Why diverse turf teams benefit business

“If you don’t have diversity of thought, you are not going to move your business forward.”

So says Elizabeth Guertal, Professor of Turfgrass Management and Soil Fertility at Auburn University, Alabama, who was among the speakers at the Ladies Leading Turf seminar at GIS 2020, hosted by Syngenta.

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Prof. Guertal believes that as turfgrass and golf industry consumers change, so the turfgrass industry needs to change, reflecting greater diversity, including among superintendents.