ABOUT OUR FARM

Shealee Swisher is currently a senior at Trico Highschool. She has had a passion for animals for as long as she can remember. That passion has never faded, but only grown. Through the past few years Shealee has been continuously learning about her animals and business ownership. Her favorite thing to do is to work with the animals to spread knowledge and joy of farm animals and Christ to the people around her.
Shealee is also a Christian who gave her life to Christ in 2017. She has since then grown in her faith and loves to share the good news of the Gospel. Some of the activities that she does include Kids for Christ, VBS, trunk or treat (trunking through the bible), and upward soccer through her church. She also started an FCA club at her school and participates in many other events and activities. Some of the extracurricular activities she is closely involved with are 4-H, FCCLA, and FBLA.

In 2018 we got our first goat Elsa. Elsa was a bottle baby who had lost her mom at 2 weeks old. Her previous owners had been unable to get Elsa to take the bottle so they brought her to us. Elsa was an inside-outside goat for the first year of her life. We decided that she needed to be moved outside into a fence and with other goats. However, I was told that in order to get more animals I would have to find a way to make them pay for themselves. So, after a lot of research and work, I came up with a business plan that allowed us to take out a loan to put up a fence, get 4 more goats, and ultimately start the business Loving the Farm!

Along the way I noticed that kids often times didn't know or understand where their food came from. This was not only surprising, but also disappointing. Animals and 4-H have become a huge part of my life. Therefore, the goal of Loving the Farm is to provide fun and educational services, such as goat grams, hikes, tours, and goat yoga, in a fun and safe manner! That way we can all keep Loving the Farm!