these goats are being used at the university i work at to clear the steeper hills and hard to reach places on the campus...
i think it would be a really good enterprise or side business for ones who not only live in jamaica (with its rocky. hilly, hard to get to spaces, but other places as well...
there are also photos on the site...it is a herd of thirty goats...it is amazing to watch them at work while i am at work...
"It would be easy and efficient to attack invasive plant species with herbicides or bulldozers. However, in many urban areas these methods are impractical or pose a health risk to the community. We started this business by adopting a simple premise: that there must be a more sustainable way to get rid of nuisance plants, especially kudzu. After significant research into various ways to eradicate kudzu, we developed a hybrid method which includes the use of our growing goat herd to defoliate tracts of kudzu infested land...
Goatscaping is a term that is becoming more common. It refers to using herds of goats to defoliate large areas of difficult terrain or weed infested lots. By replacing mechanical equipment and toxic chemicals, goats are able to reclaim urban land that cannot be sprayed or bulldozed. Municipalities around the United States are adopting this ecologically sound and sustainable way of managing many types of invasive species. For example, in Los Angeles, CA, goat herds are used to reduce scrubby vegetation in fire-prone areas to lower the risk of damaging wildfires. In Denver, CO, goats are keeping non-native tamarisk trees from displacing native species."
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