Beekeeping; Livestock; Greenhouses & Buildings; Value-Added Processing

Kate Gieger and Tom Dierolf are making a unifying product of goat's milk soap, incorporating eggs and honey in some of the recipes.

Kate is managing her horses, goats and chickens in a rotational grazing pattern that benefits the vegetation growth and controls the parasites in the field.

She is also renovating her barn and constructing a portable chicken shelter.

Kate Gieger and Tom Dierolf are establishing a pastured layers and dairy goat operation, as well as expanding their beehives, with their grant.

Transylvania County