Digitel Steps» google. goats http://www.digisteps.com a Blog a Guide on Technology Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 What Goats are doing at Google? http://www.digisteps.com/google/google-goats-lawnmowers/597 http://www.digisteps.com/google/google-goats-lawnmowers/597#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 09:37:05 +0000 Hemanth Kumar http://www.digisteps.com/google/google-goats-lawnmowers/597 google-goats Google low-carbon approach: Instead of using noisy lawnmowers that cut grass in the fields which runs on gasoline and pollute the air, Google rented some goats to do the job (They are not "kidding").

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Google rented around 200 goats from California Grazing and they spend roughly a week at Google, eating the grass and fertilizing at the same time.  fertilizing is ok, but what about the smell guys?

“It costs us about the same as mowing, and goats are a lot cuter to watch than lawn mowers” said Dan Hoffman. [ via TechCrunch ]

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