ECO-FRIENDLY LAWN CARE CATALOG

ECO-FRIENDLY LAWN CARE CATALOG FOR RETAILERS A catalog to selling lawn and landscape products that keep our yards green, our waters clean, and our families and pets healthy. Copyright 2015 Midwest Pesticide Action Center

Contents About Midwest Grows Green...1 About this Catalog...2 How to Use...3 Eco-Friendly List...4 Directory of Brands...4 Eco-Friendly Maintenance Tools...13 Appendix A: Eco-Friendly Criteria...15 Contact Information...16 About Midwest Grows Green The goal of the Midwest Grows Green retailer partnership is to increase sales of organic and less-toxic lawn care products. These alternative lawn care products have been identified as safer for the environment, pets, and people. Midwest Grows Green is designed to elevate the profile of your eco-friendly products and attract the business of the many individuals who would prefer to use pesticide-free lawn care products but are uninformed about their options. Midwest Grows Green is a partnership between your store and Midwest Pesticide Action Center (MPAC), a non-profit organization that seeks to reduce pesticide usage. Many of the harmful pesticides and artificial fertilizers used in urban lawn and landscape care are purchased at local hardware stores and garden supply centers. Your store is a resource for homeowners who are looking for advice and products to help them manage their outdoor spaces. As part of this partnership, your store will be provided with shelf tags and talkers to indicate eco-friendly products on shelves. Your store does not need to carry any new products we are simply providing labels for the eco-friendly products you already sell. This Eco-Friendly Lawn Care Catalog is a resource that MPAC has compiled so that retailers can easily identify products on the shelf on in inventory that quality for the Eco-Friendly Tag. This Eco-Friendly Shelf Tag is placed on shelving units underneath products listed in this catalog. As part of the Midwest Grows Green Program, MPAC will provide you with these tags free of charge. 1

About this Catalog Increasingly, homeowners are aware of how lawn and landscape practices can negatively affect the environment and the health of their families. We've created Midwest Grows Green to help retailers promote their less-toxic and organic products. Purpose This product list is intended to help retailers participating in Midwest Grows Green identify less-toxic lawn care products. It is also intended to help consumers identify products that will help them manage pests with minimum risk to themselves, their family, pets, and the environment. In addition to lawn pest control products, we also list natural and organic fertilizers that can help promote a healthy lawn that is naturally more resistant to pests. How Do We Define a as Eco-Friendly? This list contains organic, non-synthetic, or least toxic alternatives to conventional lawn and landscape products. This list does not contain: Any products with EPA Acute Toxicity Categories of I or II. Active ingredients classified as known, probable, likely, or possible carcinogens. Reproductive or developmental toxins. Cholinesterase inhibitors. Endocrine disruptors. Active ingredients listed in Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. Active ingredients that are considered extremely toxic to birds, bees, fish, or wildlife Active ingredients with a soil half-life ofgreater than 99 days s likely to contaminate groundwater Active ingredients with high soil mobility Any active ingredient that is a persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic substance on the US EPA Waste Minimization Priority List. In developing this list, MPAC used the EcoWise Certified Pesticide Criteria as the basis for our standards. For a complete list of criteria, see Appendix A: Eco-friendly Criteria (p.14). Disclaimer The list does not include all products on the market. It only identifies examples of some commonly used products. Different products with the same active ingredients may be equally suitable. No endorsement of specific brand-name products or guarantee of efficacy is intended. The listing of a particular product only reflects that the active ingredient or formulation passes a set of toxicological screening criteria. All pesticides are intended to be toxic to target organisms, and all pesticides may pose a risk to human health or the environment. 2

How to Use this Catalog Search this catalog to find products that you can label as eco-friendly with the Midwest Grows Green shelf channel tag. SHORTCUT: If you are viewing this on your computer, you can use CTRL-F to search for the name of a brand, product, or pest. Type the name of a specific product or key word into the search bar that appears 1) Find a lawn or garden-care product in your store. 2) Consult the Directory of Brands below to determine whether the brand is included in the catalog. 3) If the brand is included, jump to its page number, which will list all eco-friendly products manufactured by that brand. 4) Browse the brand to see if the product is listed. If it is, the product is eco-friendly and qualifies for our label! TIP: The subsections are organized alphabetically by brand. Eco-Friendly List Directory of Brands Avenger.....4 Black Gold.......4 Bonide...4 Chickity Doo Doo.....4 Concern.......4 Cutter.....4 Dr. Earth...4 Dr. T's Nature s....5 Down to Earth...5 Drammatic...5 E.B. Stone... 5 EcoSmart....6 Espoma Organic...6 Essentria.....6 Fox Farm...7 G&B (Gardener & Bloome)....7 Garden Safe... 8 Green Light....8 Healthy Plant... 8 Jobe s Organics... 8 Jonathan Green Organics.....8 Kellogg...9 Medina...9 Miracle Grow...9 Monterey...9 Natria...9 Natural Guard...9 Nature Safe...10 Neptune's Harvest...10 Perfectly Natural...10 Pharm Solutions...10 Pic...11 Preen...11 Ringer...11 Safer...11 Scotts...11 Spring Star Inc....11 St. Gabriel Organics...11 Sustane...11 Tanglefoot...11 Whitney Farms...12 3

Avenger Organics avengerorganics.com Burndown Herbicide Black Gold blackgold.bz Evergreen, Azalea & Camellia Fertilizer 5-5-3 Bonide bonide.com Copper Dust Copper Fungicide RTU Diatomaceous Earth Garden Dust Insecticidal Soap Garden Naturals All Seasons Horticultural Spray Garden Naturals All Seasons RTU Garden Naturals Aluminum Sulfate Garden Naturals Atlantis Fish Fertilizer Garden Naturals Beetle Bagger Japanese Beetle Trap Garden Naturals Bon-Neem II Garden Naturals Burn Out Weed and Grass Killer MAIZE Weed Preventer Neem Oil Concentrate Rose Shield Stink Bug Trap Tomato and Vegetable 3-in-1 Chickity Doo Doo chickitydoodoo.com Organic Fertilizer (5-3-2.5) Concern saferbrand.com Cutter cutterinsectrepellents.com Dr. Earth drearth.net Weed Prevention Plus for Lawn Care Natural Insect Repellent Ready-to-Spray Lemon Eucalyptus Insect Repellent Natural Bug Control Spray Concentrate Ready-to-Spray Acid Lovers Fertilizer Annual Bloom Fertilizer Exotic Blend Fertilizer Final Stop Disease Control Fungicide Final Stop Fruit Tree Insect Killer Final Stop Pest Control Killer Spray Final Stop Rose & Flower Insect Killer Final Stop Snail & Slug Killer Spray Final Stop Vegetable Garden Insect Killer Final Stop Weed & Grass Herbicide Final Stop Yard and Garden Insect Killer Flower Girl Fertilizer Golden Bloom 4

Dr. T's Nature s drtsnatureproducts.com Down to Earth Drammatic dramm.com E.B. Stone ebstone.org Home Grown Fertilizer Liquid Solution All Purpose Fertilizer Natural Seaweed Extract Natural Wonder Fertilizer Nitro Big Premium Gold Fertilizer Root Zone Fertilizer Spectacular Fertilizer Total Advantage Fertilizer Vega Fertilizer Mosquito Repelling Granules Slug& Snail Killer Corn Weed Blocker "One" (4-4-0.5) Fertilizer "O" (2-5-0.2) Fertilizer "K" (2-5-0.2) Fertilizer "E" (2-5-0.2) Fertilizer "L" (2-2-0.2) Fertilizer "S" 2-2-0.2 Fertilizer Agricultural Lime Alfalfa Meal (2-0-3) All Purpose Plant Food (5-5-5) Azalea, Camellia & Gardenia Food (5-5-3) Bat Guano (10-3-1) Blood Meal (13-0-0) Bone Meal (1-15-0) Bulb Food (4-6-4) Citrus & Fruit Tree Food (7-3-3) Compost Maker (4-4-2) Cottonseed Meal (6-2-1) Fish Emulsion with Kelp (4-1-1) Granular Gypsum Green Sand Hibiscus & Palm Food (6-5-3) Kelp Meal (1-0-1) Nature's Green Lawn Food (10-1-4) Rose & Flower Food (5-6-3) Soil Sulfur Sure Start (4-6-2) Sul Po Mag Tomato a& Vegetable Food (4-5-3) Ultra Bloom (0-10-10) 5

EcoSmart ecosmart.com Espoma Organic espoma.com Essentria envincio.com/essentria Flying Insect Killer Garden Insect Killer Insect Killer Granules Organic Garden Fungicide Organic Garden Insect Killer Organic Insect Killer for Lawns & Landscapes Organic Insect Repellent Spider Blaster Weed & Grass Killer Wasp & Hornet Killer Bio-Tone Starter Bulb-tone (3-5-3) Citrus-tone (5-2-6) Compost Starter Cottonseed Meal (6-2-1) Dried Blood (12-0-0) Flower-tone (3-4-5) Garden Gypsum Garden Lime Garden Manure (4-2-2) Garden-tone (3-4-4) Greensand (0-0-0.1) Gro-tone Holly-tone (4-3-4) Iron-tone (2-1-3) Kelp Meal (1-0-2) Lawn Food (18-0-3 Organic Lawn Food- All Season Lawn Food Organic Lawn Food- Fall Winterizer Organic Lawn Food- Spring Lawn Booster Organic Lawn Food- Summer Revitalizer Palm-tone (4-1-5) Plant-tone (5-3-3) Rock Phosphate (0-3-0) Soil Acidified Spring Lawn Booster Tomato-tone (3-4-6) Tree-tone (6-3-2) Granular Insecticide 6

Fox Farm foxfarmfertilizer.com American Pride (9-6-6) American Pride Time Release Fertilizer 9-6-6 Big Bloom Liquid (0.01-0.3-0.7) Grow Big Liquid (6-4-4) Happy Frog Acid Loving (6-4-4) Happy Frog All-Purpose (5-5-5) Happy Frog Bat Guano (0-5-0) Happy Frog Bone Meal (3-15-0) Happy Frog Bulb Food (3-8-8) Happy Frog Fruit and Flower (5-8-4) Happy Frog Japanese Maple (4-8-5) Happy Frog Jump Start (3-4-3) Happy Frog Premium Lawn (8-2-6) Happy Frog Rose Food (4-4-5) Happy Frog Tomato and Vegetable (7-4-5) Liquid Nutrient Trio Soil Formula Marine Cuisine (10-7-7) Marine Cuisine Dry Mix Fertilizer 10-7-7 Peace of Mind All Purpose Organic Fertilizer 5-5-5 Peace of Mind Fruit & Flower Organic Fertilizer Peace of Mind Starter Organic Fertilizer 3-4-3 Peace of Mind Tomato & Vegetable Organic Fertilizer 7-4-5 Tiger Bloom (2-8-4) G&B (Gardener & Bloome) kellogggarden.com Alfalfa Meal (2-1-2) All Purpose Fertilizer for all Plants & Flowers (4-4-4) Bat Guano (10-3-1) Blood Meal (13-0-0) Bud & Bloom Fertilizer for all Blooming Plants (3-7-4) Compost Starter Cottonseed Meal (5-2-1) Fish Meal (9-4-1) Fruit Tree Fertilizers for all Fruit Being Trees (4-5-4) High Bloome Fertilizer High Growth Fertilizer Kelp Meal (.6-.5-2.5) Lawn Fertilizer (8-1-1) Palm, Tropical & Hibiscus for all Tropical Plants (4-6-4) Rhododendron, Azalea & Camellia for Acid Loving Plants (4-5-2) Soft Rock Phosphate (0-2-0) Starter Fertilizer for New Plants & Flowers (4-3-2) Tomato, Vegetable & Herb Fertilizer for all Vegetables & Herbs (4-6-3) 7

Garden Safe gardensafe.com All Purpose Organic Plant Food Bt Worm and Caterpillar Killer Crawling Insect Killer Fungicide, Ready-to-use or Concentrate Garden Weed Preventer Multi-Purpose Garden Insect Killer Neem Oil Extract Concentrate Rose & Flower Organic Plant Food Slug and Snail Bait Tomato & Vegetable Organic Plant Food Green Light scotts.com DiPel Dust Lawn & Garden Spray with Spinosad2 Rose Defense Healthy Plant Crab Shell - All Purpose Organic Fertilizer (5-4-0) Crustacean Blend - All Purpose Organic Fertilizer (4-4-1) Fish Emulsion - All Purpose Organic Fertilizer (6-1-1) Fish Meal - All Purpose Organic Fertilizer (10-7-1) Organic Lawn & Turf Fertilizer (7-4-0) Molasses Bloom Organic Bloom Fertilizer (1-0-5) Shrimp Shell- All Purpose Organic Fertilizer Jobe s Organics easygardener.com All-Purpose Fertilizer Spikes Container & Bedding Plant Fertilizer Spikes Garden Lime Granular All Purpose Fertilizer Granular Blood Meal Granular Bone Meal Granular Bulb Food Granular Compost Starter Granular Fast Start Fertilizer Granular Fertilizers for Azaleas, Camellias & Rhododendrons Granular Fertilizer for Fruit & Citrus Granular Fertilizer for Palms Granular Fertilizer for Roses & Flowers Granular Fertilizer for Vegetables & Tomatoes GrassShield Rose & Flowering Shrub Fertilizer Spikes Tree & Shrub Fertilizer Spike Vegetable Fertilizer Spikes Jonathan Green Organics jonathangreen.com Black Beauty Organic Lawn Fertilizer with Hydretain 8-0-3 8

Kellogg kellogggarden.com MAG-I-CALTM Calcium Fertilizer Natural Beauty Organic Lawn Fertilizer 10-0-1 Organic Insect Control Organic Lawn Fertilizer 8-3-1 Organic Weed Control Plus Fertilizer 9-0-0 Soil PH Test Kit Organic Plus All Purpose EZ Toss Organic Plus All Purpose Fertilizer for Flowers and Plants Organic Plus Fish and Kelp Fertilizer Organic Plus Lawn Fertilizer Organic Plus Lawn Food Organic Plus Rhododendron, Azalea, and Camellia Fertilizer Organic Plus Vegetable & Fruit EZ Toss Organic Plus Vegetable & Fruit Fertilizer Medina hastagro.com Growing Green Organic Fertilizer (4-2-3) HastaGro Liquid Lawn Food Plus (12-4-8) HastaGro Plant Food (6-12-6) Liquid Seaweed Medina Plus Soil Activator Miracle Grow scotts.com Monterey montereylawngarden.com Natria bayeradvanced.com Natural Guard fertilome.com Miracle Gro Organic Choice Lawn Food Miracle Gro Organic Choice Blood Meal All Natural General Purpose Garden Spray RTU All Natural Mite & Insect Control RTU All Natural Snail & Slug Spray RTU All Natural Yard and Patio Spray RTU Monterey Garden Insect Spray Spider Traps Disease Control Fruit & Vegetable Insect, Disease, and Mite Control Grass & Weed Killer Insect, Disease, and Mite Control Insecticidal Soap Lawn Weed Control Multi-Insect Control Neem Oil Rose & Flower Insect, Disease, and Mite Control Snail & Slug Killer Bait Blood Meal 9

Nature Safe naturesafe.com Neptune s Harvest neptunesharvest.com Perfectly Natural Pharm Solutions pharmsolutionsinc.com Bone Meal Copper Soap Liquid Fungicide Corn Gluten Lawn Food Cottonseed Meal Crawling Insect Control Containing DE Evergreen & Holly Food Garden & Landscape Plant Food Grub Control Insecticidal Soap Lawn Food Lawn Shield Insect Repellant Neem Concentrate or RTU Organic Plant Food Organic Spot Weeder Plant Food Rose Food Spinosad Landscape and Garden Insecticide Tomato and Vegetable Food 10-2-8 All Season Fertilizer 13-0-0 Blending Base 5-6-5 E.E.K.O. Fertilizer 8-5-5 Landscape Fertilizer 9-0-9 Nitrogen & Potassium Fertilizer 10-0-8 Nitrogen & Potassium Fertilizer with Ocean Organics Kelp 5-6-6 Starter Fertilizer 8-3-5 Stress Guard Fertilizer Crab Shell Fertilizer Kelp Meal Fish Fertilizer Fish Seaweed Blend Fertilizer Garlic Barrier Seaweed Plant Food Fertilizer Weed and Grass Killer Garlic Pharm Fish Pharm Flower Pharm Fungus Pharm Oil Pharm Pharm Solutions Organic Weed Killer Rose Pharm Veggie Pharm 10

Pic pic-corp.com Preen preen.com Ringer saferbrand.com Safer saferbrand.com Scotts scotts.com Spring Star Inc. springstar.net St. Gabriel Organics stgl.us Fly and Bug Ribbon (6,5, and 4 Packs) Fly Ribbon Fly Stick Fly Trap Yellow Jacket and Wasp Trap Vegetable Garden Weed Preventer 0% Phosphate Lawn Restore Fertilizer 3-in-1 Garden Spray Ant & Crawling Insect Killer Caterpillar Killer Diatomaceous Earth Fast Acting Weed & Grass Killer Fruit and Vegetable Insect Killer Garden Dust Gypsy Moth Trap Insect Killing Soap Japanese Beetle Trap and Bait Neem Oil Insecticide Rose and Flower Insect Killer Sticky Whitefly Trap Yard and Garden Insect RTU Organic Choice Lawn Food Scotts Natural Lawn Food BioCare Slug Trap (or Lure) Bugshooter Garden Insect Killer Burnout Weed & Grass Killer Holey Moley Mole Repellent Insect Dust Lawn & Garden Dispenser Tube - Milky Spore Grub Control Milky Spore Powder Mosquito & Tick Control Stink Bug Killer Sustane sustane.com Organically Managed Lawns & Landscapes (8-2-4) Organic Fruits, Flowers, & Vegetables (4-6-4) Tanglefoot Codling Moth Trap Sticky Tree Bands 11

Whitney Farms whitneyfarms.com Tree Tangle Foot Pest Barrier 3-in-1 Rose and Flower Care Alfala Meal (2-0.5-2) Bat Guano (10-3-1) Compost Maker Plud (4-4-2) Cottonseed Meal (6-2-1) Dolomite Lime Greensand (0-0-3) Insecticidal Soap Kelp Meal (1-0.1-2) Natural All Purpose Liquid Plant Food Concentrate (8-0-0) Natural Azalea, Camellia & Rhododendron Food Natural Blood Meal (12-0-0) Natural Bone Meal (6-9-0) Natural Holly & Evergreen Food (3-4-3) Organic & Natural All-Purpose Plant Food (4-2-3) Organic & Natural Bulb & Bloom Food Organic & Natural Citrus Food Organic & Natural Palm & Hibiscus Food Organic & Natural Rose & Flower Food (3-4-5) Organic & Natural SmartTM Planning Inoculants Fertilizer Organic and Natural Tomato & vegetable Food (3-4-2) Outdoor Insect Killer Slug & Snail Killer Sulfur Sul-Po_mag (0-0-22) Weed & Grass Killer 12

Eco-Friendly Maintenance Tools This section of the catalog includes examples of alternative maintenance tools that are excellent additions to a natural lawn care plan. They are less likely to have negative impacts on one's health and the environment. Electric maintenance tools do not give off hazardous emissions, require less maintenance than gas operated tools, and generally are quieter, reducing noise pollution. Also, items that promote environmental friendly lawn and garden practices, such as composters, can be considered for the eco-friendly label. For more complete information about alternative lawn and garden tools and maintenance practices please see the Midwest Grows Green Guide: A Guide to Growing Environmentally Friendly Lawns & Gardens (http://bit.ly/mwgg_guide). Eco-Friendly Maintenance Tools Image Use Composters Electric Blower Instead of throwing away yard and food scrapes they can be composted into an inexpensive nutrient rich soil amendment Electric Blowers are the ecofriendly alternative to gas blowers. Electric Blowers are less noisy, cost friendly, and light weight. Electric Chain Saw Electric Chain Saws requires less maintenance, are light weight, and do not produce any emissions. Electric Hedge Trimmer Electric Mower Electric Hedge Trimmers are the eco-friendly, cost efficient, light weight option to taking care of those hedges. Choose electric when it comes to mowing the lawn. Electric mowers require less maintenance and are ecofriendly. Electric Pole Saw Eliminate the use of a ladder when trimming branches up high. Electric Pole Saws are ecofriendly and light weight. 13

Electric String Trimmer Electric String Trimmers are light weight, require less maintenance, and are the cost efficient eco-friendly alternative. Garden Nets Mulching Mower Eco-friendly and humane way to keep rodents out of the vegetable garden Mulching mowers cut the turf grass into fine pieces allowing the clippings to be easily decomposed by the lawn's microbes. Rain Barrels To collect rainwater that can be used to water lawns and gardens Reel Mower Reel mowers are 100% ecofriendly. They are quite and great for mower smaller city lawns. Water Timers Allows you to set a time for the yard to be water daily. Prevents over watering and forgetting to water. Weeder Weed Barriers Safe and eco-friendly alternative to herbicides. Perfect for spot treating weeds. Weed Barriers are the safer alternative to herbicides. The weed barrier is laid down on the garden bed and mulch is spread across the top. 14

Appendix A: Eco-Friendly Criteria This list of criteria to determine eco-friendly lawn care products is based on the EcoWise Certified Pesticide Criteria. See EcoWise Standards, Appendix A: EcoWise Certified Pesticide Criteria for complete criteria and references (http://www.ecowisecertified.org/pdf/ecowise_standards.pdf). 1) EcoWise Criteria No pesticides with a US EPA Acute Toxicity Category of I (Danger) or II (Warning). No active ingredients classified as known, probable, likely, or possible carcinogens by the US EPA, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the National Toxicology Program (NTP), or the California Proposition 65 List. No active ingredients listed as reproductive or developmental toxins on the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for the product or the California Proposition 65 List. No pesticides containing cholinesterase inhibitors (organophosphate pesticides such as chlorpyrifos, diazinon, malathion). Chemicals that show evidence of endocrine disruption. No active ingredients listed in Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act or California s Groundwater Protection List. No active ingredients that are considered to be extremely toxic to birds, bees, fish, or wildlife as indicated by the label, MSDS, or EPA data. No active ingredients with an average soil half-life greater than 99 days as determined by the Oregon State University (OSU) Pesticide Properties Database or other reliable source. No products likely to contaminate groundwater as indicated by the label. No active ingredients with high soil mobility (i.e., a GUS score greater than 3) as determined by the Oregon State University Pesticide Properties Database or other reliable source No active ingredient that is a persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic substance on the US EPA Waste Minimization Priority List. EcoWise uses the listed criteria to screen pesticides for use in an EcoWise Certified service. Only active ingredients are screened for most risk categories because the identities of inert ingredients in the formulation are often not available. The exception is in the case of acute toxicity, for which the EPA requires that the full formulation be tested for lethal effects in animals and the degree of skin and eye irritation and damage. These results are then classified as Category I, II, or III with the greatest toxicity indicated by Category I. 2) Additional Criteria All products list or provide active ingredients (AI). Only commercially sold products are included, as their efficacy can generally be assumed. Home remedies are not included. s are generally considered to be less-toxic alternatives to products that contain an AI identified to threaten water quality, as defined by water quality protection agencies. Natural fertilizers and other non-toxic products that are not direct alternatives to pesticides are included because healthy soils promote healthy lawns, which are naturally more resistant to pests. o Slow release fertilizers or fertilizers made only from animal or plant materials, or minerals are included. o Fertilizers packaged with pesticides (such as "weed and feed" products) are not acceptable. Special credit should be given to the Bio-Integral Resource Center and Our Water, Our World for identifying many brands and products that fulfill these criteria. 15

Contact Midwest Pesticide Action Center is dedicated to reducing the health risks and environmental impacts of pesticides by promoting safer alternatives. For questions, please contact us at general@pesticideaction.org. 4611 N. Ravenswood Avenue, Suite 107 Chicago, IL 60640 773-878-7378 ext. 201 www.midwestpesticideaction.org 16