The Market for EcoCover in North America

Here are some representative inquiries from 2006 from around the USA and Canada expressing an interested in EcoCover mulch mats and EcoPins.  This is a small sample of the actual inquiries received demonstrating the diverse markets for EcoCover products.

Alabama

• Several inquiries regarding dealer, use not specified
• Erosion control contractor asked for quote and delivery for enough to cover 6 square acres

Alberta

• Small organic farm wants to try products

Arizona

• Surveyor supply company interested in EcoPins for resale

Arkansas

• Little Rock soil remediation erosion control contractor interested in all for use and resale

British Columbia

• Organic farmers (5) very interested in products wants to know where to buy

California

• Landscape contractor 1000 EcoPins annually
• City of San Francisco suburb parks department wants to try EcoCover and EcoPins
• Southern California nature network interested in promoting and reselling EcoCover
• Surveyor uses more than 100,000 temp markers a year, would like to try as an alternative to steel, may be interested in resale
• Northern California landscape architect would like to try on projects, loves the concept
• San Joaquin Valley nut grower interested in weed control - orchards exceed 12,000 acres
• Mid coast land conservancy asked for quote on 1,000 square feet EcoCover
• One of the largest strawberry growers in the world is trialling EcoCrop - flew in 1,000 sq meters
• Large organic ag supply house wants to resell

Colorado

• San Juan Basin government researcher wants to experiment on high altitude plantings
• Landscape contractor interested in EcoPins
• Community recycling organization in Boulder interested in adding value to waste paper recycling
• Local junior high school Junior Achievement project sold EcoCover for flower planting mulch in Spring 2006, demand exceed supply

Delaware

• School system interested in EcoPins to replace steel - mowing hazard issue

Florida

• Home gardener and landscaping inquiries over a dozen
• Air pruning system manufacturer wants to test EcoCoverRF as alternative to coconut fiber
• Mulch manufacturer interested in resale for erosion control and landscaping
• Large sod farm interested in EcoPins as alternative to steel
• Herbal studies school interested in Pins and mulch, uses 10,000 pins annually
• Tampa area landscape supply company wants to be reseller, will buy full trailer or container loads
• Another air pruning container grower interested in EcoCoverRF

Georgia

• Atlanta restaurant chain owner interested in landscaping and 100 acre farm NE Georgia
• Large commercial nursery trialing about 2,000 feet of row with EcoCover

Hawaii

• Big Island coffee grower asked for quote for 4 container loads to mulch plantation

Illinois

• PE Civil Engineer specified EcoPins for City of a Chicago suburb public works, steel is a mowing and potential injury problem, wants to reduce liability
• Lawn care contractor interested in EcoCover 50,000 annual consumption
• Home gardener asked for quote for 150 x 150 foot garden
• DuPage County public schools athletic department wants EcoPins for field covers, have had athlete injuries from steel pins

Indiana

• Home gardener interested in EcoCover
• Large national online and catalog sales company wants to distribute all products

Kansas

• KC area sustainability group interested in products and local supply
• Dorothy and Toto want Straw Man from Wizard of Oz to stuff with EcoCover due to allergies

Massachusetts

• Landscape architect interested in testing products

Michigan

• Organic farm wants to test all the products
• Ann Arbor landscape contractor interested in all products
• Organic nursery SE MI interested in products
• Organic vineyard asked for quote on a full 20 foot container load, 42,000 feet of row

Minnesota

• Trash compactor manufacturer interested in compactor bags made of EcoCover

Montana

• Ag extension agent in Missoula tested EcoCover 2006, wants to do EcoCrop trial 2007
• Nature Conservancy land trust forester asked for quote for 8,000 Weed Squares for 2007 planting project
• Habitat restoration nursery and very large contractor wants to try, wants local source of supply

Nebraska

• Farm equipment repair and supply company interested in reselling

New Hampshire

• Organic farmer wants to use would like to be a reseller

New Jersey

• Large construction engineering firm interested in EcoPin for stabilizing temp diversion channels
• Organic vineyard asked for quote on enough EcoCover to mulch 40,000 feet of vines in the row

New York

• Landscape supply contractor spec'd EcoCover for New York State DOT
• NYC environmental testing consulting company wants to resell online
• Upstate recycling company interested in selling or manufacturing

North Carolina

• Small organic tomato grower looking for anything better than plastic, which he hates
• East central CSA organic farm wants to try, owner is also landscape architect

Ohio

• Landscape supply distributor interested in resale
• Ohio sustainable farming network interested in spreading the word about EcoCover

Ontario

• Looking for a dealer for landscaping
• Interested in making better use of waste paper - resale or manufacturing
• Landscape supply interested in reselling Pins, may be interested in mulch

Oregon

• Landscape architect specified EcoCover for Oregon DOT project
• Portland area green building project interested in green roof applications
• EcoCover specified for an Oregon DOT project 1Q 2007 - less than 200 trees planting
• Oregon State University demonstrated EcoCover via Organic Farm Club 2006 - has hundreds of prospects interested in EcoCover

Pennsylvania

• Organic farmer asked about pricing for rolls he can lay with his plastic laying equipment
• Organic magazine wants EcoCover for 2007 test gardens for research and reporting
• Sustainable agriculture group interested in promoting EcoCover when it is available domestically
• Organic farm CSA 100 acres interested in trying mulch
• Organic ag freelance author testing EcoCover - waiting on feedback

Quebec

• Organic growers interested in EcoCover, quote by air freight was too expensive, want local source of supply

South Carolina

• USDA Vegetable Research Center wants to buy EcoCover for trials - no budget until January 2007

Tennessee

• Architect would like to specify on appropriate projects, likes the concept, LEED and green are good
• Nursery in Middle Tennessee interested in trying EcoPotTops

Texas

• San Antonio organic author and guru testing EcoCover on persimmons

Vermont

• Organic farm 130 acres, interested in pit silage cover and round bale cover using EcoCover as well as mulch
• Native habitat restoration contractor interested in suppression of invasives 120 acre project
• Blueberry grower wants to try, has about 15 acres

Virginia

• Large sod farm interested in EcoPin for use or resale as alternative to steel
• Home gardener asked about pricing for 25 weed squares
• Member of the Garden Writers Association wants to try EcoCover and write about it

Washington

• Small organic farm 25 acres wants to buy and try
• Native plant nursery for use and resale, very interested
• PhD candidate interested in research on green roof project
• Washington State University spec'd EcoCover for 2007 annual plant mulch research project
• Container grower wants to know about EcoPotTops for 1 gallon containers
• Community Supported Ag (CSA) farm interested in using and promoting to the WA CSA networks
• Seattle area nursery wants to trial EcoCoverRF for canary reed grass suppression

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin State Div Forestry asked for quote for 10,000 Weed Squares 2Q 2007 plantings