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McKinleyville Gets Cypress Grove Goat Dairy – August 10, 2011
The goat herd will begin with 200 carefully selected does and is expected to grow to approximately 1200-1400 over the next five years. The new dairy will create 12 living-wage, fully-benefited jobs between the McKinleyville and Arcata facilities and will help ensure Cypress Grove’s future in Humboldt County. »
The Goat Chronicles 3 – July 27, 2011
Iverson and Foster Avenue residents have something anyone would want – a vast expanse of quiet open space just over their back fences. The goatroversy was about keeping that, period. »
Ag Committee Urges Council To Incubate New Options – July 20, 2011
Brown said the core problem is that the county doesn’t distinguish between different types of agriculture. »
Karen Davidson: The Way The Whole Cypress Grove Thing Went Down Would Get Anyone’s Goat – July 15, 2011
I genuinely believe that Mary meant well with her proposal, but a factory farm is still a factory, and people had a right to be concerned about pollution. »
The Goat Chronicles 2 – July 15, 2011
Consider this an invitation for Cypress Grove Chevre to head up the hill to McKinleyville. We have plenty of open fields, would love more green businesses, and are tired of being a bedroom community. We have indoor plumbing now, so rest assured there will be no public urination, goats excepted. »
Kevin Hoover: If There Was Ever A Case For A Do-Over, This Is It – July 6, 2011
The letters above more or less reflect community reaction to the loss of Cypress Grove Chevre’s (CGC) dreams of an Arcata goat dairy. It’s such a stain on Arcata that one can’t help but wish for a chance at redemption. Redemption doesn’t mean approving the project. It might mean rejecting the goat dairy for... »
What Are You Doing About This? – July 6, 2011
Note: With citizens wondering whether Arcata might still have any chance of hosting Cypress Grove Chevre’s goat dairy, we asked Mayor Susan Ornelas and Third District Supervisor Mark Lovelace if, in the weeks since the project was canceled, they had contacted the company to try and salvage it for Arcata. Below are their responses.... »
The Goat Chronicles – July 5, 2011
Were it not for the intensive use and processing of dairy products, this land would have been converted to residential infill long ago. »
Carol McFarland: Let’s Turn Goatzilla Ground Zero Into A Protected Farming Incubator – June 24, 2011
A farming incubator could return the land to its historical roots, preserve it for farming “start-ups,” and ensure that our agricultural heritage remains a place to begin the future. »
Winning Dirty – The Goatbusters Defeated A Nightmare Of Their Own Imagining – June 24, 2011
If Arcata doesn't want this $3 million sugar plum, someone else will gladly take it. »