A Lincoln University-based company that uses the legendary appetite of goats to clear brush is about to grow, writes Richard Gaw for the Chester County Press.

Green Grazer Goats, run by Kalyn Butt and Kevin Conner, has won the Swim with the Sharks Video Pitch Competition organized by the Delaware-based Emerging Enterprise Center. GGG received $14,500 in cash, as well as more than $7,500 in legal and professional services from local businesses and organizations, and a six-month membership in the EEC Virtual Incubation Program.

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Butt and Conner started the environmentally friendly businesses six months ago. The company is part of a nationwide trend that uses managed goat grazing services to eradicate invasive plants like florabunda rose and poison ivy.

According to Butt, the service is very cost effective, at $1,500 less per acre to clear brush than what one would spend to hire a landscaping company.

“As a bonus, our customers get to look at goats instead of listening to gas-powered machines all day,” she said.

The pair will use most of the cash prize to purchase 25 more goats, which will bring their “employee” base close to 60.

Read more about Green Grazer Goats in the Chester County Press here.

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