Harvesting aid in action at Oregon Heritage Farms. Fed up with labor issues, Oregon orchardist Robert McLennan, owner of Oregon Heritage Farms near Hillsboro, began searching in 2007 for a mechanical alternative to help harvest his 140 acres of apples. When he saw a story on the Zucal Apple System mechanical harvesting aids in Good Fruit Grower, it wasn’t long before he placed a call to northern Italy, where the machines are made. Soon after that, he and his wife, Kim, were on a plane to the tiny town of Romeno, where they toured the factory and ended up buying […]