Glades Crop Care

Glades Crop Care, Inc:*Incorporated in 1972 by Madeline Mellinger *Provides IPM (integrated pest management) service covering over acres *Works with more than 60 fresh vegetable crops, plus additional citrus, rice, and sugarcane acreage. These crops are grown primarily in Florida; a subtropical climate conducive to intensive insect, disease, and nematode management challenges *Worked in 17 states and 3 countries *Is independent and privately owned; we do not sell or represent any commercial products. Recommendations of products are generically based whenever possible *2 clients have used GCC for 50 years *30 clients have used GCC for 10+ years *83.3% of clients renewed contracts with GCC in 2021 *Charter member of the EPA’s Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program *Has completed applied research with the Small Business Innovation Research, the FDA and EPA. Examples of our grants include:*Development of an improved crop scouting technique incorporating multi-spectral imaging *Moving towards implementation of the Decision Support System to increase the efficacy of management of late blight on tomato and potato in Florida