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Finally! This was getting to be a real problem in my grazing goat as a service business.

hinkley 6y ago
Goats as a Service has been around longer than The Cloud. I think you already missed that gold rush.
_jal 6y ago
You laugh, but growing up, my family used goats to keep brush down on our property, and would occasionally loan them to neighbors for the same.
- mhh__ 6y ago
  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/5297097/Google-hires-goats-to-cut-grass.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/5297097/Google...
skinkestek 6y ago
I think that is an actual service provided in Norway.
- codetrotter 6y ago
  You are correct. I remember seeing some goats at Oscarsborg Fortress and I was told that they were there on loan or on hire. Looked it up now and it checks out. The articles in the two links below affectionately refer to the featured goats as the "coast goat commando", which I think is just lovely :) https://www.oblad.no/badebyen/kystgeitkommandoen-til-oscarsborg/s/2-2.2610-1.3865150 https://www.oblad.no/badebyen/kystgeitkommandoen-til-oscarsb... https://www.oblad.no/badebyen/umb-geitene-pa-sommerjobb/s/2-2.2610-1.3884117 https://www.oblad.no/badebyen/umb-geitene-pa-sommerjobb/s/2-... Both of these articles are in Norwegian but basically they talk about the importance of keeping the vegetation in check, and that the goats are great at this, as well as the social value that goats provide to visitors. The goats featured here are owned by a University and were rented out to the Oscarsborg Fortress. There are pictures of the goats also in the articles. PS: For anyone not familiar with Oscarsborg check out the following links for some info and pictures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscarsborg_Fortress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscarsborg_Fortress https://www.forsvarsbygg.no/no/festningene/finn-din-festning/oscarsborg-festning/ https://www.forsvarsbygg.no/no/festningene/finn-din-festning... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Drøbak_Sound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Drøbak_Sound Using the defence batteries at Oscarsborg Fortress, the Norwegian coastal defence successfully sank the German heavy cruiser Blücher on 9 April 1940, forcing the German fleet to fall back. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Blücher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Blücher
- deepspace 6y ago
  California too: https://rentagoat.com https://rentagoat.com
_underfl0w_ 6y ago
Are you referring to Goat-2-Meeting? https://www.sweetfarm.org/goat-2-meeting https://www.sweetfarm.org/goat-2-meeting

Goats as a Service has been around longer than The Cloud. I think you already missed that gold rush.

_jal 6y ago

You laugh, but growing up, my family used goats to keep brush down on our property, and would occasionally loan them to neighbors for the same.

mhh__ 6y ago
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/5297097/Google-hires-goats-to-cut-grass.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/5297097/Google...

skinkestek 6y ago

I think that is an actual service provided in Norway.

codetrotter 6y ago
You are correct. I remember seeing some goats at Oscarsborg Fortress and I was told that they were there on loan or on hire. Looked it up now and it checks out. The articles in the two links below affectionately refer to the featured goats as the "coast goat commando", which I think is just lovely :) https://www.oblad.no/badebyen/kystgeitkommandoen-til-oscarsborg/s/2-2.2610-1.3865150 https://www.oblad.no/badebyen/kystgeitkommandoen-til-oscarsb... https://www.oblad.no/badebyen/umb-geitene-pa-sommerjobb/s/2-2.2610-1.3884117 https://www.oblad.no/badebyen/umb-geitene-pa-sommerjobb/s/2-... Both of these articles are in Norwegian but basically they talk about the importance of keeping the vegetation in check, and that the goats are great at this, as well as the social value that goats provide to visitors. The goats featured here are owned by a University and were rented out to the Oscarsborg Fortress. There are pictures of the goats also in the articles. PS: For anyone not familiar with Oscarsborg check out the following links for some info and pictures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscarsborg_Fortress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscarsborg_Fortress https://www.forsvarsbygg.no/no/festningene/finn-din-festning/oscarsborg-festning/ https://www.forsvarsbygg.no/no/festningene/finn-din-festning... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Drøbak_Sound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Drøbak_Sound Using the defence batteries at Oscarsborg Fortress, the Norwegian coastal defence successfully sank the German heavy cruiser Blücher on 9 April 1940, forcing the German fleet to fall back. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Blücher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Blücher
deepspace 6y ago
California too: https://rentagoat.com https://rentagoat.com

_underfl0w_ 6y ago

Are you referring to Goat-2-Meeting? https://www.sweetfarm.org/goat-2-meeting https://www.sweetfarm.org/goat-2-meeting