Defenders
of Wildlife
Environment
& Human Health, Inc.
Facts about Alternatives to Chemical Trespassing, Inc. (FACT)
Grassroots Environmental Education
Greater Madison Healthy Lawn Team
Marin
Beyond Pesticides Coalition
Michigan Environmental Council
New
Jersey Environmental Federation
Northeast
Organic Farming Association of Connecticut
Northeast
Organic Farming Association of New Jersey
Northwest
Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
Pesticide
Action Network North America
Project
Ladybug
Safer
Pest Control Project
Salem Pesticide Association
Texans
for Alternatives to Pesticides
Toxics
Action Center
Toxic
Free NC
Toxics Information Project
Washington
Toxics Coalition
The Watershed Partnership
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Dear Store Manager:
I am a regular customer at Home Depot and a supporter of the National Coalition for Pesticide-Free Lawns. I was very pleased to recently learn that Home Depot was asked by Beyond Pesticides and Defenders of Wildlife on behalf of the Coalition to carry a full range of natural, non-toxic lawn and garden products, to train staff to be knowledgeable about non-toxic alternatives, and to reconsider the sale of “weed and feed.” It is currently impossible to shop at Home Depot and purchase the full array of products needed to maintain a natural lawn or garden. I would very much like to see not just one or two natural lawn and garden products on your shelves – but a full range by Spring 2006, and therefore strongly support these requests. In addition to carrying these products, I expect Home Depot staff to be able to offer advice in the use and benefits of natural alternatives. As a do-it-yourselfer, I would also appreciate written materials that provide instructions on how to create and maintain a natural lawn.
I would like to shop at Home Depot for my lawn and garden products and will be watching to see if more non-toxic products become available and if efforts are undertaken to train your employees and provide good materials. I urge you to work with the National Coalition for Pesticide-Free Lawns to help make this a reality.
Thank you for listening to my concerns and please convey my support to the company headquarters.
Sincerely,