Turning a goat dairy farm into a goat sanctuary isn’t something that happens every day. But that’s exactly what just happened in Bloomington, Indiana, and Nicole Schonemann is here to share the whole beautiful story.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Nicole Schonemann is one of the four original founders of the Goat Conspiracy, a former goat dairy farm in Bloomington, Indiana, that is now a goat sanctuary. She began this journey with a very naive understanding of dairy, and, as a result, she learned that dairy, even when done as well as possible, leaves sustainability and animal welfare gaps that are impossible to close.  She and her partner thus began their own journey towards veganism, away from dairy farming, and helped to start the Goat Conspiracy Sanctuary.  In the fall of 2023, they started Planted Bloomington (a plant-based food truck and catering biz) and are now immersed in their current project of converting the former creamery into a vegan commercial kitchen.

 

RESOURCES

• • ‘The Sting’ Oscar Winner David S. Ward to Direct Biopic on Plant-Based Nutrition Pioneer Dr. T. Colin Campbell (EXCLUSIVE)
  • Inside the Bungled Bird Flu Response, Where Profits Collide With Public Health
  • Watermelon Seed Milk Is The Latest Dairy-Free Innovation
  • SECRET RECORDINGS SHOW UGLY CONDITIONS AHEAD OF DENVER’S SLAUGHTERHOUSE BAN REFERENDUM
  • The Goat Conspiracy website
  • The Goat Conspiracy on Instagram
  • The Goat Conspiracy on Facebook
  • Planted Bloomington website
  • Planted Bloomington on Instagram
  • Planted Bloomington on Facebook

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT

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