utnereader:

In other goat news: As urban homesteading continues its rise, city backyards are booming  with agrarian dreams: chickens peck near privacy fences, milk-producing  goats bleat greetings to overflying airplanes, and tomato and pea plants  stretch toward the smoggy sun. But coupled with these well-intentioned  back-to-the-earth efforts is a dark side, says E Magazine’s Jodi Helmer, as the farm animals we bring to the city get short shrift.
“For many urban agrarians, chickens and goats are the perfect  addition to a backyard farm,” Helmer writes, “but when the novelty of  having a chirping chick wears off or adorable kids turn into grownup  goats that eat the landscaping, the animals are often surrendered to  rescue groups or abandoned.”
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utnereader:

In other goat news: As urban homesteading continues its rise, city backyards are booming with agrarian dreams: chickens peck near privacy fences, milk-producing goats bleat greetings to overflying airplanes, and tomato and pea plants stretch toward the smoggy sun. But coupled with these well-intentioned back-to-the-earth efforts is a dark side, says E Magazine’s Jodi Helmer, as the farm animals we bring to the city get short shrift.

“For many urban agrarians, chickens and goats are the perfect addition to a backyard farm,” Helmer writes, “but when the novelty of having a chirping chick wears off or adorable kids turn into grownup goats that eat the landscaping, the animals are often surrendered to rescue groups or abandoned.”

Keep reading …