WEBER COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — One Utah home building company is using goats on their properties, opting for an all-natural form of pesticide and weed management.

Nilson Homes is a company that builds homes in Weber and Davis counties. This year, they're taking a unique approach to managing their lands before building homes- bringing goats in to take care of weeds.

Jed Nilson says their company purchases large areas of land, before starting any home developments. He said, "Part of our role in owning this land is we need to keep it free of weeds that grow too tall. For the last however many years, even before I owned the company, to take care of the weeds, we would spray chemicals."

Nilson said he realized that the chemicals were damaging the land and the landscapers, often teenagers, who w

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