Pure Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (Lakewood, CO) introduced a partnership with Past Pesticides (Washington, D.C.) for the Parks for a Sustainable Future Program.
The cities of Lakewood and Golden in Colorado launched natural land administration demonstration websites at a number of metropolis parks.
The chosen places in Lakewood are The Hyperlink Recreation Heart Baseball Subject, The Mountair Canine Park and Belmar Conventional Park. The places in Golden are DeLong Park, New Loveland Mine Park and Southridge Park.
“We’re thrilled to have Lakewood and Golden, each of our house cities, dedicated to natural administration of those treasured areas which can be so essential to their residents,” mentioned Alan Lewis, vp advocacy & authorities affairs at Pure Grocers. “We all know from lengthy expertise the parks managers shall be fortunately shocked by the naturally weed-free landscapes and the fee financial savings as a result of decrease water use. The largest profit, after all, shall be for households with kids and pet who may have safer inexperienced areas to play on.”
Past Pesticides collaborates with communities throughout the nation to transition parks, enjoying fields and public areas to natural land administration. This system’s aim is to additional shift from artificial weed killers and different pesticides to natural practices that help soil biology.
“We’re excited to be working with the Metropolis of Lakewood and the Metropolis of Golden on natural land administration practices that defend neighborhood well being and the surroundings, together with bees, butterflies, and birds, and help efforts to mitigate local weather change and biodiversity decline,” mentioned Jay Feldman, govt director of Past Pesticides. “Natural practices get rid of fossil gas petroleum-based merchandise and sequester atmospheric carbon within the soil, combating the local weather disaster.”
For extra data, go to www.naturalgrocers.com or www.beyondpesticides.org.
