“And I don’t see that changing in the near term. And even if there’s some great variety out there, it’s going to take several years to scale that,” Moran said. Berry, a first-generation farmer in Illinois, spoke about the importance of genetic research and how she worked with ...
“It just didn’t seem like to me it was going to have the demand,” said Klingele, a third-generation tree fruit and grape grower for CJ Orchards in Prosser, Washington. Growers are making similar decisions up and down the West Coast, home to over 90 percent of the nation’s wine in...
“I think a tree should continue to be something useful, like a bowl or something like that,” said Stehly, a third-generation grower. “That was a big, big part of the history of the avocado industry. It was just a shame it died.” Brokaw Nursery manager Rob Brokaw, whose great-unc...
“We have overproduction,” said Miguel Cervantes, a third-generation grower. “Someone has to stop producing, so there is competition. But it is a bloody competition that causes poverty.” Coffee pickers’ wages have not risen in three years, despite double-digit inflation. Workers earn 3 cen...