Dhingra: The age of the pear
The pear industry has unlimited potential and is ripe for a revolution
New tools to determine fruit quality parameters
Several devices and methods to measure fruit quality have been introduced to the market — here’s a look at what they do.
Woods: Getting ready for FSMA
Even as retailers continue to up the ante by adding more restrictive food safety requirements for produce suppliers, tree fruit growers and packers will soon be faced with yet another layer of complex requirements to
Thurlby: Hot for cherries
Gonzalo Villareal harvests SweetHeart cherries in Selah, Wash., on July 16, 2015. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower) After record-setting heat in 2015, cherry growers look to new year. Another Northwest cherry season is around
Wade: Free trade should include fair trade
A Good Fruit Grower good point by Mike Wade, USApple chairman
Allen: My thanks to growers supporting food safety research
“One bad apple will spoil the barrel” is almost as familiar as the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Jim Allen We know that the second phrase came from Wales,