Laura and Mike Mrachek on Jumpoff Joe Ridge near Malaga, Washington. Cherry, apple, and wine grape acreage at three locations in Washington State, a winery and tasting room, a commercial laboratory, and an irrigation scheduling service. These are among the businesses that Mike and Laura Mrachek of Wenatchee have built and developed during their 31 years of marriage. Neither grew up in a farming family that could give them land to get started or hand down equipment, but both learned the value of hard work from their self-employed, entrepreneurial parents. Mike’s father owned Lyle’s Boats and Motors in Wenatchee, a […]