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Google hires goats for a second time |
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Google has, once again, decided to do things “naturally”, or rather, as nature intended them to be done in the first place. At its Mountain View headquarters, Google has once again hired 200 goats from California Grazing, a company that provides “holistic land management and brush & weed control through grazing,” to munch down on its grassy expanses, which otherwise turn into a fire hazard.  Last year in 2009, Google for the first time decided to hire goats in lieu of lawn mowers that run on gasoline. A herder brought around 200 goats to the Google campus, where they spent around a week chomping down on free grass and fertilizing the grounds simultaneously. Google says the costs are comparable to mowing, though the “goats are a lot cuter to watch than lawn mowers.” The company turned to hiring goats to do the job as a way to minimize the company's carbon footprint with added green benefit – the goats eliminate mower emissions, reduce noise pollution, restore plant species and fertilize while grazing.Dan Hoffman, Director of Real Estate and Workplace Services, quipped in his blog post, “Don’t worry, we’re not going to be in the business of chèvre anytime soon, but in the meantime we’re having a lot of fun watching our new colleagues,” Hoffman quipped. After applauding the common sense solution Google has implemented, you can't help but wonder – would dairy qualify as a “new” business option for Google if cows had been hired in lieu of goats? |
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