GOLIATH SLAYS DAVID

It looks like the ‘big boys’ of the gardening world still carry a lot of muscle. Last March a legal battle ensued when The Scotts Company accused TerraCycle, Inc. of false advertising claims and trade infringements.

If you haven’t heard of TerraCycle, it is a recently established company that offers an all liquid, organic plant food made from ‘worm poop’. It quickly became a media darling because the garden fertilizer is packaged in re-used soda bottles. It claimed to be superior to other brands of synthetic plant food. Scotts also appears to have been upset because  TerraCycle’s packaging too closely resembled the Miracle-Gro label (which is owned by Scotts).

Scotts agreed to drop its claims against TerraCycle upon the following settlement: TerraCycle will not claim independent test results which compares its product to synthetic plant foods or advertise that it consistently ‘outperforms’ Scott’s Miracle-Gro brand. TerraCycle also agreed to change its package design so that there would be no confusion over which product a consumer was purchasing.

Talk about pushing the little guy off the shelf (no pun intended).

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Fran Sorin

Fran is the author of the highly-acclaimed book, Digging Deep: Unearthing Your Creative Roots Through Gardening, which Andrew Weil, M.D., recommends as "a profound and inspiring book."  

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