Korean Goat Delegation
On September 27 James & I were honored to host the Korean Goat delegation. They came to our place as part of a tour of the Midwest to learn about raising goats.
There were 10 members of the delegation and they came prepared with notebooks and lots of questions. Their hopes are to learn enough to take the info back to Korea and implement some of the things they learned there. They brought an interpreter which was a good thing since most could not speak English but the interpreter did a great job of getting the information to both sides.
Some of the questions they had concerned the feed sources like the types of hay and grain. What types of mineral & proteins they were offered and where we got the feed items from.
One thing they explained was that in Korea they did not have a lot of space so most feed would have to be bought from feed dealers in their country. Also most would be commercial animals raised for meat as goat meat was considered a delicacy there and would sell for a premium price.
I made sure to send them some goat milk soaps and lotions home for all of them and some goat sticks that we had made at our locker. They also brought us a small gift of a pair of Korean Folk Dolls that are just adorable.
If you ever get a chance to host something like this, I would say go for it. They were wonderful people that laughed a lot and were very gracious. I think we learned as much about them as they did us and would do it again in a heartbeat.
There were 10 members of the delegation and they came prepared with notebooks and lots of questions. Their hopes are to learn enough to take the info back to Korea and implement some of the things they learned there. They brought an interpreter which was a good thing since most could not speak English but the interpreter did a great job of getting the information to both sides.
Some of the questions they had concerned the feed sources like the types of hay and grain. What types of mineral & proteins they were offered and where we got the feed items from.
One thing they explained was that in Korea they did not have a lot of space so most feed would have to be bought from feed dealers in their country. Also most would be commercial animals raised for meat as goat meat was considered a delicacy there and would sell for a premium price.
I made sure to send them some goat milk soaps and lotions home for all of them and some goat sticks that we had made at our locker. They also brought us a small gift of a pair of Korean Folk Dolls that are just adorable.
If you ever get a chance to host something like this, I would say go for it. They were wonderful people that laughed a lot and were very gracious. I think we learned as much about them as they did us and would do it again in a heartbeat.
