As the new president, John Verbrugge will lead Washington’s Horticultural Association into more involvement with state regulatory issues. New Hort President John Verbrugge represents a change that’s taking place within the 105-year-old Washington State Horticultural Association as well as the state’s tree fruit industry. It’s a generational shift occurring in many family farms and in the organizations that represent those farmers. At 36, Verbrugge is among the youngest to serve as president of the Hort Association. But even more telling is a look at the organization’s board of directors—about half of the directors are the same generation as the new […]