Goat grazing companies around the world

Vashon Island, Washington

Founded by former paramedic Tammy Dunakin — the self-described "Head Goat Wrangler" — Rent-A-Ruminant turned a small island farm into what is often called the first goat-rental franchise in the world. Its trained herd tackles blackberry, ivy, and steep, machine-unfriendly lots across the Puget Sound region.

Orinda, California

Started by Egon and Terri Oyarzun with 54 goats working neighbors’ yards, Goats R Us has grown into one of California’s largest grazing operations, running several thousand head with South American herders and Border Collies. The family focuses on fire-fuel reduction and riparian restoration across the Bay Area.

Ames, Iowa

Launched by the Steele and Steenhoek families, Goats On The Go grew from one small farm into a nationwide brand with a network of independent local affiliates. Its affiliate model has helped dozens of small operators across the U.S. start their own targeted-grazing businesses.

Lander, Wyoming

Run by Lani Malmberg, who holds a master’s in weed science, Goat Green bills itself as the nation’s longest-running professional prescription-grazing company. Its herd of well over a thousand goats travels the American West for noxious-weed control, erosion mitigation, and post-fire restoration.

San Francisco, California

A nonprofit and the last working goat herd in San Francisco, City Grazing began with ten goats bound for auction. Today more than a hundred rescued and retired goats live in the Bayview district and clear weeds and fire fuel around the city, supported by volunteers and donations.

Rhinebeck, New York

Green Goats built its reputation clearing invasive plants at national, state, and town parks, colleges, and historic estates across the Northeast. Started by the late Larry Cihanek after an impulsive purchase of two young goats, the herd has grazed sites from Vanderbilt Mansion to multi-state park systems.

Davidsonville, Maryland

Owned by licensed professional forester Brian Knox, Eco-Goats targets tough invasives like kudzu, oriental bittersweet, and multiflora rose across Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic. Knox also consults with aspiring goat-grazers nationwide on how to build similar operations.

Duxbury, Massachusetts

Founded by Elaine Philbrick after she read a newspaper story about brush-clearing goats, The Goatscaping Company grew from a single golf-course client to hundreds of weekly rentals across Massachusetts’ South Shore, serving country clubs, agencies, and homeowners.

Atlanta, Georgia

A Southeastern goat-rental service covering greater Atlanta, Get Your Goat Rentals sends herds into overgrown residential and commercial lots across Fulton, Cobb, DeKalb, and Gwinnett counties as a quiet, chemical-free alternative to machinery.

Snohomish County, Washington

Serving Snohomish and King counties around Seattle, Evergreen handles residential, commercial, and municipal brush-clearing jobs — putting goats to work on the blackberry and ivy that thrive in the Pacific Northwest.

Gaston, Oregon

A woman- and minority-owned operation working the countryside around Portland, WestSide GoatGirl specializes in clearing Himalayan blackberry and overgrowth within about 30 miles of Gaston, Oregon.

Georgia

Red Wagon Goats focuses on small- to mid-sized jobs that machines struggle with — retention ponds, historic cemeteries, and municipal and commercial parcels — clearing them with managed herds and temporary fencing.

Western Pennsylvania

A Western Pennsylvania grazing service, Capricious deploys goats to reclaim overgrown and neglected land, offering an eco-friendly option for property owners wary of herbicides and heavy equipment.

Bristol, England

A community-led project in Bristol, Street Goat lets city residents become part-time goat keepers while the herds clear ivy and bramble from overgrown allotments, brownfield sites, and nature reserves — often in partnership with local councils.

North East England

A community-interest company, Flexigraze provides conservation grazing for a wide range of landowners — from quarry operators to conservation charities — using livestock, including goats, to manage habitats the natural way.

Mulranny, Ireland

Working to conserve Ireland’s native Old Irish Goat, this group puts the heritage breed to work on gorse management, invasive-species control, and wildfire prevention — and was an early Irish adopter of virtual-fence technology for precise, fence-free grazing.

Ireland

An Irish goat-hire service, Billy’s Rent a Goat clears briars, grass, and invasive overgrowth with friendly grazing herds, offering landowners an environmentally friendly alternative to cutting and spraying.

Albury–Wodonga, NSW/VIC

Built around an eco-friendly approach to land maintenance, Enviro Graze hires goats out by the day, week, month, or on annual management plans, and has completed a wide range of vegetation projects across the Albury–Wodonga region in both urban and rural settings.

Newcastle, NSW

Coastwide pairs goat hire with large-scale vegetation management and land clearing across Greater Newcastle, Forster, and Taree, offering eco-friendly weed and brush control alongside traditional contracting services.