End of the line
Growers Credit Corporation board members and staff leave their last board meeting. Pictured are (from left) Bob Petersen of Manson,
Birth of the Washivores
It all began over French fries. I was eating lunch with a group of professional women in Washington State. There
Wine Wheel of Fortune
California is facing an emerging wine shortage, according to Stephens Moody with Turrentine Brokerage in Novato, California. Turrentine, which handles
Ladders on the run
Photos courtesy of John Maher It was the “elegant, gorgeous shape” of wooden orchard ladders that first struck artist John
Cider squeezing with the dragon
Developers put some teeth into their apple press. Photo courtesy of Anderson Island Historical Society The humble potato harvester, developed
Defect sorting could reduce costs
The Washington apple industry must be one of the few that puts every possible input into the product before throwing
Honeycrisp challenges packers
As Washington’s Honeycrisp production increases, so does the need to store the variety for longer periods of time. Last fall,
Predicting problems
At left, Dave Rudell checks stored Honeycrisp for development of scald at the USDA lab in Wenatchee. Later stages of
Spooked by the weather
Most fruit growers have trouble accepting the idea that human-caused climate change is occurring. They prefer to think recent weather
