12/9/21 Green Industries Best Management Practices

36702 Florida 52,Dade City FL 33525

09 December, 2021

Description

Green Industries Best Management Practices (GI-BMPs) is an educational program for people working in lawn-care and landscape maintenance. Florida law states that all commercial fertilizer applicators must have a Limited Certification from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) (s. 482.1562, F.S.). To get this certification, each commercial applicator must be trained in the GI-BMPs and receive a certificate of completion from UF/IFAS and FDEP. Local ordinances may require that non-commercial fertilizer applicators also be trained. Who benefits from GI-BMP training? •Supervisors and employees in the lawn care, pest control, or landscape industries •Municipal parks and recreation facility supervisors and employees •Irrigation industry workers •Commercial property managers •City and county planning department staff •City and county environmental department or water quality staff •City and county commission staff •Builders and developers •Landscape designers and architects •Golf course employees •Anyone working in the areas of water quality, urban development, or environmental issues An Equal Opportunity Institution. UF/IFAS Extension, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Nick T. Place, dean for UF/IFAS Extension. Single copies of UF/IFAS Extension publications (excluding 4-H and youth publications) are available free to Florida residents from county UF/IFAS Extension offices.