Susie Mesure of Leicestershire writes in the Independent that Claire Symington is not the first farmer’s wife to think that keeping a few geese might be fun. That’s why she asked her husband, Robert, for a couple when she turned 35. But she’s probably the first who, 21 years on, has turned that birthday present [...]

Found this in the Gisborne Herald, New Zealand
Traditional Maori perspectives around harvesting are all about ‘‘not killing the goose that lays the golden egg’’, says landowner Owen Lloyd.
‘‘It is understood that shareholders need a payout but if you’re going to be a parasite, be a good parasite and don’t kill the host,’’ Mr Lloyd [...]