Town leaders ask homeowners to go pesticide-free on properties
24 Feb, 2009 LM Direct!BRANFORD, CT — The Board of Selectmen here voluntarily give up pesticides and chemical fertilizers in favor of organic care for their lawns. Branford, located on Long Island Sound about 13 miles east of New Haven, is a city of about 30,000 people.
Dr. Jerry Silbert, executive director of Watershed Partnership Inc., a non-profit group based in Hartford, said that Branford joins Milford, Plainfield and Greenwich in asking residents to make the switch. Cheshire is in the process, he said, and he is working with Guilford and Madison. The Guilford Green is now organically cared for, reports the New Haven (CT) Independent.
The decision to ask residents to voluntarily change the way they care for their lawns — and there are thousands of lawns in Branford — follows earlier town decisions to go organic at town parks and ball fields, the newspaper reported.
“Lawns'll be greener in Branford,” by Marcia Chambers, The New Haven Independent.
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