Meet Lindsey Champagne | Goat Rancher, Business Owner, Yoga Instructor

We had the good fortune of connecting with Lindsey Champagne and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Lindsey, we’d love to hear about how you approach risk and risk-taking
Risk taking is a day to day routine for me as a livestock rancher and business owner. Starting out, it was the risk of investing money into goats- a living thing which at anytime could thrive or fail. Also the risk of quitting a stable salary job to jump into entrepreneurship and managing a larger goat herd.
It’s definitely a leap of faith and a test of patience, most days rewarding but some are challenging.

Can you give our readers an introduction to your business? Maybe you can share a bit about what you do and what sets you apart from others?
After owning goats for a few years, I decided to start breeding and selling as a hobby. Not knowing that it would grow into something more. There are not a lot of true goat ranchers/breeders in our area, it’s a lifestyle and a commitment- no matter the weather- no matter the circumstances. Because of this, starting up a unique business that incorporated goats in the business structure was unheard of in our area. I was able to use our local area code and coin the business name 901goats, linking us to our community and service area. We offer baby goat snuggles, goat yoga, host parties and events, soon offering dairy and artisan style goat milk soaps to our area. We also hope to grow into brush control for our area- a natural chemical free way of landscaping.

Goat ranching requires a huge learning curve and a number of life experiences, but the overall outcome of starting up a business has been rewarding. As babies are born, we invite people to love and snuggle on them, helping to domesticate and socialize our future goat herd members. Those that we decide to rehome are friendly and more pet like, which make the sale/adoption process easier.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
I really don’t have a great answer for this, since we rarely go out for ourselves. Being a working goat ranch is a full time job which limits the amount of time we can be off property.

I would enjoy a beverage at our cozy and furnished goat barn, introducing my friend to our new baby goats. Maybe have fun with a relaxing and therapeutic session of goat yoga with my friend.

If we had time- Memphis and Beale street have some amazing activities and restaurants.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I wouldn’t be where I am today without the love and support of my husband, Collin, and my family. They have supported my crazy ideas and help tremendously when I am struggling.

My husband is 100% a life partner and business owner with me. We share the same crazy hopes, dreams, and animal obsession- which lead to us owning and working a goat ranch together.  We have to support each other every day, otherwise a working goat ranch would not be possible.

Website: 901goats.com

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