William Critchley, Maxine Brown and Judith Ann Francis
In: UA Magazine no. 19 - Stimulating Innovation in Urban Agriculture
Dickie Morrison keeps goats in his yard, between his house and his neighbour’s place within a residential suburb in Jamaica. Dickie is an
innovator, producing fattened goats from his own feed-mix that he skillfully formulates himself. His goats are fed on a concoction of by-products from food processing plants, chopped-up fodder grass and leucaena leaves (a leguminous tree). Visitors are proudly shown how Dickie chops the vegetation with his specially modified electric chaff-cutter and mixes the feed. It is clear that the goats enjoy the food; and they appear sleek and healthy as well. Visitors likewise enjoy the spectacle.