December 2012 Issue

The back story

Tart cherries don’t need to be grown on big trees.

After the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and the breach of the Berlin Wall in 1989, countries like East Germany and Poland were re-integrated into a world where machine technology was much preferred to human labor. In some cases, in the process of “catching up” with the West, they actually gained an opportunity to “jump ahead.” They abandoned hand harvest and began using technology growers in the United States are just now discovering. “Tart cherry growers in Poland and East Germany never had trunk shakers in a big way,” said Dr. Amy Iezzoni, tart cherry breeder at Michigan State […]

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December 1, 2012

Production, New Developments, Cherries, Technology and equipment, 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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