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Kate Prengaman

About Kate Prengaman

Kate Prengaman is the editor for Good Fruit Grower and also writes articles for the print magazine and website. Contact her at 509-853-3518 or at kate@goodfruit.com

Citing funding shortfall, advanced.farm shuts down work on apple harvester

2025-03-20T16:39:08-07:00March 20th, 2025|Apples, Featured, Kate Prengaman, Labor, Research, Technology and equipment, Updates|

Due to a lack of funding, advanced.farm, developers of an automated apple harvester that was close to commercialization, closed its doors last week and scuttled plans for a 2025 harvest season in Washington...