---
title: "Sanctuary Rents Out Goats, Llamas to Spice Up Zoom Meetings"
description: "A Silicon Valley-based animal sanctuary called Sweet Farm is renting out farm animals, including llamas and goats, to spice up boring Zoom meetings."
date: "2020-04-15"
modified: "2020-04-15"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/rent-goats-llamas-zoom-meetings"
categories:
  - "Future Society"
tags:
  - "coronavirus"
  - "covid19"
  - "the digest"
  - "zoom"
---

# Sanctuary Rents Out Goats, Llamas to Spice Up Zoom Meetings

![A Silicon Valley-based animal sanctuary called Sweet Farm is renting out farm animals, including llamas and goats, to spice up boring Zoom meetings.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/rent-goats-llamas-zoom-meetings.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Zoom/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Llama Party

A Silicon Valley-based nonprofit animal sanctuary called Sweet Farm is renting out farm animals, including llamas and goats, to spice up boring Zoom meetings.

For less than $100, you can hire a llama to make a cameo appearance during your next session with corporate. The money is meant to help deal with lost revenue the farm is experiencing due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

## Goat 2 Meeting

The name of the venture is Goat 2 Meeting, a clever reference to ubiquitous business meeting software GoToMeeting.

"Need a fresh face to brighten up your video conference meetings?" reads the [official website](<https://www.sweetfarm.org/goat-2-meeting>). "Want a fun experience for an online Happy Hour? Looking for a virtual tour? The Sweet Farm Animal Ambassadors are here for you."

## Sweet Relief

Co-founder Anna Sweet [told *Business Insider*](<https://www.businessinsider.com/zoom-video-goat-2-meeting-llama-sweet-farm-animals-cameo-2020-4>) that the farm had received more than 300 requests since launching the project in mid-March. In one instance, lawyers even brought their kids on the calls to get a virtual tour of the farm.

"I think we're all a little stressed with what's going on — many of us have been sitting inside," Sweet told *Business Insider*. "We're just hoping to bring some smiles to people's faces while bringing them out to the farm at the same time."

**READ MORE:** [Invite a llama or goat to your next corporate Zoom meeting or video call for under $100](<https://www.businessinsider.com/zoom-video-goat-2-meeting-llama-sweet-farm-animals-cameo-2020-4>) \[*Business Insider*\]

**More on the pandemic:** *[Zoo Says Coronavirus May Force It to Feed Animals to Each Other](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/zoo-coronavirus-force-feed-animals>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

### Author social links  
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