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(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, August 11, 2009) Carrboro, NC, the site of Beyond Pesticides\u2019 27th National Pesticide Forum<\/a>, is the latest town to join the list of states and communities employing goats<\/a> for nontoxic weed control. Communities across the nation, from Maryland to Wyoming to California, are discovering that grazing goats is a great option for land that suffers from unwanted plants, low organic matter and soil compaction. Goats eat weeds, add fertilizer and aerate the soil with their hooves, all at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n

The town of Carrboro hired Goat Patrol<\/a>, a targeted grazing service based in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina, to control a poison ivy infestation in a town dog park. The company, which currently consists of 16 goats, is owned and operated by Alix Bowman. Ms. Bowman says the inspiration for the business was found knee deep in a patch of English Ivy, which she was struggling to remove to make way for a garden. “If only I had some goats,” she thought. Four months later, the business school graduate returned to her farming roots and started the Goat Patrol.<\/p>\n

\"Alix

Alix Bowman leads her her goats into the thicket (photos by Allen Spalt)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen adopted an integrated pest management policy to reduce the use of pesticides on town property in 1999, the company was a natural fit. “There are lots of these problems that can be dealt with without poison,” Allen Spalt, a former alderman who introduced the resolution when he was on the board, told the Chapel Hill News<\/em>. “Pesticides by design are poison to living things.”<\/p>\n

\"Goats

Goats at work<\/p><\/div>\n

Of 30 commonly used lawn and landscape pesticides, 14 are probable or possible carcinogens, 15 are linked with birth defects, 21 with reproductive effects, 24 with neurotoxicity, 22 with liver or kidney damage, and 27 are sensitizers and\/or irritants. Aside from being healthier for people<\/a> and the environment<\/a>, goats are often a cheaper option and provide a better long-term solution to the problem.<\/p>\n

\"Town

Town residents turned out in force to observe<\/p><\/div>\n

Ms. Bowman told the Carrboro Citizen<\/em> that the goats have the same hours as most landscapers and are even more efficient in getting to the hard-to-reach places. \u201cThe goats are often less expensive and get into a lot of stuff other workers wouldn\u2019t want to touch,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat\u2019s poisonous to humans can be dessert to goats.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For more information on natural, non-chemical land management strategies, read \u201cSuccessfully Controlling Noxious Weeds with Goats<\/a>: The natural choice that manages weeds and builds soil health\u201d by Lani Malmberg; watch the video from the \u201cOrganic Land Management<\/a>: Lawns, gardens and open spaces\u201d workshop at the 27th National Pesticide Forum in Carrboro, NC and see Beyond Pesticides\u2019 Lawn and Landscape<\/a> pages.<\/em><\/p>\n

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