ZiegenVine Homestead

08/31/2026

Claire and Cletus

08/29/2026

This is what happpens when you leave a batch of soap too long before cutting it! It is super hard and I cannot cut it with my soap cutter so out comes the butcher knife and we end up with soap chunks for personal use!

08/28/2026

08/20/2026

Did you know you can vote for the Merriest Christmas Town? Corning, NY is in the running- alas so is Cape May, NJ- if you know Mrs.ZiegenVineHomestead you know she loves Cape May! Which town should we vote for? Which one are you voting for?

08/09/2026

Things that make you stop and think…

The Senate farm bill got shut down in committee. 10–11. Party line. Shocker! It’s only 🙄 been since 2018 that we could pass an actual farm bill.

Heres what happened:

The Senate Ag Committee met Thursday to mark up the Agricultural Act of 2026—Chairman Boozman’s “Farm Bill 2.0.” Two Republicans were absent: McConnell, recovering from “illness”, and Tuberville, unexplained. Their proxy votes didn’t count. Democrats voted as a bloc. It failed to advance.

The sticking point wasn’t corn, cattle, or conservation. It was SNAP—specifically, how long states get before they start paying a share of benefit costs. Boozman says one year is the most leadership will accept. Klobuchar says two. That’s the standoff. Ridiculous considering this is all because there is so much corruption in the SNAP aid program.

Sit with that a minute. The last full five-year farm bill was signed in 2018. Everything since has been extensions and provisions stapled onto spending bills. And what’s holding up credit access, crop insurance updates, more food freedoms, and FSA loan limits is a one-year versus two-year phase-in on a nutrition program. For real?

What it means for you: nothing changes tomorrow. Programs keep running under existing authority. But “nothing changes” is exactly the problem when input costs, land prices, food access, and rates have moved this much since 2018. Uncertainty is a cost. You just can’t put it on a balance sheet.

Boozman recessed the committee rather than adjourning—a signal he means to vote again in September. Even if it clears then, it needs 60 on the floor. Without a SNAP deal, it doesn’t have them.

The lesson underneath all of it: don’t build your food security on a bill. Build it on your ground, your neighbors, and your skills. Legislation is worth watching. It was never worth waiting on.

08/09/2026

Truly blessed today! Thank you all for coming out and we hope you loved spending time with our herd as much as they loved spending time with you!

08/09/2026

Today’s final public session of Goat Yoga on the Homestead truly felt blessed! Heavy rain came just around 11 am- it was still raining lightly when the first yogi’s arrived and as people headed to the plateau it was a very very light rain. By the time we started the session the rain had stopped and the sun had even broken through the clouds. Thank you all so much for coming out today.

08/07/2026

As we prepare for our final public Goat Yoga session tomorrow we had a super difficult goodbye today. Carl- one of the first kids born on the farm passed on sometime this morning. Carl was one of our original Goat Yoga Kids - from our first season of breeding goats. He was one of the favorites- as you can see in the photos he continued to be at Goat Yoga long passed his “kid stage”. He was super friendly and a true gentleman goat! We will miss him. He had been ill for a while and I (Allison Lavine-Ziegenhagen ) had tried to convince myself that he was getting better - that was not the case. We love you Carl.

08/02/2026

Join us for the final public session of Goat Yoga on the Homestead!!!! In case you have not heard- we are taking 2027 off of hosting Goat Yoga on the Homestead.

Saturday August 8th at 11:30 am will be the final public session here.

We have truly enjoyed hosting Goat Yoga for the past 10 seasons but are in need of a break- and the herd also need a break.

Please join us for the final public session by registering at the link in our bio. Explore Steuben Finger Lakes Farm Country Finger Lakes Wine Country

08/02/2026

Join us for the final public session of Goat Yoga on the Homestead!!!! In case you have not heard- we are taking 2027 off of hosting Goat Yoga on the Homestead.

Saturday August 8th at 11:30 am will be the final public session here.

We have truly enjoyed hosting Goat Yoga for the past 10 seasons but are in need of a break- and the herd also need a break.

Please join us for the final public session by registering at

Get to experience a unique yoga session with our super friendly herd of goats!