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The product is marketed to consumers by Scotts Miracle-Gro Company. [4] In the late-2010s other non-glyphosate containing herbicides were also sold under the Roundup brand. [5] [6] Monsanto patented the herbicidal use of glyphosate and derivatives in 1971. [7] Commercial sale and usage in significant quantities started in 1974. [8]
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Marysville, Ohio, where O.M. Scott began selling lawn seed in 1868. [2] The company manufactures and sells consumer lawn, garden and pest control products, as well as soilless indoor gardening equipment. [ 3 ]
In 1995, the company merged with Scotts for $200 million in stock, creating the world's largest maker of lawn and garden products, and making Hagedorn the majority investor with 42% of the company and 3 of 11 board seats. [1] [5] Hagedorn's son Jim became CEO and chairman of the merged company. [6] His father retired from Miracle-Gro in 1997. [7]
Scotts LawnService was founded in 1998, with the acquisition of Emerald Green Lawn Care. It was a division of the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, and provided lawn, tree, and shrub care and pest control. In April 2016 TruGreen announced that it had merged with Scotts LawnService.
Miracle-Gro, a water-soluble fertilizer, was developed after Hagedorn met nurseryman Otto Stern and learned of Stern's troubles shipping plants in 1944. [1] [2] [3] The pair hired O. Wesley Davidson, a Rutgers University professor to develop the fertilizer. [1] Hagedorn used royalties from producing a crime-drama "The Big Story" to fund the ...
TruGreen, originally known as ChemLawn and later as TruGreen ChemLawn, is the largest lawn treatment company in the United States. [1] [2] [3] The company was founded in 1969 and provides lawn care and tree and shrub care treatments on a subscription basis (except in New York where it is by contract basis). [4]
The Feeding of the 5,000 is also known as the "miracle of the five loaves and two fish"; the Gospel of John reports that Jesus used five loaves and two fish supplied by a boy to feed a multitude. According to the Gospel of Matthew , when Jesus heard that John the Baptist had been killed, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place.
Miracle Mineral Supplement, often referred to as Miracle Mineral Solution, Master Mineral Solution, MMS or the CD protocol, [1] is a branded name for an aqueous solution of chlorine dioxide, an industrial bleaching agent, that has been falsely promoted as a cure for illnesses including HIV, cancer and the common cold.