{"id":6540,"date":"2011-12-22T00:01:19","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T04:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=6540"},"modified":"2011-12-22T00:31:38","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T04:31:38","slug":"go-organic-with-upcoming-accreditation-courses-in-organic-land-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2011\/12\/go-organic-with-upcoming-accreditation-courses-in-organic-land-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Organic with Upcoming Accreditation Courses in Organic Land Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">(<em>Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, December 22, 2011) For the tenth consecutive year, the Northeast Organic Farming Association\u2019s Organic Land Care Program (NOFA OLC) is hosting an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.organiclandcare.net\/education\/accreditation-course\">accreditation course in organic land care<\/a> in three different locations around the New England area starting January 9, 2012. Attendees will learn the how to design and maintain ecological landscapes without the use of toxic pesticides. The course is for any land care professional, including school grounds or municipal employees, conservation property managers, master gardeners, entrepreneurs or landscape enthusiast to learn the ecology of residential yards or municipal and school grounds and to learn how to care for these spaces using sustainable and safe products and methods. <\/p>\n<p>Over 1,200 students from 22 different states have taken the course, and there are currently about 550 Accredited Organic Land Care Professionals (AOLCPs) bringing this expertise to their jobs as landscapers, groundskeepers, conservationists, planners, garden center employees, and a number of other fields.<\/p>\n<p>Students of the accreditation course come away with a practical understanding of landscape ecology and organic methods. Frank Crandall, owner of Frank Crandall Horticultural Solutions in Rhode Island, described the course as &#8220;the best educational course I have ever taken . . . I immediately made a plan to convert my landscape business into a completely organic company over three years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Caro Roszell, the NOFA\/Mass OLC Coordinator credited \u201ca lot of motivation from professionals to create safer, healthier, and more naturally beautiful landscapes, and their clients are demanding it too. They want to offer an effective, competitive organic program, so they come to us.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>This 5-day, 30-hour course features a faculty of respected scientists and experienced organic land care practitioners. Class topics include: site analysis, design and maintenance; rain gardens and storm water infiltration; soil health; fertilizer and soil amendments; lawn alternatives; wetlands; pest management; wildlife management; disease control; mulches; invasive plants; and, client relations and running a business. Four hands-on case studies are also included in the course and attendees may take an optional exam to become NOFA Accredited Organic Land Care Professionals (AOLCPs).  Bill Duesing, Executive Director of Connecticut NOFA and one of NOFA OLC\u2019s founders explains, \u201cOur course instructs students on landscaping that is healthier for people and the environment. Organic land care replaces toxic chemicals that get in our skin, lungs and water with methods that promote biodiversity, create habitat and protect water quality.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>The course is offered three times in 2012:<br \/>\nJanuary 9, 10, 11, 12, 13<br \/>\nWorcester State University<br \/>\nWorcester, MA<\/p>\n<p>February 15, 16, 17, 21, 22<br \/>\nThe Connecticut Agricultural Station-New Haven Laboratory<br \/>\nNew Haven, CT<\/p>\n<p>February 27, 28, 29, March 1, 2<br \/>\nKettle Pond Visitor Center<br \/>\nNinigret National Wildlife Refuge<br \/>\nCharlestown, RI<\/p>\n<p>The NOFA Organic Land Care Program was founded by a volunteer committee of scientists, activists, and landscapers from the Massachusetts and Connecticut Chapters of the Northeast Organic Farming Association. The Accreditation Course curriculum is based on the committee\u2019s <em>Standards for Organic Land Care: Practices for Design and Maintenance of Ecological Landscapes<\/em> published in 2001, now recognized and implemented across the U.S. and accepted into the International Family of Standards regulated by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.organiclandcare.net\">www.organiclandcare.net<\/a> for more information on the accreditation course or to search for AOLCPs in your area.  For information about the Rhode Island and Connecticut course please e-mail Kristiane Huber at <a href=\"mailto:kristiane@ctnofa.org\">kristiane@ctnofa.org<\/a> or call the CT NOFA office at (203) 888-5146. For information about the Massachusetts Course please contact Caro Roszell at <a href=\"mailto:caro@nofamass.org\">caro@nofamass.org<\/a> or (508) 360-0874.  <\/p>\n<p>Beyond Pesticides offers online training as well. \u201d\u02dc<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/pesticidefreelawns\/training\/index.htm\">Organic Land Care Basic Training for Municipal Officials and Transitioning Landscapers<\/a>,\u2019 is taught by Beyond Pesticides\u2019 board member Chip Osborne, a professional horticulturist with over 30 years\u2019 experience, and an expert on building and transitioning turf to organic care. For more information, visit Beyond Pesticides\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/lawn\/index.htm\">Lawns and Landscapes page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/forum\/index.htm\">Beyond Pesticides\u2019 30th National Pesticide Forum, Healthy Communities: Green solutions for safe environments<\/a>, will be held in New Haven, Connecticut March 30-31, 2012. The conference will focus on organic landcare, urban\/ suburban pesticide use, organic food, and protective national, state, and local policies. The forum is being held in partnership with Connecticut and New England groups at Yale University\u2019s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. For more information and to register, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/forum\">www.beyondpesticides.org\/forum<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Beyond Pesticides, December 22, 2011) For the tenth consecutive year, the Northeast Organic Farming Association\u2019s Organic Land Care Program (NOFA OLC) is hosting an accreditation course in organic land care in three different locations around the New England area starting January 9, 2012. Attendees will learn the how to design and maintain ecological landscapes without the use of toxic pesticides. The course is for any land care professional, including school grounds or municipal employees, conservation property managers, master gardeners, entrepreneurs or landscape enthusiast to learn the ecology of residential yards or municipal and school grounds and to learn how to care for these spaces using sustainable and safe products and methods. 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The founders, who established Beyond Pesticides (originally as National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides) as a nonprofit membership organization in 1981, felt that without the existence of such an organized, national network, local, state and national pesticide policy would become, under chemical industry pressure, increasingly unresponsive to public health and environmental concerns. Beyond Pesticides believes that people must have a voice in decisions that affect them directly. We believe decisions should not be made for us by chemical companies or by decision-makers who either do not have all of the facts or refuse to consider them. Learn more about our work, read A Year in Review\u20142021, our accomplishments are your victories! Beyond Pesticides seeks to protect healthy air, water, land, and food for ourselves and future generations. By forging ties with governments, nonprofits, and people who rely on these natural resources, we reduce the need for unnecessary pesticide use and protect public health and the environment. Beyond Pesticides provides hands-on services to the public and supports local action by: identifying and interpreting hazards; and, designing safe pest management programs. With the information provided by Beyond Pesticides, people may not only be able to make informed choices and adopt practices that protect themselves and their families from unnecessary exposure to pesticides, but they will be able to effect changes on community-wide pest management decisions and policies that govern pesticide use, such as pesticide uses in parks, schools, for community insect control and along roadsides. 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