August 2016

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Harvest/Buyer’s Guide

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An organic pear orchard near Mesa, Washington on July 15, 2015.(TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Northwest organic pear growers opt out of assessments

Jacqui Gordon Nunez, left, and Tim Kovis

WSTFA fills two key positions

Getting employees to switch from ladders to platforms

A DA-meter measures light absorption on a Honeycrisp apple. (Courtesy WTFRC)

New tools to determine fruit quality parameters

Angel Gallegos scoops out stems and leaves from a robotic cherry submersible dumper. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Bouncing back bigger and better

An example of a trellis system that failed to support an organic apple orchard row in central Washington. (Geraldine Warner/Good Fruit Grower file photo)

Trellis guide for high-density plantings in the works

A Michigan State University research team is working on an improvement to its solid-set canopy delivery system (SSCDS), which will not only spray crops quickly, but may cut back on pesticide and other spray quantities. (Leslie Mertz/for Good Fruit Grower)

Promising progress for solid-set delivery

Food Safety Act - FDA

Woods: Getting ready for FSMA

Troublesome pest makes a comeback

Hansen: Certified plants are only the first step

Beatriz Lara bids farewell to her granddaughter Ana Robledo outside Lara’s apartment at the Orchard Homes farmworker housing facility in Milton-Freewater, Oregon, in May. Holding Robledo is Lara’s son Javier Lara. The family lives at the complex year-round while working in nearby orchards. The farmers who own the building would like to use it to house visiting H-2A workers, but their U.S. Department of Agriculture loan requirements restrict the facility to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Red tape keeps some workers out

Matt Whiting, right, Washington State University research horticulturist, discusses the intricacies of raising the Early Robin cherry variety with grower Denny Hayden during a May tour in Pasco, Kennewick and Benton City, Washington. The Early Robin is one of the first blush varieties to ripen and is rising in popularity. (Ross Courtney/Good Fruit Grower)

Know your risks with Early Robin

Devon Newhouse, Young Grower from Sunnyside, Washington

Bearing down on black stem borers – VIDEO