October 2011 Issue

Michigan apple companies join forces

The new marketing company will be better able to supply larger customers.

Three Michigan apple companies have linked up to form All Fresh GPS, a limited liability company that will market fresh apples across the United States and into export markets. GPS is short for growers, packers, and shippers, which describes the activities of the three entities. They will market about 10 percent of Michigan’s entire apple crop, or about 20 percent of the Michigan apples sold fresh. That 20 percent would be about 2 million bushels in an average crop year. Co-managers of All Fresh GPS are Tom Curtis and Scott Swindeman. Curtis is president of Michigan Fresh Marketing, based in […]

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October 1, 2011

Apples, Trade, News, Richard Lehnert

Richard Lehnert

After growing up on a Michigan dairy farm, Richard Lehnert began writing about farming in 1962, while still a junior studying journalism at Michigan State University. He worked at newspapers for a year before joining the staff of Michigan Farmer, where he spent 26 years, the last 15 as chief editor. He was a member of the staff of Good Fruit Grower from 2010 until 2015. Read his stories: Story Index

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