Growing with Growers since 1946
  • January 15th 2015 Issue
  • Story by TJ Mullinax
  • Blake Slaybaugh, Young Grower from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

    [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][fusion_youtube id=”WJZnq07SLGc” width=”600″ height=”350″] grower / Gettysburg, Pennsylvania age / 20 crops / apples, peaches business / Mt. Ridge Farms other experience / Blake is a fifth-generation orchardist and participated in a one-year internship as a research assistant with the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission in Washington in 2014. What differences do you see between the Pennsylvania and Washington apple industries? In Adams County, many of the farms grow apples for processing. It’s kind of difficult to […]

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