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Labor.  Your #1 challenge.  Where will you find your future employees?    It’s time to engage with the next generation of workers. Here’s how: Partner with UAC to create the 2nd annual “World of Landscape” – a unique opportunity to reach over 7000 middle and high school students and their teachers…

As we begin a new year – 2016 – on behalf of the UAC board, thank you for your continued membership and involvement in the Georgia Urban Ag Council. Why belong? According to a 2014 survey by Wild Apricot (a web-based association membership tool), there are six main reasons to…

Gwinnett Tech launches a new certificate program It started as a student project in 1999, but now the student is the program director and the plan is coming to life. That student was Aaron Poulsen. He had an idea to develop an edible garden at Gwinnett Technical College so students…

Get involved or get run over As green industry business owners, managers, employers, and employees, you are aware of the multitude of benefits our industry provides to the economy and the environment of our nation, our state, our cities, and our local communities. Unfortunately, many of our elected officials, municipal…

Should Georgians be worried? by Mary Kay Woodworth What’ is the “cosmetic” sale of pesticides and should we be concerned? In 2005, a province-wide ban on the “cosmetic” sale and use of pesticides went into effect in Ontario, Canada. More than 250 products were outlawed, leaving most Canadian lawn care…

Requirements for commercial application Do you need a mosquito control license? Here is a description of the Category 41 Mosquito Control license category as it appears in the rules of the Pesticide Use and Application Act of 1976: (r) Mosquito Control. This category includes commercial applicators using or supervising the…

Ethanol Education & Consumer Protection Program Look at the fuel pump before dispensing gasoline and check the ethanol content. Outdoor power equipment was made to run on fuel containing no more than 10 percent ethanol. The same fuel you put in your car may not be the same fuel meant…