Founded in 1929 by H.G. Sanders, Espoma Organic makes natural and organic fertilizers and soil products for home gardeners. Still family-owned through five generations, the South Jersey company operates manufacturing facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including a solar-powered Millville plant and a 60,000-square-foot facility in Hegins. Its long-running Tone fertilizer line, including the original Holly-tone introduced in 1946, has helped make organic gardening a family tradition for more than nine decades.
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Suståne Natural Fertilizer, IncSince 1988, Suståne Natural Fertilizer has manufactured organic and natural slow-release nitrogen fertilizers and soil builders from aerobically composted agricultural resources at its Minnesota operation. Its products are used by growers, turf managers and horticulturists in more than 60 countries, with the company controlling its raw materials, composting and manufacturing processes in-house. Suståne also maintains an analytical chemistry lab and supports its formulations with more than 800 independent studies.STAATSBURG, NY
Natural Alternative, IncNatural Alternative, Inc. develops safer, organic-based lawn and garden products for homeowners, including plant food and pet-friendly outdoor treatments. The Frederick, Maryland company grew from NaturaLawn of America, whose founder Phil Catron began pioneering organic lawn care in 1986, and it carries that heritage into products designed to work with nature rather than against it. Its zero-phosphorus lawn-care approach and emphasis on protecting families, pets and waterways distinguish the brand.FREDERICK, MD
Growers Mineral, CorpFounded in 1955 by an agricultural researcher, a fertilizer marketer and a business manager, Growers Mineral, Corp. produces and sells its non-toxic Growers Mineral Solution liquid fertilizer from Milan, Ohio. The family-owned company still operates from a former 1905 brewery and now serves farmers across 27 U.S. states, Ontario and Quebec. Its program pairs the fertilizer with practical soil-health guidance, on-farm research and educational meetings, carrying the founders’ agricultural approach into a third generation of day-to-day leadership.MILAN, OH
Good Earth Horticulture, IncSince 1958, family-owned Good Earth Horticulture has grown from a retail nursery into a producer and distributor of horticultural products, including professional growing media and garden soils. Based in Lancaster, New York, the company operates 10 production facilities across the United States and Canada, harvesting Canadian sphagnum peat in New Brunswick and composting bark at sites across the country. Good Earth also continues the Hoffman garden-products line acquired in 1999.LANCASTER, NY