Growing with growers since 1946
Jim and Rena Doornink planted this block of Jazz apples last spring. Jazz will fill a gap in their harvest schedule between Honeycrisp and Fuji, keeping their crew busy all summer long.

Strategies for Success

The race to market

Family branches into organics

Marketing maraschinos

Video touts fruit industry jobs

Audit harmony

Invite the whole community

Cultivating beneficials

Cover crops and pest control

Dr. Steve Fransen points out that the ladino clover had pink root nodules, indicating that it was fixing nitrogen.

Growing nitrogen on the side