simultaneously. On your quest for happiness, please consider stopping by the FARM to find tranquility!
This farm practices Regenerative agriculture and is beyond just organic! Products like eggs, honey, chickens, fruits, veggies and other goods are thoughtfully produced with meticulous attention to happiness of the hens, honey bees, pollinators and human farm volunteers! Potlucks and social gatherings for all farm helpers keep morale high. They believe in equal pay for all , above market average and the total compensation includes farm products also! The lamb/sheep and goats are all grass-fed, pasture-raised, free of antibiotics/hormones and the designated butcher shop for processing is also carefully chosen. Call today to schedule a farm-visit.
Here is our new farm website in it's infancy - https://dancinggoatsandsinging...
Here is our farm, recently awarded the SLOW FOOD SNAIL OF APPROVAL (a highly-coveted award) - https://www.slowfoodgreateroly...
Here is our farm on WWOOF'ers - https://wwoofusa.org/en/host/2...
Here is our GOOGLE business page - https://www.google.com/maps/pl...
Here is our facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/danci...
Here is our farm featured on EAT LOCAL FIRST - https://eatlocalfirst.org/list...
Here is our farm as a featured tourist destination for people visiting Washington - https://www.experienceolympia....
Here is our farm on INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/expl...
Here is our farm featured on front page of the newspaper - https://www.chronline.com/stor...
Here is our farm on the CARE FARMING NETWORK - https://carefarmingnetwork.org...
Newspaper article about inauguration of our new compost facility - https://yelmonline.com/stories...
Doctor AYUB'S transition from Physician to Farmer (written by MS HEIDI ROTH) - https://www.crunchcreative.wor...
Lizzie Ayub on why this Permaculture Regenerative Farm upped the ante by transitioning to SOCIAL CARE FARMING - https://ambrook.com/research/p...
We are a values-driven farm. We believe in fighting for and standing up for other people, other species and our planet. We know climate change is real. We celebrate diversity. We work to pay our employees a fair, living wage for reasonable hours of work. We believe feeding people is activism, and we recognize that in order to make a living and pay our crew fairly, our produce is not necessarily affordable for all. We donate some produce to the regional food bank distribution center and are looking for other ways to increase accessibility. We understand that this work is a journey, not a destination, and we welcome feedback.
