Cherries, with their sensitivity to rain at harvest time and market swings, are one of the riskiest and most volatile of tree fruit crops. John Carter may have lacked farming experience—especially with cherries—when he moved his family from southern California to Oregon 35 years ago, but he and wife, Karen, have quadrupled and diversified their fruit acreage, raised a family, and made grower friendships around the world. In the early 1970s, the Carters began searching for a better place to raise three children than crowded, smoggy Los Angeles. John was part of a small engineering design group that worked to […]