The April freeze forces NJ farmers to find other ways to serve customers
New Jersey farmers are adjusting their business models after a severe spring freeze in April significantly damaged the apple crop.
FREEHOLD, N.J. (PIX11) — Like a freight train he could hear in the distance, Kyle Applegate knew this was coming. It was back in April that Applegate, fifth-generation owner of Battleview Orchards, knew that his apple crop later in the year would be devastated by a spring freeze. “We hope it’s a hundred-year storm," said [...]
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