Google has hired goats. Yeah, you heard right. The goats are replacing the gas-powered lawn mowers at the search giant's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. The goats will not only help trim the land's excessive grass, weeds, and brush in an eco-friendly way, it'll increase the fertility of Google's land with fresh goat droppings.
On its official blog, Google talks about its latest approach to saving energy:
"At our Mountain View headquarters, we have some fields that we need to mow occasionally to clear weeds and brush to reduce fire hazard. This spring we decided to take a low-carbon approach: Instead of using noisy mowers that run on gasoline and pollute the air, we've rented some goats from California Grazing to do the job for us (we're not "kidding"). A herder brings about 200 goats and they spend roughly a week with us at Google, eating the grass and fertilizing at the same time. The goats are herded with the help of Jen, a border collie. It costs us about the same as mowing, and goats are a lot cuter to watch than lawn mowers.
California Grazing provides a grazing management system that not only cuts back on the weeds, but also helps native grasses to survive. The company calls their 800 goats "self propelled weed eaters."
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