Category: Apples
Apples4Ed aids school healthy eating
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IFPA honors global tree fruit CEO in women’s award winner
International Fresh Produce Association IFPA Raina Nelson Frieda Rapoport Caplan Women’s Catalyst Award recognition honors Westfalia Fruit Marketing USA
Michigan Fruit Ridge growers share strategies
Apple production techniques were shared at three orchards in the Fruit Ridge area near Conklin, Michigan, during the Michigan Pomesters’ 12th annual Ridgefest.
BelleHarvest’s Michigan Fresh Brand expands beyond apples
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Stemilt showcases apples, pears at IFPA Show
Stemilt will feature unique and new varieties of apples and pears at the International Fresh Produce Association’s Global Produce & Floral Show.
Rice Fruit to showcase record Eastern apple crop at IFPA show
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Okanagan Specialty Fruits opens apple processing facility
British Columbia-based Okanagan Specialty Fruits has opened an apple processing facility on 42.5 acres in Moses Lake, Washington.
October proclaimed Michigan Apple Month
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Crunch Time and SnapDragon apples promote caramel treats
Crunch Time Apple Growers and its SnapDragon apple brand partners with Concord Foods and its Wrapples brand for a Halloween season campaign.
CMI Orchards launches new KIKU apples packaging
CMI Orchards plans to unveil a refreshed look for super sweet KIKU brand apples at the International Fresh Produce Association’s Global Produce & Floral Show.
USDA studies steam heat to target pests
Early in 2020, two colleagues in the Treatment and Inspection Methods Laboratory (TIML) of USDA’s Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) program began researching vacuum steam as an alternative for methyl bromide treatment for fresh fruits.
Rice Fruit’s Lee Showalter plans retirement
Lee Showalter, a longtime apple industry advocate, fruit grower and Rice Fruit Company’s grower services manager for more than 13 years, plans to retire at the end of the year.
Kudos joins the ranks of apples from University of Minnesota
If you enjoy a Honeycrisp, Haralson, SweeTango or First Kiss apple at your local orchard or farm stand this fall, you can thank the University of Minnesota apple breeding program for putting it there.
Starr Ranch, CMI Orchards unite with apples, pears, cherries
Starr Ranch Growers/Oneonta Trading Co. have an agreement to join forces with CMI Orchards, delivering more than eight million cartons to CMI’s manifest.
California’s Murray Family Farms endures challenges
Murray Family Farms, owned by Steve and Vickie Murray, has discovered that growing cherries, berries and other tree fruit in the southern San Joaquin Valley’s desert region is highly challenging.
Harvests start with high hopes for apple season
Apple growers in Washington, Michigan and New York are optimistic for the 2023-24 fresh apple season.
Indian farmers protest U.S. apple tariff cuts
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India trade dispute resolution to benefit U.S. blueberry, cranberry exports
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SweeTango apple variety promoted by coop
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Tree fruit sales vet Ellie Tucker joins CMI
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