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August 2002
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A worker for Greenfield Basket Factory arranges wooden strips by hand. They are then scored and folded to the desired shape and size before being stapled into the familiar fruit and vegetable baskets that cover the tops of fresh market stands.

Farm Marketers Enjoy Stops
on New York Direct Marketing Tour
Gathering at Busti’s Cider Mill & Farm Market 50 growers boarded a sleek silver bus for the daylong trek into Pennsylvania and New York state’s most western county.

New Stone Fruit to Market
Michigan’s International Plant Management to release and market Cornell stone fruit

Tart Cherry Industry Examines
Long-Term Damage from Low Crop
This season’s short crop of tart cherries is unprecedented. Just how much will the lack of fruit affect growers, processors and the groups that promote the fruit remains to be seen.

Marketplace of Ideas
Concentration of Agriculture Production
has a Downside

Farm Bureau Says Keep APHIS Inside USDA

Question of the Month
What forms of federal disaster relief make the most sense for fruit growers?

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