The long and tricky path to automated picking — Video
Vacuum picker under development brings the apple industry closer than ever to automating harvest.
Growers who innovate in the Golden State
California apple growers hang in there and invest with focus on fresh market.
The solitary orchard
A tour of Byron Albano’s orchards in California’s Cuyama Valley in March. The orchards rest high in the Sierra
The tech advantage of digital oversight – Video
Rick Howitt, right, monitors a small computer that records data collected from a Huron Fruit Systems platform during apple
Jared Gidley, Young Grower from Parkdale, Oregon
Jared is a first-generation farmer who worked several orchard jobs growing up in Parkdale, Oregon.
Orchard innovators: Practices should change with mechanization
Learning Wafler Farms’ tall spindle tipped (TST) system.
Mechanization is rolling along — Video
Innovative New York growers find success with platforms and more.
Bouncing back bigger and better
Edgar Salar drops boxes down a chute to workers at the new cherry processing facility operated by Blue Bird
Devon Newhouse, Young Grower from Sunnyside, Washington
Devon’s family started out raising cattle in the Yakima Valley, then moved into hops, tree fruit and grapes.
Neil Garrison, a young grower from Sunnyside, Washington
family background / Neil studied business and worked with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and maritime