June 2013 Issue

Tougas Family Farm

You-pick orchard near Boston draws thousands.

Mo Tougas asks a question of Oregon State University sweet cherry expert Lynn Long on an IFTA tour of his farm. The pruning demonstration was held in a persistent snow event that occasionally approached blizzard conditions. Richard Lehnert “Let’s all go to my place.” That was one of the things on Maurice “Mo” Tougas’s agenda as he ended his two-year term as president of the International Fruit Tree Association. The association’s annual conference was held in February in Boston, just 45 freeway minutes from the Tougas Family Farm at Northborough, Massachusetts. Historically, a winter conference has been held close to […]

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June 1, 2013

Apples, People, Cherries, Stone fruits, Richard Lehnert

Richard Lehnert

After growing up on a Michigan dairy farm, Richard Lehnert began writing about farming in 1962, while still a junior studying journalism at Michigan State University. He worked at newspapers for a year before joining the staff of Michigan Farmer, where he spent 26 years, the last 15 as chief editor. He was a member of the staff of Good Fruit Grower from 2010 until 2015. Read his stories: Story Index

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