Credits

Principal Author and Researcher
Jennifer Curtis

Copy editing & production supervision
Sharene Azimi

Design
Jenkins and Page

Electronic assembly & additional design
Bonnie Greenfield

Cover photos
Jennifer Curtis

Acknowledgments

NRDC gratefully acknowledges the following organizations for their support of NRDC's pesticide use reduction efforts: the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation, Foundation for Deep Ecology, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund, Wallace Genetic Foundation, Inc., The Joyce Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Carolyn Foundation. As with all of our work, the publication of this report would not have been possible without the support of NRDC's 400,000 members.

The author would like to especially thank all of the farmers profiled in this report for taking the time to compile data about their farms, and share their experiences, methods, and ideas. Thanks to Laura Tourte, for conducting supplementary research and providing valuable suggestions on earlier drafts of this report, and to Carolyn Dimitri for conducting a literature review. Thanks also to Rich Bell, Elisabeth Curtis, and NRDC staff Lawrie Mott and Erik Olson, for their review and editorial assistance.