A scientific advisory board assembled on behalf of Pacific Coast and Northwest cherry groups has identified what’s needed in a health research program that could eventually provide cherry growers with consumer health benefit information. The hard part now will be finding ways to fund such a program. The Northwest Cherry Growers, representing cherry producers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Montana, and the California Cherry Advisory Board agreed last year to pursue a comprehensive health plan as a joint effort after meeting in Yakima, Washington, and listening to a review of research literature on sweet cherries conducted by Dr. Cynthia […]