Journals By Industry - Apple Orchards

HEADNOTE LANCASTER COUNTY From a jam kettle to an entire village of boutiques offering locally made products, Kitchen Kettle Village in Lancaster County has been steadily growing for more than 30 years. "My...

HEADNOTE The Wicker Man is a great British oddity, a complex movie that continues to beguile and shock almost four decades after its release. Writing exclusively for EMPIRE, its director Robin Hardy looks...

Wines & Vines' annual Guide to Suppliers pulls together in one place the vital information from significant vendor companies for the North American wine industry. In these free listings we updated all contact...

For generations, Mapleside Farms in Brunswick has been a mecca for sunset enthusiasts, apple lovers and restaurant patrons with a taste for predictable comfort food. Each summer, visitors flock to the bucolic Pearl...

The lackluster economy, combined with widespread weather troubles that delayed and reduced produce shipments, have sharply reduced refrigerated freight so far this year, industry experts have said. Refrigerated shipments during June fell 14%,...

Byline: STACI MATLOCK Nature seemed to have her sights trained this year on the historic Dixon's Apple Orchard at the mouth of Cochiti Canyon. First came a late freeze. Then the Las Conchas...

1. added nutrients Product SoBe V Water Details Britvic and PepsiCo UK have relaunched their V Water line of functional flavoured carbonated waters with added nutrients under the SoBe soft drinks brand. The...

ROMNEY--Gourmet Central's biggest customer is now its owner. Calvin Riggleman, owner of Bigg Riggs Farm, and Trey Smith took over operations at Romney-based Gourmet Central several weeks ago. Smith will be the plant...

Gov. John Hickenlooper has asked for federal disaster declarations for a total of nine Colorado counties. This week, Hickenlooper asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture for aid in drought-stricken counties in Colorado -...

Both IBM and the Carnegie Corporation will turn 100 this month. Has the multinational business or universal philanthropy done more for society? "ONE simple way to assess the impact of any organisation is...

HEADNOTE Abstract Cryopreservation is a perfect method for long-term conservation of plant genetic resources, using very low temperature (liquid nitrogen, -196°C). This method has been recognized as a practical and efficient tool for...

HEADNOTE Abstract Creating new apple cultivars largely depends on the availability of sufficient genetic diversity, while apple breeding has eroded in time the genetic base of domestic cultivars. The possibility to induce and...

Apples are the official fruit of New York state and the pride of its agricultural system. No fewer than 21 varieties grow in the state, the nation's second-largest apple producer. New York's apples...

Last autumn, it seemed that the austerity axe might neatly sever access to the Higher Level Stewardship agri-environment scheme, meaning nearly two years of wasted effort for farms manager Jake Freestone. Overbury Farms,...

NEW YORK -- Warren Friss, formerly Vice President and General Manager of Sports & Entertainment of The Topps Company, has joined Apple Industries, Inc. as President of the Company effective May 2. Apple...

A need to hire more than 20,000 new employees annually kept Deborah Brantley's staff buried in a paper blizzard of I-9 forms, the documents required to verify employee identities and authorize their ability...

Cider's national heritage Alongside beer, cider can stake a good claim to be Britain's national drink. It has been part of the rural economy for millennia, with apple trees grown by farming communities...

HEADNOTE Peter Banyard examines the building boom in China and the potential threat to its economy. IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 2 I fear that I may be entering my anecdotage, but here...

New solar panel units at Peach Glen headquarters add to repertoire of sustainability practices PEACH GLEN, Pa. -- Knouse Foods, the maker of delicious Musselman's Apple Sauce and Lucky Leaf Pie Filling, is...