West Palm Beach, Fla.—Are
you looking for Florida fresh raw goat milk pet food? Then Goodness Gracious Acres near
Loxhatchee is your place. Owner and self proclaimed resident milk-maid Jojo
Milano shepherds a flock of 41 goats, 15 of which she milks, on her one and
half acre property.
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| Jojo Milano owner of Goodness Gracious Acres, milking goat, West Palm Beach, Fla. Copyright 2014 by Helen A Lockey |
She started her business in
2003. On her website she is quoted at saying, “I love the challenge of dairying
and goats in general.”
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| Jojo Milano owner of Goodness Gracious Acres entertaining guests during farm tour, West Palm Beach, Fla. Copyright 2014 by Helen A Lockey |
In February, the Gold &
Treasure Coast Slow Food chapter organized a self-driven multiple county farm
tour. I and a dozen or so people
descended on Goodness Gracious Acres to pet goats, to take pictures of goats, and to
watch goats get milked.
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| Two and four legged kids play in yard at Goodness Gracious Acres, West Palm Beach, Fla. Copyright 2014 by Helen A Lockey |
Several kids, both human and
goat, played jump the plastic bin, in the closed off front pen. There were
numerous free-range chickens, ducks, and geese. She sells the eggs at the Ft.
Pierce market under the “For Pet Consumption Only,” label.
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| LaMancha (naturally earless goat) and Nubian have a snack, Goodness Gracious Acres, West Palm Beach, Fla. Copyright 2014 by Helen A Lockey |
As Milano led a Nubian doe
(female) goat, by the collar, to be milked she explained how goats were foragers
and not grazers like sheep. To make sure the goat stood still while milking she fed it healthy treats.
Milano sells the raw
unpasteurized milk under the Florida Department Of Agriculture label— “Pet Food Supplement— not for human consumption.” And she definitely does not want to know that her customers, instead of their pets, are drinking her milk. If someone does
tell her this then Milano can’t sell them any raw milk products.
She also takes and stores
all the names, addresses and phone numbers of the people she sells to in case
the State ever investigates her. She has many more pre-sale requirements listed
on her website.
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| Free-range hen at Goodness Gracious Acres, West Palm Beach, Fla. Copyright 2014 by Helen A Lockey |
Along with raw-milk she also sells goats-milk
soap, handmade art, raw honey, kefir and occasionally fresh raw-milk goat cheese
under the “For Pet Food Consumption
Only,” label.
To find out how you can buy her her
raw-milk products, soaps or artwork you can email her at milanodesign@mac.com or or call her at (561) 422 -9906.
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