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Naaie Change 



At their summer meeting on August 

 It), members of the Vermont Plants- 

 men s Association voted to change 

 their organization's name to the ■Ver- 

 mont Association of Professional Horti- 

 culturah'sts " Part of the reason was the 

 gender issue, but mostly, the change 

 occurred because Vermont is a small 

 state and has one organization for all 

 members — landscapers. greenhouse 

 operators, nurserymen, cut flower 

 growers — of the green industry and 

 people wanted the name to reflect its 

 diversity 



Forklift Safety 



(from the Connecticut Nurser^'mens 

 Association News to Use. August. I994| 



CNA. in cooperation with Aetna Fire & 

 Surety and their underwriter. Connecti- 

 cut Insurance Associates, Hamden. 

 scheduled a second training program 

 for forklift operators on September 7 

 at Prides Comer Farms, Lebanon. 



A first clinic, conducted in June, was 

 a great success Fifteen people re- 

 ceived certificates. 



Since this is an OSHA-mandated 

 program, class size can be no more 

 than 15 persons A full-time employee 

 who completes this program is a certi- 

 fied trainer who may train operators 

 back at his firm 



The training consists of an in-depth 

 safety orientation, maintenance check 

 list, equipment familiarization, and 

 operator driving course A written 

 exam completes the oO-minute pro- 

 gram For information, contact the Con- 



necticut Nurser\'men s Association at 

 (2031 872-20O5 



Modifications on Posting 

 of Treated Areas 



{Update. August 20} 



A.AN is concerned that the "posting of 

 treated areas" provisions are too bur- 

 densome on nurseries, since there 

 may be hundreds of varieties of 

 plants, each with their own require- 

 ments and schedules, grown in prox- 

 imity' to each other. 



In December. IP03. AANs Pest 

 .Management Committee met with 

 EPA s Occupational Safety Branch chief 

 Therese .Murtagh to discuss the post- 

 ing issue In that meeting. Walter 

 Suttle of .Monrovia Nursery in Oregon 

 presented a possible alternative to 

 EPA's posting requirements something 

 Monrovia and other growers had found 

 to work effectively 



The AAN Pest .Management Com- 

 mittee decided that the best way to 

 seek EPA approval of a posting alter- 

 native was to work through a state 

 pesticide enforcement agency Suttle 

 chaired an Oregon Association of Nurs- 

 erv'men task force that developed an 

 alternative which would allow smaller 

 "flags" to be used in place of the 

 14 X i6-inch signs Oregon-OSHA. that 

 state s enforcement agency, reviewed 

 and approved the proposal and 

 sought EP.A approval AAN worked to 

 inform EPA headquarters of the need 

 and the basis for the altemative 



EPA has approved the Oregon pro- 

 posal Oregon growers will have the 

 choice of following the WPS posting re- 



quirements or using the altemative ac- 

 cepted by OR-OSHA and EPA. AAN is 

 now working to get the same flexibility 



for growers in other states 



AAN Board Urges 

 Informed Consideration 



(from American -Association of Nursery- 

 men Updnle. August 29. 10Q4) 



The AAN Board is initiating an inten- 

 sive effort to inform its membership 

 about the Garden Councils proposed 

 promotion order 



A promotion order is federal legisla- 

 tion created by request from an indi- 

 vidual agricultural commodity group. 

 It is designed to allow the group to 

 fund and implement marketing efforts 

 for its commodity — the government is 

 not in the business of promoting the 

 product "While gardening will prosper 

 in the short term because it is "politi- 

 cally correct,' it has the potential to 

 explode and last well beyond the ag- 

 ing of the baby boomers National ad- 

 vertising is the single best opportunity 

 to gain market share " 



The Garden Council has been re- 

 searching the effectiveness and feasi- 

 bility of a promotion order for the hor- 

 ticulture industry and has found that 

 "it is not only feasible, but would 

 greatly benefit the industry." 



Each wholesale grower would con- 

 tribute 4% of his sales directly to an 

 industry commission The funds would 

 be managed by an industry board 

 nominated by the industry and chosen 

 by the Secretary of Agriculture (Other 

 than this, the government is not 

 involved in day-to-day activities of 



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