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Green Industry Pros Editor Sarah Webb sits down with Deborah Munoz-Chacon, president and owner of Sonoran Oasis Landscaping to learn how she has succeeded in business and what advice she has for other women in the industry.

Tom Vachal, senior product manager, turf, for Kubota Tractor Corp., discusses Kubota's new ZD1611 and F3710 mowers and how they’re designed to deliver more power, reliability and efficiency to end users. Vachal also touches on why trade shows such as Equip Expo are so important for Kubota and the green industry as a whole.

Green Industry Pros Editor Sarah Webb sits down with Jay Worth, marketing manager at SingleOps, to discuss what tactics and strategies landscape companies can implement to recruit and retain more employees.

Green Industry Pros Editor Sarah Webb sits down with Ashlee Biggs, head of product marketing at Fleetio, to discuss how fleet management software can help landscape companies become more efficient, what they should consider before landing on a software and more.

Green Industry Pros Editor Sarah Webb chats with Linda Nelson, president of Greenscapes in Naples, Fla., and winner of Green Industry Pros’ inaugural Women in the Green Industry Award. Nelson talks about barriers she’s faced throughout her career, what the green industry can do to encourage more women to step into the industry and more.

Aaron Griffith, National Sales Manager of Professional Products at Cub Cadet, discusses what autonomous mowers can do in the lawn and landscaping industry. Whether it’s following GPS for perfect stripes or cutting down on time at the jobsite, autonomous mowers can help save time and deliver a better mow, he says. Cub Cadet’s SurePath is a semi-autonomous mower that contractors can use now that’s easy to use and can increase productivity by more than 12%.

Nicole Henry, business development representative at CompanyCam, shares what CompanyCam does, the app features and what’s new with the startup that helps lawn and landscape companies document jobs.

In this episode of Green Industry Pros’ Grass Roots, Editor Ryan Whisner talks to Monique Allen, author of “Stop Landscaping Start Life-Scaping, A Guide to Ending the Rush-rush, Humdrum Approach to Landscape Development and Care,” about some of the steps small businesses can take to have a win for the planet, people and profits. Allen highlights the concept of life-scaping and how it is about elevating the entire industry to more success. For more information visit https://www.thegardencontinuum.com

In this episode of Green Industry Pros’ Grass Roots, Editor Ryan Whisner dives into the second part of the three-part series on drainage. The series began with episode 58 with a discussion with SiteOne Landscape Supply product marketing manager Matt Mikucki to discuss the concept of adding drainage as a service. For this episode, we’re focused on the education of contractors on drainage services through opportunities offered by NDS. The third segment will focus on a discussion with ADS about some of the equipment used in addressing drainage issues.

In this episode of Green Industry Pros’ Grass Roots, Editor Ryan Whisner discusses the latest developments in robotic mowing with Greenzie CEO and co-founder Charles Brian Quinn. The kit developed by the Greenzie team enables commercial mowers to be operated autonomously. Through a partnership with Wright Manufacturing, this technology is coming closer to being available to contractors.

Brian Schwartz was laid off from his job amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. On a whim, he started a free lawn mowing service for seniors age 65 and up. I Want to Mow Your Lawn is now a 501©3 not for profit organization that has built momentum across the country. Based on volunteers, he is reaching out to the landscape business community to participate in the program. On this weeks’ edition of the Grass Roots Podcast, Schwartz shares his story with Green Industry Pros editor Ryan Whisner.