CALIFORNIA GREEN INDUSTRY COUNCIL RECOGNIZES HAP KELLOGG FOR LEADERSHIP

SACRAMENTO, CA- March 13, 2006 The California Green Industry Council (CGIC) is pleased to announce that at the most recent meeting, the board of directors recognized H. Clay (Hap) Kellogg IV for eight years of leadership as CGIC president.

“Since 1997, Hap’s leadership has helped CGIC improve our visibility among the regulatory and legislative community in California,” said newly elected president Larry Rohlfes of California Landscape Contractors Association.  “Hap’s contributions to the industry, both personally and professionally have benefited all those who have had the opportunity to work with him.  This recognition is just a small token of the appreciation felt by his green industry colleagues.”

Rohlfes presented Kellogg a plaque reading:  “Leadership Award-In recognition of your vision, stewardship and dedication to the California Green Industry Council during your presidency 1997-2005.

Kellogg is president of Kellogg Garden Products, a family business selling horticultural products, soil amendments and fertilizer products to the home, landscape, and nursery markets in California and throughout the West.  Kellogg embodies the company’s values of integrity, innovation, loyalty, experience, commitment and generosity.  A graduate of the University of Wyoming, Kellogg holds a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Business and has been at the helm of Kellogg Garden Products since 1991.

The Green Industry is not a collection of environmental activist groups, rather all the people, products and businesses that grow, build, maintain and sell the plants that make up California's landscapes, also known as green infrastructure.  This includes those who grow the flat of pansies you buy at the local nursery to the people who trim street trees and mow lawns for a living.

The  new data will be used to update a CGIC publication entitled The Economic Impact of the California Green Industry,  one of a trio of research and education brochures regarding the green industry.  The other brochures Landscape—An Investment in California’s Communities and The Environmental Benefits of the Landscape—Our Green Urban Ecosystem Today outline specific economic and environmental contributions made possible by California’s green industry professionals.  All titles are available in electronic format from www.cgic.org

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CALIFORNIA GREEN INDUSTRY COUNCIL (CGIC)

The California Green Industry Council (CGIC) is a multi-billion dollar industry that not only provides a large percentage of jobs in California and contributes to the state’s GNP but provides a more beautiful and healthy environment for California.  The California Green Industry Council’s member organizations all contribute to make California the beautiful and thriving state that it is today.

The CGIC represents the manufacturers, suppliers, and maintainers of this state’s Green Industry.  Professionals in the Green Industry work in every legislative district of this state and are responsible for the flourishing environments that our communities have come to rely upon.

The professionals in the Green Industry include sod producers, nurserymen, pest control advisers, pesticide applicators, landscape contractors, irrigation experts/consultants, landscape architects, golf course superintendents, fertilizer and compost manufacturers and many others.  Many of the professionals in the ‘green industry’ are required to have state licensing and certification and/or have professionally managed certification programs.

Members Organizations Represented by CGIC:

California Association of Pest Control Advisers (CAPCA)

California Association of Nurseries & Garden Centers (CANGC)

California Golf Course Superintendents Association (CGCSA)

California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA)

California Landscape & Irrigation Council (CLIC)

California Sod Producers Association (CSPA)

Irrigation Association (IA)

Northern California Turfgrass & Landscape Council (NCTLC)

Pesticide Applicators Professional Association (PAPA)

Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment (RISE)

Western Plant Health Association (WPHA)