http://www.cityfarmer.info/2010/01/29/goats-the-new-chickens/ New Stories From 'Urban Agriculture Notes' Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:43:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.cityfarmer.info/2010/01/29/goats-the-new-chickens/comment-page-1/#comment-12715 Joanne Hedge Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:52:10 +0000 http://www.cityfarmer.info/?p=3690#comment-12715 Please provide info re passage by City of Glendale CA in Nov. 2002 of an ordinance amendment that allows keeping miniature goats in the city's equestrian district. ASAP, thanks! Please provide info re passage by City of Glendale CA in Nov. 2002 of an ordinance amendment that allows keeping miniature goats in the city’s equestrian district. ASAP, thanks!

]]> http://www.cityfarmer.info/2010/01/29/goats-the-new-chickens/comment-page-1/#comment-132 LongBeachGrows Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:12:32 +0000 http://www.cityfarmer.info/?p=3690#comment-132 I am petitioning the city of Long Beach, California to relax the city's chicken laws and goat laws to make it easier for people to raise city chickens and city goats in Long Beach, with fewer restrictions than are currently imposed. If a neighbor can have one or more large dogs in their back yard, without a setback restriction from the fence [note that some dogs are enormous (like Newfoundlands, Mastiffs, Great Danes) and others can be mean (Pitbulls)], then why can't I have the same number of goats as dog owners can have dogs (goats are friendly, quiet, clean, and harbor fewer pathogens of concern to people than do dogs and cats) and why must my goats be 100 feet from the neighbors if their dogs can be right up against the fence and their cats can visit my yard whenever they like? Plus goats are useful animals, providing milk, fertilizer, and more! Please visit the LONG BEACH GROWS website (www.longbeachgrows.org) , and also the Goat Justice League (founded by Jennie Grant in the above article), to learn more about the benefits of raising goats in the city, as part of a healthy, sustainable, animal-friendly and eco-friendly lifestyle. I am petitioning the city of Long Beach, California to relax the city’s chicken laws and goat laws to make it easier for people to raise city chickens and city goats in Long Beach, with fewer restrictions than are currently imposed. If a neighbor can have one or more large dogs in their back yard, without a setback restriction from the fence [note that some dogs are enormous (like Newfoundlands, Mastiffs, Great Danes) and others can be mean (Pitbulls)], then why can’t I have the same number of goats as dog owners can have dogs (goats are friendly, quiet, clean, and harbor fewer pathogens of concern to people than do dogs and cats) and why must my goats be 100 feet from the neighbors if their dogs can be right up against the fence and their cats can visit my yard whenever they like? Plus goats are useful animals, providing milk, fertilizer, and more! Please visit the LONG BEACH GROWS website (www.longbeachgrows.org) , and also the Goat Justice League (founded by Jennie Grant in the above article), to learn more about the benefits of raising goats in the city, as part of a healthy, sustainable, animal-friendly and eco-friendly lifestyle.

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