In an effort to further green their business (and image), Google is now mowing the grass around their office property with, that’s right, goats!
According to their blog, for about the same price as their lawnmowing service, they now have a herd of about 200 goats graze for a week at a time courtesy of California Grazing. Not only do they trim all the grass but fertilize it too, yeah, exactly how you’d think!
So when you think about it, there really is a pretty significant carbon footprint reduction and the goats are just doing what they love to do… wander aimlessly while munching on grass and weeds.
As a side note, I think this is a pretty cool idea and I’d like to know if services like this are available in other parts of the country besides California.
Do you know of any services like this? Tell us about it below!
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May 3rd, 2009 at 9:47 pm
That’s pretty funny, I can see Google doing something like that, any word as to how much they get paid? LOL
May 4th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Hmmmm, the top “paid” goats are taking home a good bail or two per year.
Also, check it out! Even PETA has weighed in (with funny slideshow). Having done a little more reading on goatscaping, it’s also used for wildfire prevention by having goats clear away brush.