Louisiana, for all its man-made foibles and imperfections, is blessed with a lot of lush greenery, natural wildlife, and a temperate climate that allows for outdoor recreation. We also take our great outdoors for granted, and as a result, have one of the worst environmental records in the state and a host of regulations to deal with it.

Diane Baum is owner of Baum Environmental Group, a contract and consulting firm that specializes in helping commercial and governmental clients secure environmental permits dealing with things like sotrm-water runoff, while also providing services to make sure their clients stay in compliance.

Baum helps its clients not only with the planning and the paperwork but also the technical work, silt fencing or hydroseeding, for instance. The company also helps companies determine their environmental risk, and helps commercial and residential customers design more eco-friendly buildings and homes.

Diane is an engineer, who founded the firm in 1995 after leaving the Louisiana Department. of Environmental Quality with a vision of creating a firm that would help small businesses navigate the maze of environmental compliance regulations affordably. 

Scott Ricca is owner of Clegg’s Nursery, a locally owned garden center that has been something of an institution in Baton Rouge since its founding in 1955 by Scott Clegg. Over the years, the business grew, and in the 1980s, Clegg sold it to his son, Marshall Clegg, who in 1999 sold it two of its longtime managers – Tom Fennell and Scott. In the more than 20 years they've owned the nursery, Scott and Tom have continued to grow the business, which now has four locations.

Clegg's has also branched (if you'll pardon the pun) into a wholesale growing operation, with the creation of a 40-thousand square foot green house that cultivates plants and flowers for local retailers to sell.

Scott Ricca is a native of Baton Rouge, who got his degree in forestry and wildlife management at Louisiana Tech before returning to Baton Rouge and joining Clegg’s in the 1980s.

You can see photos from this show by Jill Lafleur at our website. And here's more lunch table conversation from back in BC (Before Covid) about conserving our environment with Nicole Waguespack from Martin Ecosystems.

Louisiana, for all its man-made foibles and imperfections, is blessed with a lot of lush greenery, natural wildlife, and a temperate climate that allows for outdoor recreation. We also take our great outdoors for granted, and as a result, have one of the worst environmental records in the state and a host of regulations to deal with it.
Diane Baum is owner of <a href="https://www.baumenvironmentalgroup.com/">Baum Environmental Group</a>, a contract and consulting firm that specializes in helping commercial and governmental clients secure environmental permits dealing with things like sotrm-water runoff, while also providing services to make sure their clients stay in compliance.
Baum helps its clients not only with the planning and the paperwork but also the technical work, silt fencing or hydroseeding, for instance. The company also helps companies determine their environmental risk, and helps commercial and residential customers design more eco-friendly buildings and homes.
Diane is an engineer, who founded the firm in 1995 after leaving the Louisiana Department. of Environmental Quality with a vision of creating a firm that would help small businesses navigate the maze of environmental compliance regulations affordably.&nbsp;
Scott Ricca is owner of <a href="http://www.cleggsnursery.com/">Clegg&rsquo;s Nursery</a>, a locally owned garden center that has been something of an institution in Baton Rouge since its founding in 1955 by Scott Clegg. Over the years, the business grew, and in the 1980s, Clegg sold it to his son, Marshall Clegg, who in 1999 sold it two of its longtime managers &ndash; Tom Fennell and Scott. In the more than 20 years they've owned the nursery, Scott and Tom have continued to grow the business, which now has four locations.
Clegg's has also branched (if you'll pardon the pun) into a wholesale growing operation, with the creation of a 40-thousand square foot green house that cultivates plants and flowers for local retailers to sell.
Scott Ricca is a native of Baton Rouge, who got his degree in forestry and wildlife management at Louisiana Tech before returning to Baton Rouge and joining Clegg&rsquo;s in the 1980s.
You can see photos from this show by <a href="https://www.lafleurphoto.com">Jill Lafleur</a> at <a href="https://itsbatonrouge.la/2021/01/20/the-great-outdoors/">our website</a>. And here's <a href="https://itsbatonrouge.la/2016/09/09/floating-guns-out-to-lunch-its-baton-rouge/">more lunch table conversation</a> from back in BC (Before Covid) about conserving our environment with Nicole Waguespack from Martin Ecosystems.

OUT TO LUNCH finds Baton Rouge Business Report Editor Stephanie Riegel combining her hard news journalist skills and food background: conducting business over lunch. Baton Rouge has long had a storied history of politics being conducted over meals, now the Capital Region has an equivalent culinary home for business: Mansur's. Each week Stephanie holds court over lunch at Mansur's and invites members of the Baton Rouge business community to join her. You can also hear the show on WRKF 89.3FM.

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