About Us

For the Love of Goats

As a young girl, Meagan Frederick dreamed of being Snow White, the woodland princess who led forest animals in harmonious song in the midst of crisis and whom the animals adored. Later in life, that shifted to look a little more like Dr. Doolittle. You know, more practical and useful than an impromptu forest jam. (Mostly because she can't really sing like Snow White and the actuality of conversing with animals to help them seems way cooler) When that didn't work out, and lacking the skill set for becoming a veterinarian, she informally became the rescuer of all living creatures in her path.

Often, because animals found their way to her. A kitten dropped from the undercarriage of a truck at a stoplight in Brooklyn; puppies were discovered on the side of a road in North Carolina in threat of being poisoned; a stray dog in Tobago laid at her feet just days away from starving to death ... and she took them all home. Not to mention recusing mice, birds, bunnies, squirrels, fish......

Oh, and goats. One (Marvin) wandered up the driveway of "Frederick Farm" with a sheep (Mable) one Fall afternoon in 2013. Now responsible for the care of almost 30-40 goats at any given time, Frederick Farm is dedicated to maintaining a home and sanctuary to as many goats (dogs & cats) as we can (and that Meagan’s husband will tolerate ;).

No, she did not dream of having a goat sanctuary. But once you meet the amazing creatures that goats are, and get to know them, you realize how easy it was to go from 1 to 40.

(OK, maybe not for most sane, normal people, but anyway...)

Plus, once you know about the horrors of animal agriculture and why they are in need of rescue and sanctuary, you would know why Frederick Farm needs to exist. Fully embracing the endearing title, “Crazy Goat Lady” but more aptly named "Goat Guardian", Meagan welcomes you to come visit Frederick Farm and discover your inevitable love of all things GOAT.

Meagan Frederick, MA, LCAT, ATR-BC, CCLS, HTR was trained as an Art Therapist, Child Life Specialist and Horticultural Therapist, specializing in work with chronically and terminally ill children and adolescents in the New York City area. During her career of over 25 years, she recognized the strong healing power of animals and was involved in several phases of animal-assisted therapy with the populations with which she worked. Although goats are not widely known for their use in therapy, there is an undoubted healing quality in spending time with these sentient creatures, and goats in animal-assisted therapy programs is gaining popularity. We encourage you to come visit and see how your heart feels after spending some time getting to know our amazing goats.

Meagan currently divides her time between living in New Paltz, and managing Frederick Farm, with the assistance of her husband: Warren, father: Ned, two sons, two rescue dogs, and two rescue cats*.

*Actually, I don't think the rescue dogs or cats assist much, but it didn't feel right to not include them.