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Creators of vacuum harvester aim to have machines ready in 2018

November 3, 2016

The long and tricky path to automated picking — Video

October 30, 2016
John Gomez of Hedges Family Estates talks about field grafting in the winery’s Red Mountain vineyard near Benton City, Washington, in August. Gomez shared his experience with grafting Cabernet Sauvignon onto Merlot plants during a Washington State University Viticulture and Enology Field Day. (Shannon Dininny/Good Fruit Grower)

Grafting provides ‘A better solution’

October 14, 2016
U.S. grown apples in Selah, Washington, on October 5, 2016. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Domestic apple market looks bright

October 6, 2016
Apples on display at a Yakima, Washington, Wal-Mart. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Wal-Mart weighs in on food safety

October 6, 2016
Washington apple samples from the 2000 harvest in Japanese retail stores in 2001. (File photo courtesy Washington Apple Commission)

U.S. growers hope to send apples to Japan once again

October 5, 2016

Picking prospects: 2016-17 USApple forecast

October 5, 2016
James Martin, owner of Sunshine Mill Winery in The Dalles, Oregon, tours the company’s estate vineyard on May 31, 2016. Martin, along with vineyardist Mark Roser where assessing post-bloom quality of the 320 acres of Pinot Noir planted on a former wheat farm. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Swapping wheat for Pinot

September 28, 2016
United Fresh Produce Association logo

United Fresh announces training program

September 8, 2016
The locations of people who were infected with Listeria monocytogenes as of February 15, 2015, by consuming prepackaged caramel apples made by Bidart Bros. Apples. (Courtesy the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Lessons learned from Listeria contamination of caramel apples

September 8, 2016