Mike Brownfield’s orchard has been cultivated organically for almost 40 years. In recent times, Brownfield has benefited from a number of new tools that make organic production less problematic. But there’s one aspect of organic production that remains a challenge, and that’s replanting. There is not yet an organic-approved method to ­overcome replant disease. Replant disease occurs in orchards where fruit trees (apples, pears, cherries, etc.) are planted into ground where tree fruits previously grew. Though the previous trees grew normally, new trees planted into the same ground don’t grow as well and are less productive. It’s ­estimated that the […]