http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2010/01/fields-of-false-dreams-scotts-joins-forces-with-major-league-baseball/ Organic Lawn Care Articles Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:58:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2010/01/fields-of-false-dreams-scotts-joins-forces-with-major-league-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-259080 Miracle Gro Deal with Wildlife Federation Outrages Environmental Community | Safelawns Daily Post and Q&A Blog Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:12:09 +0000 http://www.safelawns.org/blog/?p=784#comment-259080 [...] and its allies were able to block the insidious ChemLawn deal with Earth Day, but Major League Baseball didn’t flinch under a barrage of comments and still hangs “Scotts is Used Here” banners in Major [...] [...] and its allies were able to block the insidious ChemLawn deal with Earth Day, but Major League Baseball didn’t flinch under a barrage of comments and still hangs “Scotts is Used Here” banners in Major [...]

]]> http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2010/01/fields-of-false-dreams-scotts-joins-forces-with-major-league-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-124585 On Earth Day, The Greenwashing of Baseball | Safelawns Daily Post and Q&A Blog Sat, 23 Apr 2011 05:12:25 +0000 http://www.safelawns.org/blog/?p=784#comment-124585 [...] Day to drop its affiliation with ChemLawn (TruGreen), we thought we could make some noise about the salicious partnership between the biggest lawn chemical company and America’s [...] [...] Day to drop its affiliation with ChemLawn (TruGreen), we thought we could make some noise about the salicious partnership between the biggest lawn chemical company and America’s [...]

]]> http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2010/01/fields-of-false-dreams-scotts-joins-forces-with-major-league-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-109260 The Purchase of Public Opinion Happens in Canada, Too | Safelawns Daily Post and Q&A Blog Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:44:27 +0000 http://www.safelawns.org/blog/?p=784#comment-109260 [...] a contest to promote a weed killer known as Simplicity. It was reminiscent of last year, when the Scotts Miracle-Gro company sent millions of dollars to Major League Baseball to become the official fertilizer of America’s pastime. Those of us in the health and [...] [...] a contest to promote a weed killer known as Simplicity. It was reminiscent of last year, when the Scotts Miracle-Gro company sent millions of dollars to Major League Baseball to become the official fertilizer of America’s pastime. Those of us in the health and [...]

]]> http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2010/01/fields-of-false-dreams-scotts-joins-forces-with-major-league-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-77841 Sustainable and Urban Gardening News, February 2010 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:33:49 +0000 http://www.safelawns.org/blog/?p=784#comment-77841 [...] Major League Baseball signs pacts with Scotts to imprint unreal lawn expectations even more into our national psyche, and Paul Tukey freaks out. [...] [...] Major League Baseball signs pacts with Scotts to imprint unreal lawn expectations even more into our national psyche, and Paul Tukey freaks out. [...]

]]> http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2010/01/fields-of-false-dreams-scotts-joins-forces-with-major-league-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-16780 Paul Tukey Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:02:44 +0000 http://www.safelawns.org/blog/?p=784#comment-16780 Mr. GreenThumb, As a journalist first and a professional landscape contractor second during my career, my first inclination is to report the news. We have hundreds of examples of peer reviewed studies that show pesticide — and fertilizer — products to be dangerous and various ways. And each and every time we report on these studies, the chemical industry responds the same way my teenager does . . . with a "Yeah, but . . . " It doesn't matter how many studies come out, guys like you are going to believe what you want to believe — just like I believe what I believe. Where's the science that shows these products are safe? It's not out there; it doesn't exist. And, in fact, it's illegal to say a pesticide is safe. Mr. GreenThumb,
As a journalist first and a professional landscape contractor second during my career, my first inclination is to report the news. We have hundreds of examples of peer reviewed studies that show pesticide — and fertilizer — products to be dangerous and various ways. And each and every time we report on these studies, the chemical industry responds the same way my teenager does . . . with a “Yeah, but . . . ” It doesn’t matter how many studies come out, guys like you are going to believe what you want to believe — just like I believe what I believe. Where’s the science that shows these products are safe? It’s not out there; it doesn’t exist. And, in fact, it’s illegal to say a pesticide is safe.

]]> http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2010/01/fields-of-false-dreams-scotts-joins-forces-with-major-league-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-16764 GreenThumb Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:18:35 +0000 http://www.safelawns.org/blog/?p=784#comment-16764 Its too bad guys like you Tukey cant get past your own political biases and report science and fact. Please provide any supporting evidence that the field that these guys are stepping out on to are dangerous. Maybe become an agronomist and then refute what the head groundskeeper is doing. Its too bad guys like you Tukey cant get past your own political biases and report science and fact. Please provide any supporting evidence that the field that these guys are stepping out on to are dangerous. Maybe become an agronomist and then refute what the head groundskeeper is doing.

]]> http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2010/01/fields-of-false-dreams-scotts-joins-forces-with-major-league-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-16057 On Our First Anniversary: Your Top 10 Posts | Safelawns Daily Post and Q&A Blog Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:05:25 +0000 http://www.safelawns.org/blog/?p=784#comment-16057 [...] Major League Baseball’s Sellout . . . A core group of people were outraged when we ran the news Jan. 25 about Major League Baseball’s deal with Scotts Miracle Gro. Alas, subsequent efforts to do something about it fell on deaf ears. I consider that to be one of the major failings of the SafeLawns campaign so far in 2010 — http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2010/01/fields-of-false-dreams-scotts-joins-forces-with-majo... [...] [...] Major League Baseball’s Sellout . . . A core group of people were outraged when we ran the news Jan. 25 about Major League Baseball’s deal with Scotts Miracle Gro. Alas, subsequent efforts to do something about it fell on deaf ears. I consider that to be one of the major failings of the SafeLawns campaign so far in 2010 — http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2010/01/fields-of-false-dreams-scotts-joins-forces-with-majo... [...]

]]> http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2010/01/fields-of-false-dreams-scotts-joins-forces-with-major-league-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-8715 head groundskeeper Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:18:15 +0000 http://www.safelawns.org/blog/?p=784#comment-8715 [...] going in the same ... The lizard quick as a flash, ran around my back and then up on to my head. ...Fields of False Dreams: Scotts Joins Forces With Major League ...Dave Mellor, head groundskeeper for the Boston Red Sox. Having survived two of its most ... Also, [...] [...] going in the same … The lizard quick as a flash, ran around my back and then up on to my head. …Fields of False Dreams: Scotts Joins Forces With Major League …Dave Mellor, head groundskeeper for the Boston Red Sox. Having survived two of its most … Also, [...]

]]> http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2010/01/fields-of-false-dreams-scotts-joins-forces-with-major-league-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-8676 Opening Day No Way: Let Baseball Know How You Feel About Their Miracle Gro Deal | Safelawns Daily Post and Q&A Blog Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:25:59 +0000 http://www.safelawns.org/blog/?p=784#comment-8676 [...] since the news broke at the end of January that Major League Baseball had sold out to Scotts Miracle Gro on a deal to “re-ignite the contest for the best lawn in the neighborhood,” [...] [...] since the news broke at the end of January that Major League Baseball had sold out to Scotts Miracle Gro on a deal to “re-ignite the contest for the best lawn in the neighborhood,” [...]

]]> http://www.safelawns.org/blog/index.php/2010/01/fields-of-false-dreams-scotts-joins-forces-with-major-league-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-6767 Earth Day’s Newest Sponsor? . . . ChemLawn | Safelawns Daily Post and Q&A Blog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:29:28 +0000 http://www.safelawns.org/blog/?p=784#comment-6767 [...] Major League Baseball decided to make money from Scotts to re-ignite the “competition for the best lawn in the [...] [...] Major League Baseball decided to make money from Scotts to re-ignite the “competition for the best lawn in the [...]

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