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Industry Updates
The Organic Opportunity
BeeSafe Organic Lawn Care
Current market share for organic lawn care is still small, but the market opportunity is enormous—for contractors who figure out how to make it work.
NaturaLawn of America is a franchise system with roughly 66 licenses in 24 states. Collectively the company generates annual revenue in excess of $50 million. The company does use some pesticide control products, but its website states that its unique lawn programs have been able to reduce the use of insect and weed control pesticides by over 85%.
Industry Updates
Walking the Walk When it Comes to Safety
Raimondi Horticultural Group takes home national award for its commitment to safety training and education.
Mowing & Maintenance
When El Niño Rains, She Pours
San Diego area’s Heaviland Landscape Management shares tips to prevent flooding, pollution and damage through storm water management.
Alternative Fuels
Clean Air Grows Sales, not Carbon Footprint
Clean Air Lawn Care franchise network grows to 55-plus territories, each focused on organic-based lawn care and electric equipment powered by renewable energy.
Kelly Giard standing next to a truck outfitted with the Clean Air Solar Charging Unit: mounted solar panels that charge the electric mowers and other equipment throughout the day.
Design-Build
CTMG-48S Grapple
Worksaver
Worksaver says that its CTMG-48S grapple allows operators to easily change between the bucket and grapple.
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Mowing & Maintenance
Preservation Tree Services Acquires Greenleaf Professional Tree Service
To enable Preservation Tree Services to better serve their growing base of Fort Worth customers, they are currently expanding facilities and operations in the area.
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Industry Updates
NALP Adds VP of Government Relations
National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP)
Paul Mendelsohn has joined the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP), will oversee expansion of the government relations program.
Paul Mendelsohn, NALP VP of Government Relations
Debris Handling
The War on Leaf Blowers
Prominent D.C. writer helping encourage city council to ban use of gas-powered leaf blowers.
Industry Updates
Eye on Regulations in 2016
Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI)
Part 2: Engines, fertilizer, pesticides and pollinators
The EPA is proposing stronger standards for people applying restricted-use pesticides (RUPs).
Industry Updates
Eye on Regulations in 2016
Part 1: Immigration, labor and product safety
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Industry Updates
2015: A Year in Review
Our most popular content of 2015. Read the overview here, and see links to the individual stories below.
Lawn Care
TruGreen and Scotts Announce Merger
TruGreen
UPDATE: David Alexander, TruGreen president and CEO, offers insights on the deal between the lawn care industry's two power players.
David Alexander, TruGreen president and CEO
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