After being asked by key apple processors to encourage growers to produce organic fruit, the Michigan Apple Committee sponsored a study to analyze the organic apple market, pricing and acreage trends, and costs of production. Denise Yockey of the Apple Committee said that the objective of the study was to provide Michigan growers with updated information about organic apple production. The Apple Committee received a Julian-Stille value-added grant from the Michigan Department of Agriculture for $50,000 to conduct the study. In recent years, the Apple Committee heard repeatedly from both processors and fresh-market retailers that they wanted to source organic […]