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No farm. . .

Posted by Tinia Creamer on October 20, 2014

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I am bias. I know I am. . .

For I see no farm complete if it is void
of Dairy goats

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Wearing "Slutty" Clothing Makes Men Rape Women

In a newsfeed I thought I'd tailored to suit myself pretty well (mistakenly, I now see), I've lately found a lot of people carrying on as experts about an issue that really is more heartbreaking and complex than those who haven't been part of it can understand. It is funny (or sadly, not) how opinions work. We all have millions of them, don't we? At the ripe old age of 35, one little morsel (an opinion, too) I have come to believe is I really do not need to publicly assert my thoughts on anything I do not have direct experience with; well, at least not outside of obvious moral codes like: Don't murder people for fun, Don't steal unless you're starving to death. . . You know, the basics. But even those, some person will take issue (that opinion thing). I try, when I really have no first hand knowledge of something, to hold my peace. Perhaps I will connect a few bits somewhat related I do know about, throw it in for conversation's sake, but otherwise, I …

Goats Are Trendy: Goats as Pets and Companions when Social Media Creates a Goat Craze (The YEAR of the Goat)

I love goats. I can think of oodles of reasons why.
That said, goats are so complex both in terms of care and personality. They are not animals which will thrive (or even survive) with someone who purchases them on a whim, as a novelty. True enough, no animal deserves that, and while a rise in popularity for the right reasons is great, when it is spurred by little goat kids flopping about or wearing diapers on Instagram, the odds the animals will fair well are Zilch.

The New York Times has called 2017 "The Year of the Goat," and we hear they are giving our typical cat and dog stars on Instagram a lot of competition in popularity.

This trendy interest recently highlighted is, quite sadly, a recipe for disaster for goats. I fear we will see a rise in goats being kept as pets for awhile, but this means once the trend and initial interest passes, we will see a rapid "dumping" of the goats without a place for them to go and likely in various stages of neglect. We…

The Bane of Social Media: WHY Your Facebook Newsfeed says far more about You than anything else

When I think of Facebook, Instagram and the like, I think about ways I am able to keep up with people I enjoy and ways I've facilitated hundreds and hundreds rescues of abused and neglected horses, dogs and cats in the past 8 years. I think of how I was able to win a huge victory at our state legislature for freedom in West Virginia. I remember the amazing events I've coordinated through the contact base born through Facebook. I never forget the clear success my small farm has experienced through the marketing through social media month after month. I mull over a neat campaign my husband ran working toward a state seat in politics, too.

I think of all of the moments in the lives of people I know very well or even just a bit. I ponder all the events in my local area I am aware of that I would miss with social media. And never I sure never forget to appreciate the millions of dollars non-profits raise for causes that would be overlooked by us without places like Facebook. So ma…

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