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1148
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A three-year experiment conducted by the U.S. Forest Service used Angora and Alpine goats to determine what vegetative management strategy would be suitable for the highlands of Roan Mountain.
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8945
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Lillian Steichen Sandburg was married to Pulitzer prize-winner Carl Sandburg. She and her husband moved into a home near Hendersonville in 1945 where he wrote and she bred goats. After Sandburg's death, the farm was made into a national historic site in 1968 and is free and open to the public. Thirteen of Mrs. Sandburg's goat herd still remain on the farm.
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23805
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Three Days Grace is a family-owned goat farm in Madison County that helps bridge the gap between farm and table and provides locally-produced milk and cheese to the community.
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WNC Magazine
(NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 4 Issue 2, March/April 2010,
p76-80, il, por
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24089
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Rob Levy started the Goat Mountain Ranch Animal Sanctuary by accident after he purchased his neighbor's goats to keep them from going to slaughter. He continued to add animals to his property and eventually formalized his property and sanctuary as a non-profit organization.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 9 Issue 2, February 2012,
p54-55, il
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29003
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Bikram Yoga Durham offers goat yoga and meditation classes at Hux Family Farm. Amanda Avery and her husband Matthew Hux own the farm where they raise Nigerian dwarf goats, a miniature breed known for being friendly. Yoga with goats embodies a desire to reconnect with the natural world in a genuine and contemplative way.
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35773
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The author asserted the home, with grounds declared a historic site by the Federal Government, belied significance on many levels. Personal significance was illustrated in the builder naming the house after a town in Ireland. Personal significance can be perceived in the appreciated beauty of Western North Carolina that encouraged the Sandburgs’ move from Michigan. As for its historical significance, that can be gauged in its construction during the antebellum period and the original owner’s position as treasurer for the Confederacy.
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