I spoke along with his very long time buddy Alan Surprenant of Brook Farm Orchard in Ashfield, Massachusetts on a cool March day slightly over two week’s after the surprising passing of Michael Phillips. The 2 males met initially at a New England Natural Farmers Affiliation (NOFA) convention that was being held at Hampshire School and so they quickly turned quick pals. It was Alan who first contacted me with the information of Michael’s surprising passing and I knew he’d be good to discuss the lifetime of one in all America’s premier apple writers and lecturers.
Michael’s e-book positioned in tribute to his passing a number of days earlier on the 2022 Berkshire Roundtable
Michael died in his orchard within the Misplaced Nation space of New Hampshire on February 27, 2022. He was within the technique of writing his fourth e-book and constructing out a Speakeasy the place pals might collect to sip cider on his land that he shared along with his spouse Nancy and the place they raised their daughter Grace.
I anticipated to speak a bit extra about Michael with Alan, however we stored rolling again to speaking about orchard care, a subject that was near Michael’s coronary heart and definitely his life’s work. It was becoming as a result of each males held in widespread the work of serving to owners and budding orchardist be taught the fundamentals of orchard care. For Michael it was his full time work writing books, consulting and presenting on the subject. He was the anchor of the Berkshire Roundtable, which is a yearly meetup of apple growers and extra lately cider makers.
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