Washington
The ability to promote up-and-coming varieties like Cosmic Crisp is one reason that Brianna Shales is optimistic about the 2022-23 season.
Desmond O’Rourke has penned a 277-page memoir.
The Washington apple crop is surprisingly short this year, but Chuck Sinks says retailers still have solid promotional opportunities.
A challenging apple marketing season has meant more focus on assuring supplies and preventing gaps in fresh apple availability in 2023, says Don Roper, vice president of sales and marketing for Honeybear Marketing LLC.
In a year when many Washington apple varieties saw reduced output, the Cosmic Crisp apple has given buyers bigger volume and promising potential, marketers say.
A new proposal in the Washington state legislature would toss out federal food packaging rules and make it more difficult to market the state’s potatoes, one grower group says.
Washington state-based CMI Orchards and New Columbia Fruit Packers will transition current CEO Mike Wade to chairman as Reasor moves into the leadership role.
A review of Nielsen sales data released by Proprietary Variety Management shows Cosmic Crisp sales vaulting the variety into the top 10 bestselling U.S. varieties for the first time.
Wenatchee, Wash.-based CMI Orchards reports excellent quality at the start of the Washington cherry harvest.
The Wenatchee, Wash.-based grower-packer-shipper of tree fruit collaborated with Eastmont High School on the transition to work program that provides education and training to young people with disabilities.
Washington Tree Fruit Association President Jon DeVaney talks about state legislation’s affect on the fresh produce industry there and what that could mean for the rest of the country.
Yakima, Wash.-based Superfresh Growers expects its Northwest cherry crop to be available in late May and extend into August.
The Washington Apple Commission, Wenatchee, has elected new leadership.
EASTERN WASHINGTON — For a company that took 21 years to release its first product to consumers, Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc. is moving rapidly with expansion plans.
The relaunch of the Autumn Glory apple was the most literal kind of product launch you could have.
A North Carolina agriculture asset management firm has purchased Yakima Valley, Washington-based apple companies Legacy Fruit Packers, Valley Fruit and Larson Fruit Co.
Retailers should expect anything but a California cherry season like last year, according to Stemilt Growers.
Superfresh Growers, Yakima, Wash., is marketing blueberries with an exclusive supply agreement with Norris Farms, Roseburg, Ore.
CMI Orchards will join Stemilt Growers as the exclusive marketers of Skylar Rae brand cherries when they become available in mid-June.
As the Washington cherry harvest nears, Chelan Fresh has new packaging for its conventional and organic cherries.
FirstFruits Marketing, Yakima, Wash., has been sponsoring the Take a Bite out of Hunger campaign for nine years, donating about two million pounds of apples to food banks across the country.
Robert “Bob” Chester Kershaw, a founder of Domex Superfresh Growers, Yakima, Wash., has died. He was 81.
Washington apple marketers are forecasting a fresh crop of 131 million 40-pound boxes in the 2018-19 season, a 2% drop from the previous crop of 134 million boxes.
Eurofins has acquired Cascade Analytical Inc., an environmental and agricultural testing firm with labs in Wenatchee and Yakima, Wash.
A fog envelops visitors who step into one of the 30-plus growing rooms for exotics at Phillips Mushroom Farms in Kennett Square, Pa.
Cashmere, Wash.-based Crunch Pak will be the exclusive slicer of newly available Cosmic Crisp apples, beginning in December.
Health officials in Canada and Washington state are investigating more than 50 cases of salmonella possibly linked to cucumbers.
The Washington Apple Commission has two new members.
Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers celebrates its 30th year growing organic apples, pears, cherries and other fruit.
The second annual Stemilter’s Day had recognized the company’s workers and celebrated its culture and stewardship efforts.