The Fruit Growers News website offers a sampling of articles and features from each month. Subscribe to get all the news offered in The Fruit Growers News delivered right to you home!

Permission is granted for reprinting material, except for commercial or advertising purposes, provided The Fruit Growers News is given full credit.

December 2004
If you can not find an article you are looking for,
please contact us by email or phone.

From left, Tom, Irene, Monica and Bill Hoffman are the third and fourth generation to run the family farm in Traverse City, Mich. The farm has been in the family for 125 years. (Photo by Kimberly Warren)
Click here to read the story

 

Michigan Farm Family Celebrates 125 Years
The Hoffman family describes their farm on Michigan’s Old Mission Peninsula as “a place to come home to.”

New Crunch Pak Plant Adds Apple-Slicing Options
Crunch Pak’s new 7,000 square-foot slicing facility in Cashmere, Wash., is giving the company more options for its prepackaged sliced apples.

Fresh-cut Remains Fastest-Growing Trend in Produce Industry
With $12 billion in annual sales, pre-cut, pre-washed and packaged fruits and vegetables remain the fastest growing segment in the produce sector, and the category still has plenty of room to grow, according to a new research report by the International Fresh-cut Produce Association (IFPA).


Marketplace of Ideas


© 2004 | Great American Publishing | All Rights Reserved
The Fruit Growers News
616-887-9008 | fax 616-887-2666 | email