Hiring 200 goats to do the job of a single lawn mower might sound foolish for a company like Google but they will disagree. First the news: Google has hired 200 goats from the California Grazing for the purpose of mowing their lawns at their headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Here’s the reason why they’ve hired so many “employees” to do a simple job:

The cost of bringing in the goats is comparable to hiring lawn mowers for the same job and the green benefits are clear: the goats eliminate mower emissions, reduce noise pollution, restore plant species and fertilize while grazing.

For those who don’t know, besides this Green initiative, Google also harnesses Solar power through hundreds of large Solar cells installed at their headquarters, the Google Plex. See the pictures here.

[via Google Blog]