As Washington growers have ramped up production of organic apples, the volume of apples going into storage has also increased, and with it, the need to for longer storage. With few postharvest tools available for organic fruit, more research is needed to find ways to improve organic fruit storage, says a Stemilt Growers representative. Jake Gutzwiler of Wenatchee, Washington’s Stemilt Growers, Inc., has studied Stemilt packout data for the last five years of both conventional and organic apples. Stemilt has had a large volume of organic Golden Delicious apples for many years, he noted, but also has experience storing other […]