About Turf Diseases and How We Got Started
On May 1, 2009 Turf Diseases was launched with a post entitled “Patch-a-rama in Kansas”. The concept was easy: five turfgrass pathologists from around the country would give weekly updates on disease activity for their region. Beginning with John Kaminski, Megan Kennelly, Jim Kerns, Lane Tredway and Frank Wong, The Turf Diseases Blog was a way to
utilize social media and other social networking tools to provide timely updates for golf course superintendents. Since it’s first post, Turf Diseases has continued to grow and reach various milestones. We continue to expand in our mission to 1) provide relevant information to turfgrass professionals and 2) support graduate student travel and research.
Early 2009: John Kaminski begins to pull together The Turf Diseases Blog
May 1, 2009: Megan Kennelly writes first post, “Patch-a-rama in Kansas”
August 17, 2009: Peter Landschoot becomes the first “guest” blogger
January 9, 2010: Micah Woods writes first “International” Update
September 20, 2010: Syngenta sponsors first Contest to support graduate student travel to APS
December 14,2010: Blog moves to www.turfdiseases.org
December 31, 2010: 112,000 pages views in first full year
April 29, 2011: Decision is made to redesign site and increase # of bloggers
September 10, 2011: First major redesign of the Turf Diseases website launches
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