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 Bernadette
Giblin (right) is the owner of Safeground Organic Landcare (SOL) in Northampton,
Massachusetts. She is a 2004 graduate of Smith College and in 2005 became a NOFA
Accredited Organic Land Care Professional.
Bernadette began in the turf industry over 20 years ago as a
lawn maintenance and snow removal contractor. Her company has evolved to
exclusively provide 100% pesticide and petroleum free organic turf and garden
fertilization and pest management strategies to residential, institutional and
commercial clients regionally. As both a contractor and consultant, Bernadette
transitions landscapes to pesticide and petroleum free land management plans in
accordance with the company’s mission to protect people, pets and the planet.
Bernadette is featured in the documentary film, The
Truth About Cats, Dogs and Lawn Chemicals, premiering in the
Spring 2009. She sat on the Massachusetts Department of Water Conservation’s
Task Force for Pesticide Free Lawns and is a member of the North East Coalition
Against Pesticides (NECAP). In the summer of 2007, she participated in a press
conference put on by the Toxics Action Center that was instrumental in raising
public awareness of the dangers of pesticides on storm water quality which
resulted in MassHighway not spraying pesticides along 17 roadways in
Massachusetts. The No Spray policy remains in effect.
 Bernadette
speaks throughout the region educating citizens and communities about the
dangers of traditional lawn chemicals. Most recently she spoke at a legislative
session at the State House in Boston in support of the Safe Alternative Bill. As
the mother of three children, two of which are learning disabled, Bernadette is
a staunch advocate for chemical free school grounds. She is currently
collaborating with a national non-profit on the development of greener landscape
policy standards on institution grounds.
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“Dianne Doherty and her colleagues at the
MSBDC in
Springfield have been a
wonderful support. Sometimes as a business owner you feel alone.
You're wearing all the hats all the time and you just need to bounce
ideas off of someone. You need information about resources and you don't
know what's out there and available to small business owners. More
importantly, you need someone you can trust in order to determine the
next steps to take. The folks at the MSBCD have provided me with that
kind of indispensable support that has helped my business grow, change
and thrive.The MSBDC is an asset to any small business in these changing
times.” |
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