At Beak and Skiff Apple Farms, located south of Syracuse in Lafayette, New York, adding value to apples takes center stage. “We’ve taken the approach that going value-added is the way to survive in the apple business,” said Steve Morris, son-in-law of the Beak family. “We’ve gone value-added on a bigger scale than most.” Two families merged businesses in the early 1900s to create Beak and Skiff, a wholesale market apple business that at one time farmed 600 acres. Today, company holdings include about 300 acres of apples, a U-pick operation, fresh fruit stand, gift store, bakery, winery, packing line, […]