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Scholarship recipient Anahi Goninez shakes hands with Chris Willett, WAEF chair, at the organization’s awards luncheon in Yakima in late July. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Washington Apple Education Foundation celebrating 25 years

September 10, 2019

Federal judge temporarily halts wage hike for Zirkle blueberry pickers

September 5, 2019

Rooting out solutions for pear growers

September 3, 2019
Despite strides toward modernization and mechanization, hand labor still drives the fruit industry in China. Here, women with ring sizers re-sort apples by size, color and quality at the Shaanxi Top Fruit Technology Co. near Xi’an in the Shaanxi Province.(Courtesy Mike Willett/Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission)

Tour of China reveals a country of contrasts

August 29, 2019
The Migrant Education Program ran from the end of June through July at Chenowith Elementary. Growers from both Washington and Oregon contributed about $6,800, which, when combined with federal matching funds, was enough to double the length of the summer program to 26 days. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Growers invest in seasonal families

August 28, 2019
Pot by pot, longtime farm manager Deb Pehrson cares for apple trees from the old orchard in May, preparing them for planting at the new location of Washington State University’s R. B. Tukey Horticulture Orchard in Pullman. The university is in the long process of moving the Tukey orchard to make way for a runway realignment and extension at the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Moving an orchard

August 22, 2019
Bartlett pear halves. (Courtesy Pacific Northwest Canned Pear Service)

Growers feel the squeeze of another canning contraction

August 21, 2019
The world’s two largest and oldest multinational nursery organizations — the Associated International Group of Nurseries and the International New Varieties Network — are revamping to keep up with and drive forward a new world of branded varieties. Here is a look at each group’s wide reach. (Jared Johnson/Good Fruit Grower)

How growing is going global

August 19, 2019

Midseason wage blues

August 15, 2019

Labor Department opens public comment on proposed changes to H-2A

July 30, 2019