Make sure workers are happy
Supervisors must treat them with dignity and respect.
Is organic fruit growth on the horizon?
Will demand keep up with expanding organic tree fruit production?
Child care could expand labor pool
Providing child care could allow women to work more hours.
Litigation lurks
Attorneys are looking for opportunities to sue, says a grower who’s spent years fighting a frivolous lawsuit.
Labor flow changes direction
Changes in Mexico are reducing the pool of workers available to U.S. growers.
Chelsea Durfey, Young Grower from Sunnyside, Washington
I’ve had so many mentors... They’ve taught me about pruning, soil biology, bees, products, and applications, and there’s so much yet for me to learn.
Jack Edwin Jones: 1941-2015
Jack Edwin Jones Jack Jones, grower and entrepreneur from Quincy, Washington, was known for doing things in a
Michigan Association of Pomesters honor Klein
Joe Klein Sr. Joe Klein Sr., owner of Royal J. Klein and Son Orchard of Sparta, Michigan, has
Brunner named Apple Citizen
Jay Brunner, director of Washington State University's Tree Fruit Research & Extension Center on Jan. 29, 2014. (TJ Mullinax/Good