Goats are essentially the best lawn-mowers available, and they are very environmentally friendly. Going green with goats is becoming popular, so there are goat rental services that provide landscaping by letting the goats loose in a backyard. Works wonders on overgrown lawns, and brush. Goats will eat virtually anything and digest it without a problem.
For an average lawn, a mower works just fine, but for fire-prone slopes or polluted landfills, many cities turn to a rugged biological machine: the goat. We head to an odd San Francisco postindustrial farm to meet a man by the name of The Goat Whisperer and his herd. (via Wired.com)
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