RESUME

Kathleen Barger-Harbert
Herbal Maid Fiber Farm
3611 Pump Station Road
Rosebud, MO 63091
573-437-3787
hmffarm@fidnet.com

OVERVIEW

I have been intensively studying the development of the Colored Angora goat since 1992, although have raised fiber goats, sheep & rabbits since 1990.. Although my primary interest has been CAG breeding ,research and accumulation of data, I also raise Alpine dairy goats, Boer cross meat goats, and have numerous goat contacts throughout the U.S. I am a spinner and weaver, a published writer, and have been active on both sides of the show ring. I have worked as a mentor with our local 4-H club goat projects. I have traveled with goats and educational materials to many of the major fiber festivals over the years and enjoyed speaking both to groups and one on one with numerous breeders and fiber artists. We market both livestock, fleeces and value-added products from our farm in Missouri; and in my spare time I work at my "other" job as a Respiratory Therapist.

HISTORY

Workshop Instructor:
"Wool and Beyond" February 1998 & June 1999 - an overview of spinning with wool, mohair and angora fibers for beginning/intermediate spinners.

"Breeding for Colored Angora" Estes Park Wool Market, June 1998 & NCWGA Fiber Festival, June 2000 - genetics of color, patterns, polling .... cardgrading your stock for herd improvement.

"Spinning Goat Fibers" NCWGA Fiber Festival, June 2000 - an hands-on 3 hour workshop on washing, preparation and spinning of cashmere, cashgora and mohair fibers.

" Rainbow Dyeing" NCWGA Fiber Festival June 2001 several hands-on techniques for rainbow dyeing.

"Spinning Mohair" Fiber Retreat, March 2002 - 2 hour intensive spinning instruction with various clips and preparations of mohair.

"Simple Genetics" Estes Park Wool Market, June 2002 - 3 hour classroom on CAG inheritance including colors, patterns, polling and eye color.

Farm Manager for Herbal Maid Fiber Farm, Rosebud, Missouri since 1983.

Steering Committee member for the development of Bylaws and a Constitution for the Colored Angora Goat Record/Registry 1998.

Board of Directors (regional director for the south-central portion of the United States) Colored Angora Goat Record/Registry 1999-2002.

Featured Speaker at the All Missouri Spring Spin In,
April 1997
"American Mohair for the Handspinner"

Organizer: Year of the Goat at World Sheep and Crafts Festival 1997: speakers and demonstrators, Colored Angora Goat show.

Chairperson for Angora Goat Show at the World Sheep & Fiber Arts Festival, 1996 to present.

Goat Barn Chairperson and member of Livestock Committee Gasconade County Fair, 1999 to 2000.

Demonstrator at the World Sheep and Fiber Arts Festival
"Handshearing Angora Goats" 1997 "
Yurt Tour" ( a walking tour of a handbuilt 16 ft. diameter felt yurt) 1998
"Washing Mohair & Learning Different Methods of Preparation for Spinning" 1999
"Handshearing angora goats" 2000
"Rainbow dyed Mohair" 2001

Speaker/Demonstrator at the 5th annual Goat Seminar, Moberly Mo.
"Value Added Mohair" and spinning demonstration.

Colored Angora judge at Estes Park Wool Market 1995

Colored Angora Co-judge at World Sheep and Wool Festival, 1995, 1996, 1997

Colored Angora Goat Research Project 1992-1994

Founding member, Past President , Secretary/Treasurer , and newsletter editor of the Rural Missouri Spinners Guild (1990 - 1998)

Newsletter Editor, UMGP 1999, 2000

1998 Extension Volunteer of the Year (awarded by Lincoln University).


Member of :

United Missouri Goat Breeders Association
Colored Angora Goat Breeders Association / Record
American Dairy Goat Association
Rural Missouri Spinners Guild
Hexham X Bluefaced Leicester Union of America
Natural Colored Wool Growers Association
Bethel Bunny Bunch


U. S. Editor for Goat Farmer magazine, New Zealand 1998 to present "Marketing Mohair in the United States" Fall 1998
"The New U.S. Registry for Colored Angora" Winter 1998
"An Ozark Success Story" Fall 1999
"White Angoras Alive and Well in the U.S." 1999

Fiberfest Magazine article
"Breeding for Colored Angora" Spring 1995.

Black Sheep Newsletter articles
"Colored Angora: A Beginners Experience" Fall 1991 issue
"Colored Angora: Exploring the Possibilities" Winter 1994 issue.

Homesteaders Connection article
"Colored Angora!" July/August 1995 issue.

Rocky Mountain Livestock Journal article on colored angora.

Small Farm Today
"The Best Kept Secret in Farming Today"

The Boer Goat
"An Ozark Success Story" Spring 2000.

Author of "Colored Angora"! A book about breeding for colored angora goats and numerous other publications including: "Simple Genetics", "Wool & Beyond", "Marvelous Mohair", and "Natural Mothproofing Techniques".

Related EDUCATION
Sheep and Goat Management Workshop 1992 Lincoln University

Wool grading Workshop 1992 Lincoln University

Sheep and Goat Shearing School 1993 and 1994
Charlie Swaim/Shearmaster/Lincoln University

Artificial Insemination of Sheep and Goats 1998 Lincoln University

Designer Yarn Workshop 1998 taught by Dr. Helen Swartz, Lincoln University

Cheesemaking Workshops 1999 and 2002 taught by Mary Jane Toth , author of Goats Produce Too

Farm Manager Seminar 2000 University Extension presentation: Gasconade Co Agriculture Overview, Stress Management, Financial Management , Alternative Solutions for Agricultur

Cabrito from Goat to Carcass - 2002 taught by Dr Helen Swartz, Lincoln University, Meat & Cheese Conference

CAGBA Inspectors Training taught by Sharon Chestnutt - 2000 and taught by Greta Dise - 2002

REFERENCES
Lisa Shell, Kai Ranch, Lexington TX 512-273-2709
Dell Watkins, Bar Camp Run, Lepanto AR 501-475-6105,
hry3@aol.com
Dr. Helen Swartz, Educator and Missouri's State Small Livestock Specialist, Lincoln University hswartz624@aol.com