The year there were no Apples

This year Woodman Farm, a part of the UNH horticultural department, was hit with a brief but tragic hailstorm. The apple orchard was completely devastated. From afar the apples look red, and ripe, and plentiful, but upon closer inspection it is easy to see the black, rotting holes.

Typically, Woodman Farm harvests the apples and gives them to UNH dining, where they are served to the students. This will not be the case this year.

I'm going to try and create a multimedia piece about the apple orchards on Woodman farm. John McLean is the manager of the farm and has been working there for most of his life. Evan Ford is the assistant manager and has also been working at the farm for quite some time.

The hail storm was this past summer and the apples would typically be picked right around now. McLean and Ford now have to spend more time than usual picking through the mostly rotten apples to find the unblemished fruits.

I'm also going to talk to Jon Plodzik the UNH Dining Manager, to find out how the lack of apples from Woodman is effecting the dining halls.

The summer was one of the wettest in recent years, crops were bad all around. I'd also like to travel to local farms and see how their crops were effected by the incessant rain and hail storms.

This is news because food production is important, especially local food production. This year in particular is important because of the horrible weather and increased costs of farming.

Visually I'm going to show the apples and just how badly they were destroyed. I will also use voice over from McLean and Ford about how the storm and their reactions when they found out how badly they'd been hit.

I think this could work.