SAVE A HORSE, KILL A FIRE ANT

Bloomcamp features Nick Aslani, fire ant control expert in northern Florida. Aslani decided to specialize in treating horse farms because of the demand for fire ant treatments at such accounts. The lessons Aslani learned while spending time on his maternal grandfather's farms in Iran have served him well. After graduating from a Miami high school, earning an agronomy degree from the University of Florida in 1985, and working his way up to service manager for Orkin, Aslani founded Marion Pest Control in 1991. Slow, controlled growth has enabled Aslani to employ his wife, Santa, and son Alex in the family business. In its first several years of existence, Marion Pest Control's primary market was residential service--treating for ants, termites and general household pests in the north-central Florida cities and Gainesville. However, in 2000, Aslani made a calculated decision to take on a new breed of client: horse farm.