Organic cherry acreage in Washington State was up. Now it’s down. What’s behind the flux in acreage? Organic cherry acreage reached a high of nearly 2,450 acres in 2009, according to data from the Washington State Department of Agriculture. But the latest certified organic acreage numbers for 2012 show a drop to less than 1,800 acres, a decline of 26 percent. In 2008, there were nearly 800 acres in transition compared with less than 15 acres in 2011 and 2012. In a 2012 Washington State University report on the status of organic tree fruit, sustainable agriculture specialist David Granatstein explained […]