NH Fruit Growers in the News

Morning Ag Clips – June 2023

DURHAM, N.H. — Shyloh Favreau’s research goals are to understand how Granite State farmers’ management of their crops affects bee populations, which in turn, help food producers succeed. The work supports NH Agricultural Experiment Station scientist Rich Smith’s broader research goal of improving the quantity and quality of ecosystem services derived from agriculture.

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Morning Ag Clips – May 2023

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The New England Fellowship of Agricultural Adventurers presented John C. Porter, of Boscawen, NH, Extension Dairy Specialist Emeritus, and Diane and Chuck Souther, Apple Hill Farm, Concord, NH, with the 2023 Agricultural Adventurers Award at a ceremony at the farm, May 9.

WMUR – June 2022

WMUR – June 17, 2022 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack visited Brookdale Fruit Farm in Hollis to announce a $200 million fund to help smaller specialty crop farmers meet government regulatory standards.

WSCY – Nov 2021

WSCY – October 8, 2021 – WSCY visited Diane Souther at Apple Hill Farm on Columbus Day weekend.

WNTK – Sept 2021

WNTK 99.7 FM – September 23, 2021 (7:35) – Peter St. James and Jeanne Lester talked with Chuck Souther of Apple Hill Farm and Kitt Plummer of Hazleton Orchards.

GMA – Sept 2021

Good Morning America Rise & Shine! – September 23, 2021 – New Hampshire welcomes tourists again after pandemic put businesses on pause. “GMA” heads to the Granite State to see how it is bouncing back more than a year after COVID-19 began.

MLT – Sept 2021

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript – September 20, 2021 – Fall harvest follows challenging wet summer for local farmers.

MIX 94.1 – Nov 2020

MIX 94.1 – November 2020 – Diane Souther from Apple Hill Farm shares all the work that’s happening in preparation for the holiday rush.