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Educational Resources for Businesses - Free Webinars Don’t Panic—PLAN! Practical Tips and Tactics for Responding to the Coronavirus and Keeping Your Business on Course As landscaping companies across the country struggle to respond to the challenges of the coronavirus, the Grunder Group wanted to share with you all that they can to help our community get through this together in the most effective and responsible way possible. Below you’ll find details about what Grunder Landscaping and other green-industry companies are doing, plus links to recordings of their weekly webinars on the topic. Thank you, Marty Grunder, for all that you are doing! To view their "Responding to the Coronavirus Page", click HERE . Webinar #1 - In the last few weeks and days Coronavirus COVID-19 has brought—and continues to bring—sweeping changes across the country to the way we live and work. In this special free webinar, Marty Grunder, president and CEO of  The Grow Group and of Grunder Landscaping Co ., gives you an inside look into how his landscaping company is responding to the challenging situation and provides practical tips and tactics you can use now to keep your business on course for success. Grow Group vice president Vince Torchia and executive coach Jim Cali will share their insights, too. Click below to watch this webinar.

Webinar #2 - In week two of their free webinar series on responding to the coronavirus, The Grow Group’s Marty Grunder, Vince Torchia, and Jim Cali bring you up to date on what Grunder Landscaping and other companies around the country have been doing in the last week to contend with this challenging situation. They also discuss: The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s very recent designation of landscapers’ work as essential, and what it means How to catch up if you’re reopening, like Grunder Landscaping, after a shut-down; how to communicate it; and how to protect your company and community The Families First Coronavirus Response Act The $2T federal stimulus package and the aid it provides for small businesses And all your questions, too! Click below to watch this webinar.

Additional Resources for Continuing Education Penn State Extension is offering more than 50 courses from their online library for free through the month of April.* With their online learning, you get the practical, usable, science-based knowledge you need to weather the current storm and make progress with your health, your family, your community, and your business. Their online courses are accessible anywhere, anytime, online, at your own pace. Get on-demand access from Penn State subject matter experts in areas like: Food safety, nutrition, and preparation Best agricultural practices Horticulture Environmental stewardship Community involvement Successful business Healthy families Some of their courses offer the certificates and/or continuing education credits you need to stay professionally current and credentialed. For CNLP's, relevant courses can be used to acquire needed CEUs for recertification! Click HERE to review online courses. *per Penn State, exclusions apply.

Now is a great time to become a CNLP Be one of the best, not one of the rest! The CNLP Exam will be offered at Summer Plant Symposium in August. Take this opportunity to study now. Apply today to receive your electronic study guide. A study guide review, which will prepare you for the test, is available online. Plant ID review slides will be provided as well.    Become a CNLP in 2020! Pre-registration & approval is needed in advance. Applications are available on our website (or simply click  HERE ), by contacting the NJNLA Office at  njnla.office@gmail.com,  or by calling 609-291-7070.

COVID-19: Rutgers Delivers Pesticide Training Manuals to Your Door! from the Rutgers Pest Management Office Your Rutgers NJAES Pest Management Office publishes and prints manuals for those studying for certification exams for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s pesticide dealer and applicator licensing exams. See their Pesticide Applicator Training Manuals webpage HERE for more details on manuals offered and routine procurement. Most of the Rutgers County Cooperative Extension offices serve as distribution points for manuals for their clientele; however, this service may be interrupted due to COVID-19 emergency closures.  You can purchase manuals  online  through the Rutgers Office of Continuing Studies website to have them shipped directly to your door via UPS 2-day delivery to your home or business. Click HERE to order online.

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