{"id":498693,"date":"2026-01-07T10:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/498693\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T10:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T10:30:12","slug":"bonton-farms-goats-skip-christmas-trees-over-health-concerns-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/498693\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonton Farms goats skip Christmas trees over health concerns \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the holidays wind down, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bontonfarms.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bonton Farms<\/a> in South Dallas usually receives a collection of donated, dried-out Christmas trees. In past years, the trees were treats for the farm\u2019s flock of goats.<\/p>\n<p>Not this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just looked a little bit more into the growth of Christmas trees, and in general, it&#8217;s not done naturally with the same practices that we have for our produce and our same standards,&#8221; said Savannah Nordstrom, director of farm operations at Bonton Farms. &#8220;So we decided this year we would avoid giving them any Christmas trees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning, the goats were instead enjoying a breakfast of bok choy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The produce scraps actually help to supplement our feed costs,&#8221; Nordstrom said. &#8220;One of the most expensive parts of taking care of animals is feeding them a high-quality diet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nordstrom said Christmas trees can pose possible health issues for goats.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last year we were sure to specify that no flocking could be permitted, not to use any that had, like, the flame retardants, and to be really vigilant about tinsel,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Still, it&#8217;s very hard to guarantee what we&#8217;re getting, so we&#8217;re just avoiding the risk now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a bit like a New Year\u2019s resolution to eat healthier.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They know what&#8217;s fresh and they go for it,&#8221; Nordstrom said. &#8220;Our goats, at the very least, are a little bit pickier than other goats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bonton Farms still accepts donations of produce and pumpkins to help feed goats, chickens, pigs and other animals at the nonprofit urban farm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When the holidays wind down, Bonton Farms in South Dallas usually receives a collection of donated, dried-out Christmas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":498694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-498693","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-texas","11":"tag-tx","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115853356227490972","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}