Apples
Michigan Addresses New York’s Call for Mandatory Pasteurization
This is an open letter to our fellow apple cider makers’ in New York and throughout the country, who are subject to potential new policy changes in apple cider production. Alert—October 2004 It has been... more »
Readers Respond: No Mandatory Pasteurization
Last month, we asked readers to weigh in on the question of mandatory pasteurization of apple cider. We were excited to see that this has been one of our most popular questions of the month.... more »
New York Apple Association Thanks Readers for Revote
Now that the vote to reauthorize the New York State Apple Marketing Order is completed and approved, I wanted to take a moment to offer my appreciation to many of your readers for their support... more »
Taiwan Reopens Borders to U.S. Apples
The customer is always right. That adage, almost a cliché, certainly describes the attitude of many apple producers who seek export markets. Why else would they go to such lengths to get them? In recent... more »
Dynamic Markets Pose a Challenge for U.S. Exporters
China, India and Brazil are large, developing countries with untapped populations and resources. Their markets are growing, as is their capacity for international trade. Their emergence onto the world economic stage brings with it opportunities... more »
Thousands drive for miles to visit Edwards Apple Orchard
It’s 80 snarled-traffic miles from Chicago to the corn and soybean fields around Rockford, Ill., but lots of people make the trek, sometimes several times, between Labor Day and Thanksgiving. And it’s not to look... more »
Nation’s Fruit Farms Expected To Yield Large Crops
They’ve been doing it since 1955, and while the history’s fuzzy, members of the Michigan Frozen Food Packers Association took a few minutes to observe that the event June 22 marked 50 years for the... more »
Large East Coast Customer Base Makes It All Work
When Pam and Gary Mount bought Terhune Orchards in 1975, they weren’t just looking to run a farm. They wanted to create a community gathering place, and they seem to have succeeded. More than 500,000... more »
Farm Prospers for 10 Generations
The Melick family has been farming in the same small corner of New Jersey for nearly 300 years. “Everybody before me lived within six miles of here,” said George Melick. “I’m fortunate everything was here... more »
Shipping Cherries by the Millions
It was July 22, deep into the cherry harvest, and the cooling pad at Cherry Bay Orchards was abuzz with activity. Cooled water poured into tanks, each filled with about 1,000 pounds of cherries. When... more »
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