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May 21, 2008
Indianapolis Downtown Inc. (IDI) partnered with Riley Area Development Corporation to gather about 60 volunteers May 17 to plant hundreds of annuals and perennials in beds along Mass Avenue in Indianapolis, Ind.
May 7, 2008
Iverson Family Farms in Woodburn, Ore., sought independent certification as a way of having its sustainability practices independently recognized. Now, it has that certification with the VeriFlora label issued by Scientific Certification Systems (SCS).
April 30, 2008
Six students were chosen this year as OFA Scholars, who will be on site at the OFA Short Course in Columbus, Ohio from July 12-15.
April 23, 2008
Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (FDACS) has established a partnership with Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association (FNGLA) to promote gardening and landscaping to the public through a $250,000 USDA grant.
April 23, 2008
The Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) and its endowment fund, the research division of the American Nursery & Landscape Association (ANLA), are now accepting research applications for their FY2009 competitive research grants program.
April 23, 2008
How kind are you to the environment? The Texas AgriLife Extension Service has developed Earth-Kind Challenge to encourage gardeners to determine the answer online.
April 16, 2008
The Michigan Floriculture Growers Council (MFGC) has produced a list of its 2008 research priorities, which includes sustainability, water, energy, managing risk, production lighting, marketing, new crops, chemicals, post-harvest and business functions.
April 9, 2008
Certification programs and the move toward a national sustainable standard were a big part of our "State of Sustainability" grower-retailer panel discussion at the recent American Nursery & Landscape Association's Management Clinic. These growers a
April 2, 2008
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Charles M. Kuperus visited Allentown High School (N.J.) on National Agriculture Day to emphasize agricultural education at the high school level and stress the importance of continuing it at a state college or univer
April 2, 2008
The more major retailers stress sustainability, the more some growers feel pressured to modify their management practices.
February 20, 2008
In addition to completing the first three full years as the Michigan Floriculture Growers Council (MFGC), an advocacy organization, 2008 marked its first rotation in officers.
January 30, 2008
John Dole and Stanton Gill have received research grants from the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers (ASCFG).
January 16, 2008
Michigan growers can participate in the statewide Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP) and a plastics recycling program.
October 3, 2007
Would a well-established European grower certification program work in the United States? On Saturday, Doug Cole of D.S. Cole Growers in Loudon, N.H. hosted Theo de Groot, director of MPS (Milieu Project Sierteelt), and fellow growers to find out.
September 19, 2007
New England Nursery Association (NENA) will bring another big-name author and speaker to expand the way we think about our business for the 2007 Green Summit learning retreat.
