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New at Clinic 2012: The Food, Water and Power Innovation Pavilion from ANLA Sustainability in our industry is having a real impact in water management, cost-effective, efficient power and the edible gardening trend. Clinic 2012 will highlight innovations ready for use in your business. Will your product be there when the website goes live on Oct. 1? Apply for a spot in the showcase by contacting Sue DiStaulo at sue.bhi@roadrunner.com. More
Charlie Hall Wants to Stop By Your Office from ANLA Clinic Remote brings the industry's great speakers directly to you. Check out over 35 videos from 14 speakers including Charlie Hall, Sid Raische and Jim Paluch covering motivating your staff to act like owners, effective social media marketing and reducing shrink. Individual speakers are available starting at $9.99 with an All-Access-Pass available at an introductory price starting at $79 for ANLA members. Companies that sent attendees to the 2011 Clinic have pre-paid access. Contact Jonathan Bardzik at jbardzik@anla.org for more information. More
ANLA is Coming to New Jersey and Michigan from ANLA All politics are local and ANLA is teaming up with OFA for a visit to Spring Meadow Nursery on Sept. 19, and Overdevest Nurseries on Sept 28. Join ANLA and OFA leaders, with ANLA's legislative team, for a day of greenhouse and nursery tours, connecting with your fellow industry leaders, and learn how this summer's heated budget debate may increase your tax burden in the year ahead. $99 registration includes lunch, dinner, the day long program and a special presentation from Kip Creel of StandPoint on the demographics of the industry's future customers. Click here for more information: More
Where Will the Workers Come From? from ANLA With Congress coming back, changes to H-2B in the wings, and a looming debate on E-Verify being made mandatory, ANLA and the green industry's grassroots Lighthouse Program have two active legislative alerts posted. Take a few moments to let your elected leaders know the industry needs a workable H-2B program as a seasonal labor option; and, if E-Verify becomes mandatory, Congress must establish a workable farm and seasonal worker solution. More
IRS Makes it Cheaper to Pay Late from American Express OPEN Forum The IRS recently announced changes to the interest rates used to calculate underpayments and overpayments on income tax payments sent to the agency. The bottom line is that underpayments will accrue interest charges at significantly lower rates than before. The new changes go into effect on Oct. 1, 2011. More Game On from STORES Magazine Facebook changed the world, and the world within Facebook has changed the way users spend their time and money — and how businesses target consumers. As Facebook's platform constantly evolves, one constant has attracted millions of users: Social gaming. More
Devastating Tree-Killing Pathogen Traced to California from International Business Times A new study by the University of California at Berkeley and Italian researchers may have solved a decades-long mystery behind the source of a tree-killing fungus that affected trees worldwide. Genetic sleuthing by an international team of researchers has fingered California as the source of the pathogen, Seiridium cardinale, which is the cause of cypress canker disease and has killed as much as 95 percent of native trees in the cypress family, including junipers and some cedars. More Michigan Woman Files $5 Million Suit Over Imprelis from The Detroit News An Allen Park, Mich., woman has filed a $5 million class-action lawsuit against the maker of a weed killer that landscapers have linked to thousands of tree deaths around the country. Donna Cozad sued E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. in federal court in Detroit, claiming her trees were permanently damaged after a landscaper applied Imprelis in May. The action follows other lawsuits in Michigan claiming similar damage. More
President Obama: Extend Transportation Bill from Politico The day after the government reported devastating jobs numbers, President Barack Obama pushed Congress once more to extend the transportation bill, warning that allowing it to expire would be a "disaster" for the economy. "Right away, over 4,000 workers would be furloughed without pay," Obama said in his weekly address to the nation. "If it's delayed for just 10 days, we will lose nearly $1 billion in highway funding that we can never get back. And if we wait even longer, almost 1 million workers could be in danger of losing their jobs over the next year." More 4 Steps to a Timeless Business Strategy from Bloomberg Businessweek Take a look at the companies getting all the attention for their success today. What timeless strategy do they deploy? Disney has proven it's here for the long-haul because it focuses on bringing people joy, with every team member "on cast" to provide a safe and satisfying show. Zappos, although hip and trendy, has focused all its attention on stellar service, a strategy as timeless as business itself. Or study Apple, with its progressive innovation focused on delighting the customer and with Apple Stores that blow the minds of visitors, delight the eyes of customers, and lock in the loyalty of long-term fans with a service experience that promises and delivers. More
Effective Pest Control for Indoor Citrus Nursery Production from Southwest Farm Press California and Arizona citrus nursery growers are shifting production of critical plants from the outdoors to ‘indoor protective structures' to gain protection from the Asian citrus psyllid insect and its primary vectored disease Huanglongbing. More State Assembly Passes California Cut Flowers Resolution from The Californian Wednesday, the State Assembly passed Assembly Joint Resolution 15, authored by Assemblymember Luis A. Alejo and recognizing the California Cut Flower Industry. With 68 votes in support, and 63 coauthors, the resolution now heads to the State Senate for final approval. The resolution was introduced in response to the increasing challenges facing the California floriculture industry. More
A Glass Half-Full from Garden Center Magazine More Storm To Affect Peat Supply, Pricing from Greenhouse Grower More Small Fruits: Banking on Berries from Green Profit More Tell Us Who You Think Is A Revolutionary Garden Center from Today's Garden Center More
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