“We didn’t expect to make any money in our first year or even necessarily get paid. We just wanted to go out there and see what the interest was, but once we started on our first project at a public park the phone started ringing. It’s been ringing ever since,” says Aaron Steele, founder of Goats on the Go, a targeted grazing service that utilizes goats and sheep for landscape maintenance.

For the September issue of Pro Landscaper USA, we sat down with Steele to discuss how he turned a family hobby into a national business. In 2016, Goats on the Go launched an affiliate program. Affiliates receive training and support and operate under the Goats on the Go brand. This expansion has allowed Steele’s original enterprise to spread from Iowa all across the country.

Goats on the Go has done work on landfills, drainage ways, schools, backyards, home associations, and more– anywhere vegetation is creating a challenge.

“The more sensitive the landscape, the more necessary it is that a soft touch be applied to controlling that vegetation and that’s where the goats come in handy,” says Steele.

To read the full article, check out our September issue here.

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