Shann Nix Jones
Secrets From Chuckling Goat: How a herd of a goats saved my family and started a business that became a natural health phenomenon
(Hay House, February 2015)
Shann Jones never expected to fall in love with a Welsh farmer at the age of 41. She didn’t anticipate leaving her city-girl existence as a radio talk show host in San Francisco to end up running a 25-acre self-sustaining farm in Wales. And she certainly didn’t expect to find herself locked in a desperate battle to save her husband’s life from a deadly superbug infection, armed only with natural remedies and the probiotic drink they make on the farm.
This is a true story, taken from Shann’s diaries. It’s about second-chance love stories, and happy endings that pop up when you least expect them. It’s a story about nature, and farm life, and ancient recipes. And most of all, it’s about the miracles that can happen when you refuse to give up hope.
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Shann Jones was the ultimate American city girl until she fell in love with a Welsh farmer at the age of 41. Shann and her partner Rich realized that they could do something extraordinary when they started to work with goats’ milk and used it to heal their son’s eczema. They decided to quit their respective day jobs, and try to make a go of the goats’ milk business fulltime. In April 2011, the couple launched their online business, Chuckling Goat, selling health-enhancing soaps, creams and probiotic kefir drinks that they made by hand on the farm. The launch was a huge success and today they have 30 goats – who have become like members of the family – and their homemade products are available all over the United Kingdom.