BISBEE — Tranell Burns, 9, found milking a goat was pretty easy. It was also “weird.”

“I never milked anything,” he said.

Burns was one of the volunteers who tried their hand at goat milking at the Bisbee Farmers Market on Saturday.

Sara, a 3-year-old Nubian goat, ate some of her food but mostly just stood on a milking stand as people petted and milked her.

Jackie and Nathan Watkins, owners of San Ysidro Farm in McNeal, brought Sara to share the milking experience with the community.

Sara produces two quarts of milk each day, which Jackie Watkins mostly uses to make her own cheeses, including mozzarella, ricotta and feta.

As milk choices continue to expand to include organic, lactose free and soy to name a few, more people are starting to look for goat’s milk.

Though it’s not as common in the United States, goat’s milk has long been a staple of human nutrition, before cow’s milk became so popularized, said Valerie McCaffrey, farmer’s market organizer.

Goats milk seems more easily digestible for many people who suffer from milk allergies or even lactose-intolerance of cow’s milk, though goat’s milk also contains lactose, she said.

Besides cheese, people also can find yogurt and ice cream made from goat’s milk.

But the alternative to cow’s milk was a strange concept to some children visiting the farmers market Saturday.

“Cows milk comes from a cow, but all milk comes from this,” Watkins told one boy as she pointed to the goat’s udder.

Many consumers seem to have forgotten or never learned where their food is coming from and they’re afraid of “getting hands in the dirt or touching an animal,” McCaffrey said.

But many of the market’s older visitors were reminded of the goats they used to have.

Marcia Gibbons found out she could still milk a goat.

“I haven’t lost my chops,” she said.

When she raised goats, she liked the Nubian’s milk, which has a higher cream content.

“I like the flavor,” she said.

Other visitors said they also liked the taste, or found it similar to cow’s milk, and one said they think it’s saltier.

People can purchase locally raised goat’s milk from the Grade A Goat Dairy in Pomerene. It also can be purchased from local mini-farms by buying shares in the goats, McCaffrey said.

Although the Watkins aren’t selling any goat products, they do sell naturally raised beef, lamb and pigs.

Many of the farmer’s market sellers, including the Watkins, also have full-time jobs in addition to their farms, McCaffrey said. But with the farmer’s market, they hope to raise awareness about local small farm products, from onions to goat’s milk.