american agricultural cooperative formed in 1930. it produces all sorts of products made of cranberries.one of these products is a cranberrie drink, also named ocean spray. some hospitals use this drink as a placebo for terminal patients. james dean bradfields' mother drank it when she lay in the hospital, dying of cancer. the song 'ocean spray' is about jdb, waiting next to his mothers bed. it's the only msp song he wrote the lyrics for.