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July 2002 Fortune : Imagine a work force that never calls in sick, doesn't complain, and knows from birth how the job should be done. Ecosystem Concepts Incorporated of Dixon, Calif., has thousands of these efficient workers. There is a downside--the employees aren't potty trained, and they know only one word: "Maaa." Yes, Ecosystem Concepts owns goats, and it uses its masticating herds to clear the weeds, grasses, and low tree branches that fuel California's pervasive brushfires. In a day, 400 goats can munch one acre clean for between $750 and $1,500. Unlike humans, goats don't suffer from poison oak, and they eat up to 5% of their body mass each day, says Brea McGrew, the veterinarian who has run Ecosystem Concepts since 1991. April 2002 San Francisco Business Times : "Ecosystems' Brea McGrew, a Dixon-based veterinarian, and her husband, Robert, a fireman with Sacramento Metro Fire Department..." January 2002 Vetcentric Magazine : "Ecosystem Concepts Incorporated has been around for more than a dozen years. Dr. McGrew and her husband, a firefighter..." October 2001 Smithsonian Magazine : "...certainly among the pioneers were Brea McGrew, a veterinarian, and her husband, Robert, a fireman, whose four-footed weed eaters have been at it since 1991." June 1998 Los Altos Town Crier (article no longer online): "The County Fire District hired Ecosystem Concepts, Incorporated, a Davis-based company, to provide the goats. Dr. Brea McGrew, a veterinarian, and her husband Robert McGrew, a certified California firefighter, own the business, which specializes in using animals to clear undesirable vegetation..." May 1997 San Francisco Chronicle (article no longer online): "This year....He contacted Brea and Robert McGrew, co-owners of Ecosystem Concepts Incorporated.." Copyright © 2003 Ecosystem Concepts Inc, PO Box 807, Dixon, California 95620 www.onramp113.org/eci Design by www.randyrhody.com

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