Weed-Munching Goats Run Out of Detroit
By Dean Schabner Jun 7, 2014
Goats brought in to clean up part of a Detroit neighborhood are getting the boot, after it was discovered that a city ordinance bans farm and wild animals.
The 18 goats were supposed to munch weeds and other troublesome vegetation from a four-acre lot, after which the land would be converted to an urban farming project.
“Once the vegetation was cleaned up, then we would have the volunteers come in, take the trash out of the area, and using the goats and the volunteers we would be clearing this ground for future agricultural use,” said Kevin Pollara, a consultant for the project in Brightmoor, a neighborhood on the city’s west side.
He said the project, called Idyll Farms Detroit, would have been a success, but the animals will be removed.
But he said the group will still try to get the city to change its mind about the farm project, and plans to reach out to the Mayor and the city council to try to get the ordinance changed.
Some said the farm could have helped with a renaissance in Detroit.
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