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Farm Bureau Delegates Elect 

 Cole 



At the NH Farm Bureau Annual 

 Meeting held in Plymouth last No- 

 vember, delegates elected Douglas 

 Cole to serve as a vice president of 

 the state's largest farm organization. 

 Upon his election to the board, 

 Doug Cole, owner of D.S. Cole 

 Growers in Loudon said, "For years, 

 I've been encouraging NH growers 

 to make the most of their Farm Bu- 

 reau membership. Farm Bureau's ef- 

 forts in the state house are vital ac- 

 tivities. " 



Doug joins NH Farm Bureau 

 President, Wayne Mann in working 

 to further the interests of agricul- 

 tural producers around the state. 

 Chuck Souther of Concord and 

 Daniel Briggs of Deerfield are also 

 elected officers. Each month the 

 president, vice presidents and 

 county directors meet in Concord to 

 review business, legislative items, 

 membership services, and other agri- 

 cultural topics. 



The members who serve on the 

 state board work closely with NH 

 Farm Bureau staff. Rob Johnson, 

 Executive Director, announced that 

 Allyson Brehm of Chichester has re- 

 cently joined the Farm Bureau as 

 Media Relation Coordinator. 



NHPGA Scholarship Awards 



The New Hampshire Plant Growers' 

 Association's Board of Directors is 

 pleased to announce the two win- 

 ners of the 2002 NHPGA Scholar- 

 ship Awards: Nicole Carito and 

 Heather A. Warren. Both winners 

 are students at the University of 

 New Hampshire. 



Nicole is a floriculture student at 

 the Thompson School of Applied 

 Sciences. She will be graduating this 

 year with an Associates of Science 

 degree in horticulture and plans to 

 enroll in the baccalaureate program 

 for certification in agricultural edu- 

 cation. Her goal is to become an 

 educator for students who want to 

 learn more about floral design and 

 other aspects of horticulture. 



Heather is an environmental hor- 

 ticulture student in the plant biol- 

 ogy department at UNH. She is 

 currently a college sophomore and 

 also works the family fruit and veg- 

 etable farm with her husband and 

 10-year old son. She plans to teach 

 agricultural education on and off 

 the farm after completing her Bach- 

 elor of Science degree. 



Each student will receive a $500 

 scholarship. The scholarship money 

 was raised at the auction held at the 

 2002 NHPGA Summer Meeting. 

 The successful auction was the re- 

 sult of many generous donations 

 from meeting participants and ven- 

 dors. The auction is an annual fund 

 raising event of the NHPGA. 



Research Dollars at Work! 



Cathy Neal, UNH Extension Educa- 

 tor, shared this summary of how re- 

 search dollars awarded to the Exten- 

 sion Service by the New England 

 Grows organization were invested in 

 2002. 



The 2002 grant supported a no- 

 pinch chrysanthemum trial, publica- 

 tion of a quarterly newsletter titled 

 "News and Views for the Green In- 

 dustry', applied research on timing 

 of nitrogen fertilizer, and applied re- 

 search on alternative production sys- 

 tems for trees and shrubs. The grant 

 also made it possible to provide ref- 

 erence books for county extension 

 educators with commercials horticul- 

 ture responsibilities. 



Funds approved for 2003 will be 

 used for additional no-pinch chry- 

 santhemum trials, continued publi- 

 cation of News and Views newsletter, 

 media trials for container nursery 

 production - an attempt to identify 

 locally sustainable potting media, 

 and an in-service training for county 

 extension educators with commercial 

 horticulture responsibilities. 



WINTER 2003 



