Maine's Largest Blueberry Grower To Stop Aerial Pesticide Spraying
In a move that could have wide ramifications for agricultural practices in Maine and across the county, Cherryfield Foods, Inc., the largest wild blueberry grower and processor in Maine, informed NELC that it is abandoning all aerial pesticide spraying.

Cherryfield Foods' decision was announced in a September 30, 2004 letter sent in response to NELC's August 4, 2004 notice of intent to sue the company for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. More.

NELC Files Friend of Court Brief In Pesticide Spraying Case
The ever increasing number of toxic pesticides approved for agricultural and household use, and the continuing and growing presence of these dangerous chemicals—in our water, soil and air; in the foods we eat; even in our own bodies—have created mounting concern about pesticides' impacts on public health and the environment.

In June 2004, NELC Senior Attorney Josh Kratka filed an amicus curiae, or "friend of the court," brief in a New York case concerning mosquito spraying that is likely to influence the developing national debate over the use of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) to regulate pesticide spraying. More.