Pete is one of the very few AOLCP's in Maine!
The Northeast Organic Farmer's Association (NOFA) administers a 5-day Accredited Organic Landcare Professional (AOLCP) program. Graduates of the course share a passion for ecologically sound landscaping approaches. The prime directives are to improve natural sustainability, do no harm to the environment and to recommend and complete repairs where the landscape has been damaged. www.organiclandcare.net
Read Pete's blog, "Channeling Rachel Carson." A collection of educational, and sometimes humorous, essays about the crazy counter-productive things we do to control Nature...... Even in our own yards!
A Chemical Reaction Movie
Click here to see the 4 minute trailer about how a small town in Canada said no to chemical lawn treatments, stood up to corporate lawsuits for a decade and changed Canadian law in the process. Directed and produced by Maine's own Brett Plymale and Paul Tukey.
Chemical programs eradicate the competition by killing dandelions (and other broadleaf 'weeds') with 2, 4 - D
Did you know that 2, 4 - D was a major ingredient in the Viet Nam era defoliant Agent Orange? Why do people use it on their lawns? http://www.pesticide.org/get-the-facts/pesticide-factsheets/factsheets/24d-factsheet has up to date information and resources about 2, 4 -D .