Specialists around New England have the knowledge to respond to your questions regarding the cultivation of apples. They will assist you with information on such subjects as planning a new orchard, pruning an old one, integrated pest management, pollination, and apple storage. Please contact them directly either by phone or email.
University of Massachusetts Extension Service John Clements, Extension Tree Fruit Specialist 413-323-4208; FAX: 413-323-4875 www.umass.edu/fruitadvisor/clements University of Maine Extension Service Renae Moran, Tree Fruit Specialist 207-933-2100 rmoran@umext.maine.edu University of New Hampshire Extension Service Bill Lord, Tree Fruit Specialist 603-862-3203 william.lord@unh.edu University of Vermont Extension Service M. Elena Garcia, Tree Fruit Specialist 802-656-2824 elena.garcia@uvm.edu http://orchard.uvm.edu/uvmapple University of Connecticut Extension Service Norm Gauthier, Tree Fruit Specialist 860-486-0189 ngauthie@canr1.cag.uconn.eduNew England Departments of Agriculture:
Connecticut Department of Agriculture
Maine Department of Agriculture
Massachusetts Department of Food & Agriculture
New Hampshire Department of Agriculture
Rhode Island Division of Agriculture
Vermont Department of Agriculture
Agriculture in the Classroom:
Connecticut Agriculture in the Classroom
Massachusetts Agriculture in the Classroom
USDA Agriculture in the Classroom
Other New England agricultural organizations:
Connecticut Apple Marketing Board
Vermont Apple Marketing Board Apple Information Manager: a service of the University of Vermont
The New England Small Farm Institute is a private non-profit organization supporting beginning farmers and sustainable small scale agriculture throughout New England.
North American Farmers' Direct Marketing Association
Northeast Organic Farming Association
Buy local campaigns:
Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture
New England agricultural commodities:
Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association
Maine Maple Producers Association
Massachusetts Christmas Tree Association
New Hampshire-Vermont Christmas Tree Association
Massachusetts Maple Producers Association
New England Dairy and Food Council
Massachusetts Flower Growers Association
Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association
Massachusetts Fruit Growers Association
New England Nursery Association
Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association
Nutrition and Health Organizations:
Aboutproduce.com: All you need to know about produce is here, an abundance of information and recipes that make the bountiful varieties, delicious flavors and healthy benefits of fruits, vegetables, nuts and herbs come alive.
Produce for Better Health Foundation - information about the 5 A Day Program
Agriculture and statistics:
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
New England Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA Agricultural Statistics Service provides timely, accurate, and useful statistics in service to U. S. agriculture
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the principal in-house research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). ARS, one of the Research, Education and Economics (REE) agencies, is charged with extending the Nation's scientific knowledge with 22 National Programs, with research projects in agriculture, nutrition, technology, the environment and other topics that affect the American people on a daily basis.
U. S. Department of Agriculture
National Resource Conservation Service provides leadership in a partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain, and improve our natural resources and environment.
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA) whose mission it is to stabilize farm income, help farmers conserve land and water resources, provide credit to new or disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and help farm operations recover from the effects of disaster .
Agriculture Network Information Center: AgNIC is a guide to quality agricultural information on the Internet as selected by the National Agricultural Library, Land-Grant Universities, and other institutions.
Apple Organizations:
United States Government:
New England Apple Association home page/About NEA /
Scholarship Program/ New England Apple
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