Comparison of Conventional and Natural Methods Reveals Significant Cost Savings for Schools
ALBANY, N.Y., March 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Grassroots Environmental Education, a non-profit environmental health organization, today released a report comparing the relative costs of maintaining a typical high school football field using a conventional (chemical) program and a natural (organic) program over a five-year period. The report, prepared for members of the New York State legislature, concludes that the annual cost of maintaining a field using natural products and techniques can be as much as 25% lower than the cost of conventional programs using chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
"It can take a few seasons to undo the damage caused by chemical management programs, revitalize the soil biology and let nature do its work," says the report's principal author, Charles ("Chip") Osborne, a nationally recognized natural turf expert who serves as a consultant to many New York school districts. "But once we get the soil biology working for us, we can see some dramatic and significant cost reductions fairly quickly."
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