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Julie Maro's artisan goat-milk soap comes in many forms and scents. She makes soap almost daily in her on-farm soap-making kitchen.
Goat-kid cuteness and big personalities are reasons Julie Maro started raising goats. Goat's milk is now the basis of her on-farm value-added business of making soap.
Gift boxes of Lucy's Soap are available direct from the farm in time for Christmas. Soap-maker Julie Maro, the artisan-owner of Lucy's Soap, also makes beeswax-based lotion, top left.
A herd of soap pigs create squeaky clean.
Lucy's Soap carries the 'Something Special from Wisconsin' designation. Goat-milk soap featuring the outline of the state of Wisconsin can be a unique gift.
Julie Maro of Mondovi, Wisconsin, milks goats to produce Lucy's soap -- the small-batch artisan goats-milk soap she produces. Her products are named for her great-grandmother, who inspired her to farm.
Ten percent of sales proceeds from Lucy's Soap goes to a charitable organization that assists teenagers aging out of Russian orphanages. Soap-maker Julie Maro's two sons, Sasha Maro, left, and Ilya Maro are in college, but were adopted from Russia as toddlers. They grew up as Wisconsin farm kids.
Lucy's Soap comes in a multitude of molded shapes from fun to decorative.
Julie and Vince Maro go direct to customers with Julie Maro's goat-milk soap as well as pastured poultry and vegetables. They speak at events, including Wisconsin's value-added agriculture and organic-farming conferences.
A handheld drill is used to mix ingredients for a batch of Lucy's Soap.
MONDOVI, Wis. – Lucy’s Soap is named for artisan Julie Maro’s great-grandmother, whose farm Maro described from childhood memory as “fascinating” and “enchanting.”
Jane Fyksen writes about crops, dairy, livestock and other agricultural topics; she is the crops editor for Agri-View based in Wisconsin. Email Jfyksen@madison.com to contact her.
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Ten percent of sales proceeds from Lucy's Soap goes to a charitable organization that assists teenagers aging out of Russian orphanages. Soap-maker Julie Maro's two sons, Sasha Maro, left, and Ilya Maro are in college, but were adopted from Russia as toddlers. They grew up as Wisconsin farm kids.
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