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Creating a Healthier and More Beautiful World

Creating a Healthier and More Beautiful World. Mary Hartney, FFAA Allen Fugler, FPMA. World Without P est C ontrol or Fertilizers. Worldwide Famine without Proper Crop Yields Pandemics of Malaria, Yellow Fever, Bed Bugs, Cholera Pestilence: Insects (ex. Locusts) Wiping Out Crops

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Creating a Healthier and More Beautiful World

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  1. Creating a Healthier and More Beautiful World Mary Hartney, FFAA Allen Fugler, FPMA

  2. World Without Pest Control or Fertilizers • Worldwide Famine without Proper Crop Yields • Pandemics of Malaria, Yellow Fever, Bed Bugs, Cholera • Pestilence: Insects (ex. Locusts) Wiping Out Crops • Wars Over Food and Clean Water • Social and Economic Disruption • Environmental Degradation: Refugees, Abandoned Cities, Farmlands, Desert Intrusion • Lessons of the Black Plague and American History

  3. What is Organic? • Contains Carbon, as Does All Living Things (and Their Remains) • Organic Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Safe/Safer • Everything is a Chemical! • Rules of Toxicology: Dose Response

  4. Products and Their Safety • Years of Laboratory Research and Field Trials • Studies of Toxicity and Environmental Fate • Registration by EPA and state environmental agencies • Continual study and periodic re-registration based on any new science

  5. Product Properties • Product Selection Based on Knowledge of Target Pest Behavior and Biology • Specific of Modes of Action on Target Insect or Weed • Soil Binding & Water Solubility • Plant Absorption of Nutrients, Pesticides • Precise Product Placement to Protect the Environment and Control Costs

  6. Professionals and Producers • Pest Management Professionals and Producers of Food, Fiber and Plants: • Regulated by State Agencies • Trained in Best Management Practices, Guidelines for Protecting the Environment • Knowledgeable of Target Pests and Proper Product Selection • PMPs: Licensed and Insured

  7. Value of Urban Landscapes • Natural Filter of Impurities, Protecting Surface Waters • Turf as a Sponge and Increases Pervious Surface Area • Absorbs Sound and Dust Pollution • Slows Erosion and Retains Topsoil • Increases Property Values, Which: • Increase Tax Bases for Important Services (Education, Fire, Police, etc.) • Improve Community Pride • Lower Crime Rates

  8. How Can You Help? • UF Recommendations: • Right plant, right place: irrigate and fertilize smart • Don’t transport pests/invasive species • Protect storm drains and surface water from clippings, fertilizer, pet waste • Reuse clippings in lawns and recycle nutrients • Reduce, reuse, recycle • Pass It On: Educate Your Parents, Friends and Fellow Students

  9. Resources • National Association of Conservation Districts, Ohio chapter: http://ofswcd.org/ • National Pest Management Association: www.Pestworld.org • Nutrients for Life: www.nutrientsforlife.org • Pesticide Facts: www.debugthemyths.com • Florida Friendly Lawn and Landscapes: www.floridayards.org • Benefits of Healthy Lawns and Landscapes: www.thelawninstitute.org

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