The Eastern States Exposition Agricultural Adventurers Award is an award given annually by Eastern States Exposition to outstanding leaders in New England agriculture.
For individual information on past winners, click on a name below.
- 2024 Marge L. Kilkelly, Dresden,
Maine
- 2024 Randall Orchards, Standish, Maine
- 2023 John C. Porter, Boscawen, New Hampshire
- 2023 Diane & Chuck Southerly, Concord, New Hampshire
- 2022 Gordon Cook, Jr. & Cook Dairy Farm, Hadley, Massachusetts
- 2021 Matt & Ben Freund, Canaan, Connecticut
- 2021 Terry & Jean Crum Jones, Shelton, Connecticut
- 2020 Dr. J. Brent Loy, Epping, New Hampshire
- 2019 William S. "Bill" Clark, Pawlet, Vermont
- 2018 Crane Brothers Farms, Exeter, Maine
- 2017 Jan & Michelle Eckhart, Sweet Berry Farm, Middletown, Rhode Island
- 2016 Steve & Joan Verrill, Verrill Farm, Concord, Massachusetts
- 2015 Al & Barbara Bishop, Bishop’s Orchards, Guilford, Connecticut
- 2014 The Audet Family, Blue Spruce Farm, Bridport, VT
- 2013 Marcus Thompson, Jr, Chepachet, Rhode Island
- 2013 Szawlowski Potato Farms, Hatfield, Massachusetts
- 2012 Donald Wilson, Lexington, Massachusetts
- 2011 Lance and Greg Smith, Presque Isle, Maine
- 2010 John “Jack” Lyman, Jr., Middlefield, Connecticut
- 2009 Maurice Mix, Brattleboro, Vermont
- 2008 Frank & Eleanor Whittemore, Hollis, New Hampshire
- 2007 Dr. William A. Cowan, Storrs, Connecticut
- 2006 Robert G. Coombs, Jr., Jacksonville, Vermont
- 2005 Paul P. Johnston, West Newbury, Massachusetts
- 2004 Bernard W. Shaw, Augusta, Maine
- 2003 Richard M. Cromack, Colrain, Massachusetts
- 2002 August “Gus” Schumacher, Jr., Washington, D.C.
- 2001 Robert Jacquier, East Canaan, Connecticut
- 2000 Robert Foster, Middlebury, Vermont
- 1999 Stephen H. Taylor, Meriden, New Hampshire
- 1998 Timothy & Mary Nourse, Whately, Massachusetts
- 1996 Henry Saglio, Glastonbury, Connecticut
- 1995 Kenneth & Earle Parsons, Hadley, Massachusetts
- 1994 Stacy W. Cole, West Swanzey, New Hampshire
- 1993 Willis H. Hayes, Wilbraham, Massachusetts
- 1992 Amr Ismail, Machias, Maine
- 1991 Dean K. Webster, Lawrence, Massachusetts
- 1990 Ryle K. Dow, St. Albans, Vermont
- 1989 Frederic Winthrop, Jr., Ipswich, Massachusetts
- 1988 Louis P. Longo, Glastonbury, Connecticut
- 1987 Dr. Chester Cross, East Sandwich, Massachusetts
- 1986 Dr. Wilson R. Haubrich, Claremont, New Hampshire
- 1985 Emanuel Hirth, Manchester, Connecticut
- 1984 Dr. C. Hilton Boynton, Richmond, Massachusetts
- 1983 Robert Josephy, Bethel, Connecticut
- 1982 John C. Macfarlane, Pembroke, Massachusetts
- 1981 Dr. Stanley Gaunt, Hadley, Massachusetts
- 1980 George & Marjorie Wilde, Lenox, Massachusetts
- 1979 Robert H. Rumler, Brattleboro, Vermont
- 1978 Dr. James Horsfall, Hampden, Connecticut
- 1977 G. W. Wynne, West Springfield, Massachusetts
- 1976 Gordon Cameron, Springfield, Massachusetts
- 1975 Wilfred B. Young, Storrs, Connecticut
- 1975 Fred Beane, Manchester, New Hampshire
- 1974 Senator George David Aiken, Putney, Vermont
- 1973 Frank Atwood, Hartford, Connecticut
- 1972 Jonathan Davis, Sterling, Massachusetts
- 1971 Richard D. Aplin, Boston, Massachusetts
- 1970 Julian B. Thayer, Middlefield, Connecticut
- 1969 Eldon J. Corbett, Colebrook, New Hampshire
- 1968 Louis A. Zehner, Lexington, Massachusetts
- 1965 J. Loring Brooks, Wilbraham, Massachusetts
- 1965 R. DeWitt Mallary, Bradford, Vermont
- 1964 Elmer E. Towne, Montpelier, Vermont
- 1963 Harry E. Umphrey, Presque Isle, Maine
- 1962 Ken E. Geyer, Wethersfield, Connecticut
- 1962 Kenneth S. Morrow, Durham, New Hampshire
- 1962 Kenneth R. Fowler, Durham, New Hampshire
- 1961 Fred J. Nutter, Corinna, Maine
- 1961 Oliver J. Hubbard, Walpole, New Hampshire
- 1960 Myron C. Peabody, Springfield, Massachusetts
- 1959 Quentin Reynolds, West Springfield, Massachusetts
- 1958 John Donald Black, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- 1958 George L. Moore, Wellesley, Massachusetts
- 1958 Harold J. Shaw, Sanford, Maine
- 1957 Arthur L. Deering, Orono, Maine
- 1957 Joseph E. Carrigan, Burlington, Vermont
- 1957 J. Ralph Graham, Boscawen, New Hampshire
- 1956 Mrs. Abbie C. Sargent, Bedford, New Hampshire
- 1956 Edward H. Thomson, Springfield, Massachusetts
- 1955 S. McLean Buckingham, Watertown, Connecticut
- 1955 John Chandler, Sterling, Massachusetts
- 1955 James Gray Watson, Springfield, Massachusetts
- 1954 Hubert Dana Goodale, Williamstown, Massachusetts
- 1953 Elbert Sidney Brigham, St. Albans, Vermont
- 1953 Donald Forsha Jones, Mt. Carmel, Connecticut
(No Fellowships Awarded in 1966, 1967 and 1997)