Re: master gardeners and Scotts?????

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I haven't come across this attempt in the Oakland County Michigan Master 
Gardener group. I agree that it would hugely benefit Scott's and is opposed 
to all Master Gardeners encourage, teach, believe in, stand for...etc.

Possibly this is one overly eager new Scott's representative that doesn't 
really understand what Master Gardeners and GWA members espouse.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Harris" <harristakoma@erols.com>
To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum" 
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Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [GWL] master gardeners and Scotts?????

> Any association that GWAA, Extension Services or any other respected group
> has with Scotts gives it respectability and credibilty, and that's a bad
> thing in my book.  Susan
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <KTCopsey@aol.com>
> To: <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:11 PM
> Subject: [GWL] master gardeners and Scotts?????
>
>
>>I was at a meeting yesterday and chatting with the Ext agent when she came
>> up with a big concern.  A Scotts company person in the next county has
>> come  up
>> with an idea that the county, and other counties in GA, rather like.
>> Scotts
>> can get us into major retail places such as Walmart and Home Depot  etc.
>> to
>> do talks, educate the public. To do so, they have a sponsored  stand by
>> the
>> chemical company - we think an outside tent - and MGs are  given the 
>> Scott
>> remedy book (or whatever its called).  What concerns the  agent is that 
>> we
>> are
>> partnering with a chemical agency that is directly opposed  to IPM and 
>> low
>> toxicity first.
>>
>> So I am curious as to if this is happening in other states or is Atlanta
>> the
>> first. It also brings to the front the sponsorship of Scotts with the
>> GWAA.
>> I know this was controversial and most of us do not endorse their
>> products,
>> nor their lawn care mantra.  Are we, the low chemical/organic  growers,
>> becoming such a threat to them, and has the tide turned against 
>> chemicals
>> to such
>> an extent that they are using tactics to curb us/woe  us with 
>> sponsorship?
>>
>> If this sounds confused, then you are right - I am totally at odds with
>> what
>> is going on and why is makes good business sense to them.
>>
>> Ideas anyone???
>>
>>
>>
>> Kate  Copsey
>> Garden Writer
>> _www.katecopsey.com_ (http://www.katecopsey.com/)
>>
>>
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