http://www.ecosmartworld.com/a-green-christmas-tree Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:12:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.ecosmartworld.com/a-green-christmas-tree/comment-page-1#comment-54904 Mark Rohlfs Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:04:12 +0000 http://www.ecosmartworld.com/?p=162#comment-54904 Christmas tree farmers in Oregon have begun environmental certification programs that require a detailed farm management plan and physically audit tree farm's sustainable farming methods with regard to soil and water conservation, biodiversity, integrated pest management, worker safety and training, and consumer outreach. Check out http://www.environmentalchristmas trees.com for more information. There is no large corporate ownership of Christmas tree farms in the US, even the biggest farms are family owned and operated. So buying a real farm grown Christmas tree does support green jobs here in the US. Read more about it at http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5681826/christmas_tree_farms_grow_green_jobs.html Christmas tree farmers in Oregon have begun environmental certification programs that require a detailed farm management plan and physically audit tree farm’s sustainable farming methods with regard to soil and water conservation, biodiversity, integrated pest management, worker safety and training, and consumer outreach. Check out http://www.environmentalchristmas trees.com for more information.
There is no large corporate ownership of Christmas tree farms in the US, even the biggest farms are family owned and operated. So buying a real farm grown Christmas tree does support green jobs here in the US. Read more about it at http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5681826/christmas_tree_farms_grow_green_jobs.html

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