Peach breeder Bill Shane (left) and Michigan Peach Sponsors President Kurt Weber enjoyed the annual educational meeting they jointly prepared. Photo courtesy of Michigan State University Over the last 20 years, Michigan Peach Sponsors has provided more than $100,000 in support of Dr. Bill Shane’s peach-breeding program. It was an important contributor in the effort to save his elite breeding lines when they were otherwise doomed by discovery of plum pox at his breeding site in 2006. Michigan Peach Sponsors is a true grassroots organization—as evidenced by the fact that nobody remembers its roots. Kurt Weber, who grows about 40 […]