Grass Roots - Green Industry Pros

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 Ana Avalos, owner of Colorful Impression Landscapes in Santa Rosa, Calif., and winner of the 2023 Women In The Green Industry Award winner, to discuss how she got her start in the industry, what it means to be a woman in the green industry, her advice for other women in landscaping and much more.

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 Brant Kukak, product manager for compact equipment at Ditch Witch, about how attachments can help green industry pros with tree care, what they should consider before adding them to their arsenal and more

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 sits down with Christin (CJ) Wam, senior director of marketing for Turf & Consumer Products at Briggs & Stratton, to discus how green industry professionals can get ahead of the supply chain issues by performing preventive maintenance and ordering necessary parts head of time.

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.

Green Industry Pros Editor Sarah Webb sat down with John Deere Go-To-Market Manager Maureen McCormack, who breaks down how green industry professionals can implement UTV attachments to streamline their operation and boost their bottom line.

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%. 

It seems like everyone in the green industry is struggling with the workforce shortage these days. Brent Kukuk, product manager at Ditch Witch, talks about what machines can do to make lawn and landscape contractors’ lives easier. Jobs that normally would require the work of two or three people can be done with one person if the correct machine is used, he says.