The Eastern States Exposition Agricultural Adventurers Award

Agricultural AdventurersEastern States Exposition annually bestows the Eastern States Exposition Agricultural Adventurers Award to outstanding leaders in New England agriculture.

A special committee appointed by the trustees of ESE selects its annual fellow on the basis of innovation, pioneering and lifetime dedication to the betterment of agriculture.

Its recipients have made significant contributions to New England agriculture.

 View the entire list of recipients of this prestigious award  
Download a pdf of the Agricultural Adventurers Award Brochure  


Maurice Mix, 2009 Agricultural Adventurers Award Recipient2009 Recipient  
The New England Fellowship of Agricultural Adventurers presented Maurice Mix, of Brattleboro, Vermont, with the 2009 Agricultural Adventurers Award at the annual meeting of trustees of Eastern States Exposition, May 21, in West Springfield, Mass

The 2010 Agricultural Adventurers Award will be given at the ESE annual meeting May 20th.

2009 Committee 
  Richard L. Nickless, 
Chairman 
Clifford E. Busekist 
Donald R. Chase
Anthony Donatelli, Jr.
Gordon Gowen
John Lyman, Jr.
Wayne McCary
Charles McColough
Dwight Miller
Kenneth Parsons
Thomas Sandham
Bernard W. Shaw
Marion Seifert
Donald Upton
Victor Winslow
H. Dexter Young