Terhune Orchards- ●Family run business ●Fruit and vegetable farm ●Open to the public ●Care for our land, our community and our future.

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Terhune Orchards- ●Family run business ●Fruit and vegetable farm ●Open to the public ●Care for our land, our community and our future

Mount family- ●11 generations farming in NJ ●40 years at current location on Cold Soil Road in Princeton

Sustainable use of the land ●Open space and farmland preservation ●Work with Natural Resource Conservation and Soil Conservation District. ●Techniques such as cover crops and crop rotation

Water conservation ●grow crops well suited to NJ ●Use of technology ●drip irrigation, monitors, sensors, weather station, satellite computer network

Keep up to date ●plant new varieties ●barn raising with community ●solar panels ●energy efficiency

Methods ●Organic certified ●Integrated pest management

Methods grow on plasticrow cover hoop house

Diversity of crops For example- 35 apple varieties, 15 types of carrots, 25 of tomatoes, 30 of squash ●grow for market Grow for market

Communicate ●Open to the public ●Relationship with our community ●Seasonal newsletter ●Facebook and twitter

Pick your own

Farm to table

Farming for the future ●School tours ●Seasonal Newsletter ●Read and explore series ●Read and pick series ●Summer camp