Two inventions.
One hell of a legacy.
Leaded gasoline. Freon. Thomas Midgley Jr. had quite the résumé.
Meet the man behind the awards
GOATGood friends. Questionable ideas.
It seemed like a
good idea at the time.
We’re Goat Farm. Five friends and one artificial goat making the Midgley Awards. Bright ideas, spectacular backfires, and the occasional “oops” heard around the world.
“I have considered every consequence.”Goat, probably
The herd is online For outstanding achievement in
unintended consequences.
Some ideas solve a problem. Some create a much bigger one. The really impressive ones do both.
We tell those stories, argue about what we should have seen coming, and ask the awkward question: what are we doing right now that’ll deserve an award later?
Explore the awardsLeaded gasoline. Freon. Thomas Midgley Jr. had quite the résumé.
Meet the man behind the awardsThe original award, off the screen. Our first Midgley Awards collection is in the works.
Outstanding achievement. Questionable consequences.
A lifetime achievement. Before breakfast.
Real friends. First names. Goat faces. Make of that what you will.
Goat research. Goat moderate. Goat is goat.
We’re building Goat Farm to give 1% of revenue to environmental work, from the start. If this thing gets big, we’d like the good consequences to get bigger too.
Our launch commitment. We’ll publish where the money goes as the business gets going.
Bring a story. Bring a disagreement.
Bring the thing that seemed like a good idea.