‘They’re The Punks Of The Animal World’: An Inside Look At Urban Goat Herding

The general manager for City Grazing is one of many women dominating urban goat herding.

I think we can all agree that goats are a little weird. Or at least, they seem to be. They are, perhaps, not unlike the elusive durian — much-maligned for being thorny and smelly. But just as the durian’s facade gives way to a delectable fruit, so too does a goat’s. And unlike a durian, which — spoiler alert! — will only give a fleeting moment of pleasure and then turns into decidedly unusable poo, a goat’s bowel movement is an instant and potent fertilizer.

Genevieve Church, general manager for City Grazing — an urban goat landscaping business in the Bayview district of San Francisco — knows firsthand just how useful (and sneakily delightful)…