The Northeast Organic Farming Associations Organic Land Care Program is planning the 2012 Accreditation Course. The Accreditation Course in Organic Land Care is for any land care professional or 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. The course is ten years old, has taught over 1200 students, 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.
Organic land care can improve water quality and soil quality, promote biodiversity and control invasive species especially when applied on a broad scale. We hope to continue to recruit a variety of students who can apply these lessons in their towns and professional field anywhere in the country. With the growing concern about the serious health threats pesticides can pose to adults, children and animals, more individuals, families and communities are looking to go organic too.
The course dates and locations are as follows:
February 15, 16, 17, 21, 22
The Connecticut Agricultural Station-New Haven Laboratory New Haven, CT
February 28, 29, 30, March 1, 2
Kettle Pond Visitor Center
Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge
Charlestown, RI
