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Julian Vasquez sprays chlorine foam as one of the steps operation crews employ to sanitize a cherry processing dump tank during a 2016 workshop offered by the Washington State Tree Fruit Association. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

The clean team

September 30, 2016
ethylene treated pears are shown inside a controlled atmosphere room at Blue Star Growers in Cashmere, Washington. Though the process is nothing new, industry officials still urge both shippers and retailers to condition pears so they are riper when a shopper picks one up. The device in the foreground emits the ethylene gas that permeates the vented boxes. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Pear industry continues push for more pear conditioning

September 20, 2016
Ines Hanrahan, project manager for the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission, discuss details of Cosmic Crisp trials on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, at the Washington State University's Roza test orchard northeast of Prosser. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Field day tips for growing Cosmic Crisp

September 19, 2016

Central Washington pear grower innovates, adapts

September 16, 2016
A 2-pound pouch bag for Yakima Fresh, also called a gusset bag, provides a canvas for branding pears. (Photo illustration by TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Fresh pear industry pushes for stand-up “pouch” bags

September 12, 2016
An organic pear orchard near Mesa, Washington on July 15, 2015.(TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Northwest organic pear growers opt out of assessments

August 26, 2016

Getting employees to switch from ladders to platforms

August 24, 2016

2016 NW Pear harvest forecast: big but not a record

August 9, 2016

2016 Northwest cherry harvest: could be 3rd biggest

August 5, 2016
Beatriz Lara bids farewell to her granddaughter Ana Robledo outside Lara’s apartment at the Orchard Homes farmworker housing facility in Milton-Freewater, Oregon, in May. Holding Robledo is Lara’s son Javier Lara. The family lives at the complex year-round while working in nearby orchards. The farmers who own the building would like to use it to house visiting H-2A workers, but their U.S. Department of Agriculture loan requirements restrict the facility to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Red tape keeps some workers out

August 5, 2016