Alfredo Jeronimo, a young grower from Wenatchee, Washington
family background/Alfredo grew up working in orchards alongside his father. After starting a family, Alfredo followed his interests in the packing side of the industry and is currently pursuing goals...
View ArticleWoods: Food safety answers
Questions abound about implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act. To keep you abreast of the latest information, Good Fruit Grower, in cooperation with industry professionals, is presenting...
View ArticleIs it really clean? Aggressive cleaning makes big difference
Fruit packing houses and storage facilities must regularly inspect and repair damaged areas such as walls and floors and aggressively clean and sanitize surfaces and equipment — above and beyond normal...
View ArticleTips for putting the fight back in fungicide
Both the fruit and foliage show mildew symptoms, indicating that the fungicide product, timing or rate was not effective in controlling grape powdery mildew. (Good Fruit Grower file) It took just two...
View ArticleTissue culture company begins selling plants directly to growers – Video
Yongjian Chang, president of North American Plants, Inc., shows the company’s tissue culture process during a tour with Good Fruit Grower in McMinnville, Oregon, in September. North American has begun...
View ArticleGix: Pear industry unites
A typical pear planting in the Ceres growing area, located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, is shown during an Interpera Congress tour in November. Trees are typically planted 5 feet...
View ArticleAuvil: Are you ready for automated harvests?
Washington growers founded the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission in 1969 with a goal of developing an automated harvester, but the vision and engineering technologies necessary for such an...
View ArticleTaming traits from the wild genome
The second generation of apple trees bred with resistance to blue mold from a wild ancestor are growing in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Appalachian Fruit Research Laboratory in Kearneysville,...
View ArticleCutting-edge technique to keep pathogens away
New Jersey’s tiny wine industry is booming — as are local wineries across much of the Eastern U.S. — but grape growers in those regions face increased disease pressure from fungi such as downy mildew...
View ArticleThe GMO debate gets more complicated
Analysis (iStock images/Jared Johnson/Good Fruit Grower illustration) As the first genetically engineered apple hits the market, it may look like the fruit industry is staking out sides in the GMO...
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