Jared Johnson is the design and production manager of Good Fruit Grower, overseeing the magazine’s design and layout, providing art direction and quality control, and coordinating art, editorial, and print production.
Jared grew up in southeastern Idaho, where he spent his summers during high school moving irrigation hand-lines in wheat and potato fields. A graduate of Idaho State University, Jared has worked for more than 20 years in journalism at newspapers in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Wenatchee, Washington.
Jared joined Good Fruit Grower in 2014.
Phone: (509) 853-3513 — Email
My Recent Articles
What to do with the wrong rootstocks
How to adjust horticulturally to the wrong rootstocks.
Johnson: Ghost apples appear at Good Fruit Grower
How a few photos captured on a chilly day in a Michigan orchard became a viral sensation.
It pays to promote
Northwest U.S. tree fruit groups put trade conflict mitigation funds to work.
Grape juice prices getting better
U.S. juice grape prices inch up as production and demand fall in line.
Chilean cherry study goes undercover
Researcher in Chile studying high tunnels, three-wire systems in sweet cherries.
Richard Thomason: 1948–2019
Longtime apple grower Richard Harris Thomason of Brewster, Washington, died on Nov. 18, according to