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Going Green - Saturday, October 24, 2009 1:31 - 0 Comments
Chew on This! Boston Suburb Hires Goats to Mow Lawn
by Naturally Savvy 
on 10.23.09 Travel & Nature
A Boston suburb is sidelining commercial mowers in favor of a local farmer’s goats to maintain a public meadow. Six dairy goats will chow down on a 3.5-acre meadow that is part of the Virginia Hammond Reservation, a conservation area in Andover.
The plan makes sense on several levels. It will cut out carbon emissions that previously accumulated from the use of commercial mowers. Not only will the plan cost the city nothing, they’ll save on the cost of labor, gas, and equipment maintenance.
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