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Various of goats2. Wide shot of entrance to San Francisco Bay Railroad 3. Wide shot of old locomotive 4. Low angle grass growing by train tracks 5. Low wide view of City Grazing sign 6. Close of railroad...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eSan Francisco -July 26, 2012 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of goats\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide shot of entrance to San Francisco Bay Railroad \u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide shot of old locomotive \u003cbr/\u003e4. Low angle grass growing by train tracks \u003cbr/\u003e5. Low wide view of City Grazing sign \u003cbr/\u003e6. Close of railroad office sigh\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid shot of City Grazing founder David Gavrich at desk \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English), David Gavrich, founder, City Grazing\u003cbr/\u003e\"The normal way to control vegetation in a rail yard to comply with Federal regulations is to just spray herbicides and some of them are very, very powerful herbicides. We didn't want to do that, so we instead looked around for a natural alternative and we saw that goats were grazing up in the Oakland Hills for fire prevention.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Various of goat called Oreo \u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid of Gavrich looking at photos of a baby goat \u003cbr/\u003e11. Close shot computer screen showing photos of goat called Oreo \u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (English), David Gavrich, founder, City Grazing\u003cbr/\u003e\"Using a natural alternative like goats, or even cows or sheep, basically restores the natural chemistry of the soil, I mean it puts natural organic fertiliser back into the soil, whereas herbicides actually put chemicals in the soil and destroy the chemistry.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Various goats \u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide rear view of herder Trevor Rose walking away from camera \u003cbr/\u003e15. Close of Rose's hand filled with the seeds from the plants eaten by goats\u003cbr/\u003e16. Mid of Rose with goats \u003cbr/\u003e17. Close low view of goats \u003cbr/\u003e18. Close of plant in Rose's hand \u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (English) Trevor Rose, goat herder, City Grazing\u003cbr/\u003e\"Well originally I'm originated from Jamaica and then I migrated to here and I was actually looking for a job, most interested in something pertaining to farming as that's my culture, that's what I was brought up into. But I was unemployed, and I was searching, where, what, anywhere I could get something to do.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide of Rose herding goats into shed\u003cbr/\u003e21. Various of Rose going into City Grazing trailer on work site at Navy Shipyard \u003cbr/\u003e22. Various of ships around naval dockyard \u003cbr/\u003e23. Pull focus fence to goats in field \u003cbr/\u003e24. Focus grass to Navy building \u003cbr/\u003e25. Extreme close shot plant that goats enjoy eating \u003cbr/\u003e26. Various goats grazing \u003cbr/\u003e27. Close of pails being filled with water for goats \u003cbr/\u003e28. Wide zoom out of rail yard \u003cbr/\u003e29. Wide of tractor at rail yard \u003cbr/\u003e30. Mid of goats eating in over grown Navy yard\u003cbr/\u003eA group of goats are the latest recruits to the US Navy.\u003cbr/\u003eThey're on a mission to eat the weeds which are overwhelming sites including the docks and San Francisco's city rail road.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's apparently the perfect business arrangement.\u003cbr/\u003eThe grass won't stop growing without the heavy use of polluting chemicals and the goats just can't get enough of the grass.\u003cbr/\u003eGoats have voracious appetites.\u003cbr/\u003eIn fact these animals are vital to preventing grass fires in the searing heat which has turned miles of the US into a tinderbox.\u003cbr/\u003eThey were originally hired to keep weeds down at the San Francisco Bay Railroad, which manages the tracks for the Port of San Francisco.\u003cbr/\u003eBut City Grazing which deploys them, now rents out groups like this for $200 - $400 (US) a week to a multitude of organisations looking for an environmentally friendly way of shearing the grass.\u003cbr/\u003eDavid Gavrich, president of the San Francisco Bay Railroad and founder of City Grazing, says goats are a good way to restore the natural chemistry of the soil.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says: \"The normal way to control vegetation in a railyard to comply with Federal regulations is to just spray herbicides, and some of them are very, very powerful herbicides. We didn't want to do that so we instead looked around for a natural alternative, and we saw that goats were grazing up in the Oakland Hills for fire prevention.\"\u003cbr/\u003eGavrich first bought ten goats that were being sent to a slaughterhouse.\u003cbr/\u003eHis original intention was to keep back the weeds next to the train tracks. \u003cbr/\u003eAs expected though, the goats keep multiplying and they've become what is now called City Grazing.\u003cbr/\u003eThe firm sends out herds all over the Bay Area to cut back weeds the natural way.\u003cbr/\u003eSome of the animals like Oreo have been raised in Gavrich's home, growing up and playing with the children like a puppy.\u003cbr/\u003eHe's pleased with the success the herds are having.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says: \"Using a natural alternative like goats, or even cows or sheep, basically restores the natural chemistry of the soil, I mean it puts natural organic fertiliser back into the soil, whereas herbicides actually put chemicals in the soil and destroy the chemistry.\" \u003cbr/\u003eGavrich now has his own specialist herder Trevor Rose who's known in these parts as \"the goat whisperer\". \u003cbr/\u003e\"Well originally I'm originated from Jamaica and then I migrated to here and I was actually looking for a job, most interested in something pertaining to farming as that's my culture, that's what I was brought up into. 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