Growing with Growers since 1946
  • July 2019 Issue
  • Story by TJ Mullinax
  • Josh Heinicke, a young grower from Wenatchee, Washington

    family background / Josh is the fourth generation of his family in farming and is the production supervisor at Columbia Fruit. He graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Josh is the son of Susan and Gus Heinicke. grower / Wenatchee, Washington age / 27 crops / Apples business / Columbia Fruit Packers Inc. How did you get your start? My first jobs were in our family orchards, working in cherries in the summer. That work provided a great motivation to go to college. While at college, I really fell in love with ag — not just the […]

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