{"id":742836,"date":"2026-06-17T13:48:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/742836\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:48:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T13:48:22","slug":"goats-unleashed-at-brampton-cemetery-to-sustainably-manage-grounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/742836\/","title":{"rendered":"Goats unleashed at Brampton cemetery to sustainably manage grounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For two days this week, mowers and pest control products will give way to a herd of about 50 goats that will maintain the grounds at cemetery in Brampton, Ont.<\/p>\n<p>InBrampton reports the goats are part of a pilot project to help manage vegetation in a sustainable and more environmentally friendly manner.<\/p>\n<p>At both the Brampton cemetery and another in Pickering, the goats will help to control invasive plant growth, reduce overgrowth and support native vegetation.<\/p>\n<p>The approach is intended to improve soil health and biodiversity over the long term.<\/p>\n<p>To read the full InBrampton report, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/goats-to-graze-at-brampton-cemetery-as-part-of-eco-friendly-maintenance-pilot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For two days this week, mowers and pest control products will give way to a herd of about&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-742836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}