Written by John Egan With a nickname like the Green Mountain State, it’s fitting that Vermont has cultivated a sizable presence in organic farming. A LawnStarter review of data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows Vermont leads the country for the number of organic-certified farms per 100,000 residents. […]
Written by John Egan The state of the Christmas tree business in Kentucky is almost as sad as Charlie Brown’s famously frail Christmas tree. A LawnStarter review of data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows Christmas tree production in Kentucky plummeted 85.9 percent from 2002 to 2012. That […]
In the summer of 2012, the lightning-sparked Dahl Fire in central Montana scorched more than 22,000 acres, leading to the destruction of 74 homes and 149 other buildings. Sadly, residents of Montana are all too familiar with tragedies like the Dahl Fire, with wildfires roaring across thousands of acres every […]
In the 2016 presidential election, we’ve already heard lots of buzz about the candidates wooing voters in “swing states” — the states where the balloting easily could swing toward the Democratic or Republican challenger. While Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump see eye-to-eye on pretty much nothing, they probably could agree […]
On many college campuses, outdoor fountains serve as backdrops for photo-worthy memories: checking out the school with Mom and Dad before you’ve enrolled, skipping class with your dormmates or — finally! — getting that diploma. Perhaps no place is the college fountain more iconic and beautiful than at the University […]
Aiming to save time and money, more college students are choosing summertime in the classroom over summertime at the beach, according to the Boston Globe. But who says you can’t put in time in the classroom and time at the beach? At Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL, it’s quite […]
Things haven’t exactly been rosy for U.S. florists in recent years. U.S. employment in the multibillion-dollar floral industry dropped nearly 52 percent from the first quarter of 2001 to the last quarter of 2014, according to data compiled for LawnStarter by the University of Florida. Alan Hodges, a researcher at […]
At close to $695 million, the economic impact of the “green” industry in North Dakota doesn’t look that impressive, since most states boast economic impacts in the billions of dollars. However, it looks very impressive when you consider the economic impact on a per-capita basis. At $960 per resident, North […]