January 15th 2012 Issue

Outlook improves for N.C. growers

Good apple sites are also good view sites, which was a cause of conflict.

It took some land leveling to make a place for the Apple Wedge packing house. Richard Lehnert The view from the high hill behind the packing shed at Apple Wedge Packing is worth climbing to see. Until two years ago, stunning views like that were one of the reasons owner Greg Nix wasn’t planting new apple orchards, and was, in fact, pushing out some old ones. All around Hendersonville, North Carolina, hilltops were coveted for conversion to house sites. Nix’s Apple Hill Orchards near Edneyville could have become just another clever name for a suburb. Now, with the bloom off […]

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January 15, 2012

Apples, Trade, People, 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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