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The Money Trail . . . It’s Tough to Keep the Path, and Hands, Truly Clean
For nearly two decades the New England Grows trade show has been among our favorite annual dates on the calendar. For me, it’s where I cut my proverbial teeth in the horticulture industry, first as a landscaper, then as a publisher and television host and in recent years as an activist. When you’ve been going [...]
Continue reading...Common Ground: The Ocean, Lakes, Rivers & Streams
31. January 2012
SafeLawns, Surfriders Share Common Goals of a Healthier Planet If there’s one truism we’ve found as we begin our seventh year at the SafeLawns Foundation, it’s to expect the unexpected. To that end, last week we enjoyed a lengthy conversation with Surfrider Foundation, a group that initially came together in 1984 to protest threats to their [...]
Continue reading...First Stop, Sacramento: SafeLawns Spring Tour Rounding into Focus
23. January 2012
With a new book (Tag, Toss & Run) and campaign (Lawn Games for LIfe) on the way for the spring of 2012, the SafeLawns spring calendar is quickly filling up and taking shape. Please take a look below and note when we’ll be in your area. The season gets off to an early start this weekend, [...]
Continue reading...Major American Lawn & Landscape Conference Set for Chicago in March
17. January 2012
One of the nation’s best educational opportunities for professionals and homeowners is coming to the Midwest in late March. Titled the “Lawn & Landscape Summit: Chicago 2012,” the event will bring together two leading golf course superintendents, along with a renowned arborist and several of the most progressive landscape products companies for two days of [...]
Continue reading...NOFA Organic Lawn Certification Courses Set for Northeast
4. January 2012
One of the main questions we get here at the SafeLawns Foundation concerns training for professionals. While we offer one-on-one consulting for businesses and municipalities in the U.S. and Canada, there’s no question that best training in a classroom setting in North America comes from the Northeast Organic Farming Association’s accredited Organic Land Care Program [...]
Continue reading...All Eyes on New Jersey School Pesticide Bill
3. January 2012
Our colleagues in New Jersey are mobilizing anxiously in anticipation of next week’s critical vote in the state legislature that could remove toxic pesticides from school grounds and day care centers. Suzanne Aptmann of the Northern New Jersey SafeYards Alliance did a great job of getting the issue covered in her local newspaper: http://westdeptford.patch.com/articles/legislature-could-move-on-school-pesticide-ban-next-week. Safe landscape [...]
Continue reading...SafeLawns to Open 2012 Tour in Sacramento
3. January 2012
The SafeLawns Foundation announced today it will open its 2012 international tour in California at the EcoLandscape 2012 conference in Woodland, just outside of Sacramento. The conference, which will focus on economically and environmentally sustainable business practices in the green industry, will be keynoted by SafeLawns founder Paul Tukey, as well as Jeff Lowenfels of [...]
Continue reading...Living in America . . . With Pesticides Everywhere
20. December 2011
This is an amazing article from the Sierra Club: http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/201201/parkinsons-pesticides.aspx
Continue reading...Miracle Gro Sales Continue to Plummet
17. December 2011
Are consumers waking up to the general wastefulness and toxicity of the chemical lawn care industry? Based on the ongoing decline in the finances of the world’s largest purveyor of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides — coupled with the increase in the sales of organic products — all indications point to a major market shift. Scotts [...]
Continue reading...Report: Genetically Modified Food Crops an Utter Failure
15. December 2011
The Institute of Science in Society published this concise report detailing the myriad evidence that overwhelmingly concludes that corn crops bio-engineered to contain Bt have been a complete failure: http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Bt_crops_failures_and_hazards.php
Continue reading...- Miracle Gro Deal with Wildlife Federation Outrages Environmental Community
- Citing Guilty Plea, Wildlife Federation Ends Agreement with Scotts
- Chemical Industry Convinces Toronto Flower Show to Ban Film
- Former Chemical Applicator: 'I Am Literally Ashamed of Myself for Being Part of It'
- Researcher: Roundup May Be Causing Miscarriages in Cattle, Humans
- Groundcover Wednesday: Lemon Thyme
- Sometimes, You Just Have to Mow . . .
- Government Agency: We Must Reduce Toxics
- Amidst Wildlife Federation Firestorm, Scotts Miracle Gro Fined $4.5 Million for Toxic Bird Seed, Falsifying Records
- Corn Gluten Meal as Weed Control?: 20 Years Later, the Jury is Still Out
- Ken Mitchell: This is all great, but what can we do about the on...
- Mary Allen: Yeah for ethics! Not everyone is a whore for the ...
- Paul Tukey: Beverly, Send me an email at Paul@SafeLawns.org an...
- Beverly Herran: My partner and i observed your content has a copyr...
- Dianne Laheurte: Congratulations to you and Safelawns, Paul, for sp...
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3. February 2012
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