{"id":615,"date":"2005-01-21T22:18:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-21T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/01\/21\/the-green-industry\/"},"modified":"2005-01-21T22:18:00","modified_gmt":"2005-01-21T22:18:00","slug":"the-green-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/the-green-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"The “Green Industry??”"},"content":{"rendered":"
That’s how Project Evergreen, a “trade association formed by pesticide makers, applicators, garden centers and mower manufacturers,” refers to itself as it prepares to launch a “national public-relations campaign this spring touting the health and lifestyle benefits of thick, green lawns.”<\/a> Hey, I like green grass as much as anyone else (and have kept mine green without chemicals), but “health and lifestyle benefits?” From PR Watch<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" That’s how Project Evergreen, a “trade association formed by pesticide makers, applicators, garden centers and mower manufacturers,” refers to itself as it prepares to launch a “national public-relations campaign this [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n