Washington
CMI Orchards has been announced as the 2020 Washington Apple Education Foundation (WAEF) Volunteer Organization of the Year.
The Equitable Food Initiative is partnering with Costco Wholesale in California, Oregon and Washington to boost consumer awareness and sales of EFI-certified fruits and vegetables.
CHICAGO – Twenty three years after his grandfather Tom Mathison won the same award, Stemilt Growers CEO and president West Mathison was recognized by The Packer as the 2019 Apple Man of the Year.
Agriculture biotech company Phytelligence has reportedly shut down following a legal battle with Washington State University and the Cosmic Crisp apple variety.
Stemilt Growers and Hansen Fruit again teamed up to give 170 children in foster care and low-income households gifts for the seventh Christmas in a row.
Stemilt Growers, Wenatchee, Wash., will be shipping Artisan Organics brand peaches and nectarines soon, with the season beginning in mid-July.
Lyndonville, N.Y.-based United Apples Sales opened a West Coast division based in Yakima, Wash., and hired Frank Davis as vice president of national business development.
The Pear Bureau Northwest recently appointed new officers on its board of directors.
The Next Big Thing Growers’ Cooperative, Wenatchee, Wash., has hired Jennifer Parkhill as executive director.
The Rave apple has made its way across the packing lines of Stemilt Growers in Wenatchee, Wash., kicking off the state’s 2019 apple crop.
Throughout July, Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers is striving to ensure that premium Kyle’s Pick cherries are the impulse buy shoppers make.
A North Carolina agriculture asset management firm has purchased Yakima Valley, Washington-based apple companies Legacy Fruit Packers, Valley Fruit and Larson Fruit Co.
Washington State University professor and horticulturalist Kate Evans is the interim director of the WSU Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center.
Arable Capital Partners has hired Matt Reus as a vice president in the Bellevue, Wash., office.
Sage Fruit Co. is a presenting sponsor of racing legend Tony Stewart’s Kartapalooza event where fans can race head-to-head with Stewart, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers Kyle Larson and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Cosmic Crisp apples have a group of supporters, including an astronaut, a chef, a teacher and produce industry spokeswoman who helps consumers boost consumption.
Bloom season is now in central Washington, and Yakima, Wash.-based Domex Superfresh Growers has a new update from cherry orchards.
Early indications for the 2021 Northwest cherry crop suggest that it will be a more normal year and volume will be up over last season, said Chuck Sinks.
With a high percentage of farmworkers vaccinated, Washington state agricultural groups are waiting on the state to update its costly COVID-19-related housing regulations.
Stemilt’s stone fruit season officially kicked off this week with its first run of Artisan Organics™ apricots.
It’s time to get those napkins out because Stemilt’s Artisan Organics peaches and nectarines are now in season.
Washington apples specialty license plates had an impressive first year of sales with 747 purchased as of June 30th.
Neither frost nor heat nor wind nor rain will stop a cherry grower from their self-appointed duty while there’s still a crop on the trees...and our growers are still at it!
The Washington State Tree Fruit Association and the Northwest Hort Expo are excited to announce the return to an in-person conference and trade show December 6th-8th.
Cosmic Crisp apples star in a recent episode of “Food Finds” on CNN Travel’s Food and Drink channel.
Fruit and vegetable growers in Washington state are urging the state to prioritize vaccinations for all farmworkers.
You would think earning Equitable Food Initiative certifications during the year of the COVID-19 pandemic would be … not the most convenient time.
Washington state’s leading agricultural groups say Gov. Inslee has a double standard for farmers and their vaccinated workers.
Keystone Fruit Marketing, a division of Progressive Produce, will start packing their famously sweet Walla Walla River Sweet Onions around June 15th and run until the third week in August.
A Jan. 21 fire destroyed a dehydrated potato processing facility in Warden, Wash.