"NH blueberries need cold winters. Climate change threatens them."

"Bill Bartlett and his wife have owned Bartlett’s Blueberry Farm in Newport for 38 years. And he says he’s seen winters change a lot over that time.

“We have far more milder days than we used to,” he said. “We rarely get temperatures much below 10 above. Now that would be cold to us, where in the beginning, it wouldn't be uncommon at all for it to be 15 below, 20 below.”

With climate change, New Hampshire’s winters are getting shorter and warmer. As a consequence, the growing season for many crops is getting longer. But for farmers like Bartlett, cold winters are important for their products." REad MORE