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Truly Greener Grass

CAN ORGANICALLY GROWN GRASS TAKE THE TRAMPLING OF FIFTY MILLION FEET?  IT’S A BOLD EXPERIMENT ON A FAMOUS FRONT LAWN ON TODAY'S ENVIRONMINUTE.

TUKEY: "WHAT HIGHER PROFILE PLACE CAN YOU PICK IN THE UNITED STATES THAN THE NATION'S FRONT LAWN, THE NATIONAL MALL?"

THAT'S PAUL TUKEY, FOUNDER OF THE SAFE LAWNS FOUNDATION. SAFE LAWNS HAS TEAMED UP WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO PLANT A FOUR-ACRE DEMONSTRATION PLOT OF ORGANICALLY GROWN GRASS ON THE NATIONAL MALL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 

WITH ITS GLARING SUN, INADEQUATE WATER, STONE-LIKE SOIL, AND A CONSTANT CRUSH OF FEET, THE NATIONAL MALL WILL PUT THE TURF TO A TRUE TEST.  BUT IT’S ALSO AN IDEAL SPOT TO SHOW AMERICA FIRSTHAND THAT NATURAL LAWNS ARE PRETTY - AND PRETTY DARN TOUGH. 

WITH ORGANIC COMPOST AND FERTILIZER, AND PROPER WATERING AND MOWING, SAFE LAWNS WILL SHOW THAT THIS HALLOWED GROUND CAN ALSO BE HEALTHIER AND HARDIER.

THE ENVIRONMINUTE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE HEINZ FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES AND THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS.  LEARN MORE BY VISITING ENVIRONMINUTE-DOT-COM.        

 

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