Crunch Time Apple Growers, a New York state-based cooperative of 152 member-growers, didn’t take any breaks during its off-season. The 2021 harvest of its two varieties, SnapDragon and RubyFrost, is one of tremendous growth.

Pazazz is a premium apple hit for its bursting flavor, great texture and season long availability, but that’s never been truer than this year. The Pazazz orchards are at full maturity and with production spread throughout North America, this year’s harvest is proving to be our best on record.  

After leading the Washington Apple Education Foundation as its executive director for 20 years, Jennifer Witherbee has announced her intent to step down at the end of March 2022.  

Stemilt’s Fast Facts are back and the cast starts their fall return by analyzing the last eight weeks of Nielsen retail scan data ending Oct. 4. Stemilt Marketing Director Brianna Shales and Communications Manager Katie Harmon report the latest apple trends as well as provide insight on how to prep for Cosmic Crisp’s arrival in a few short weeks.

With an estimated crop size down about 15 percent from the previous year and coming on a bit earlier than expected, it appears the end of the Michigan apple harvest period will occur around Halloween, which is a week to 10 days ahead of schedule.

BelleHarvest, a grower-owned distributor of fresh apples in Michigan, celebrated National Apple Month with a Curious Pairings event in Grand Rapids, MI, on Saturday, Oct. 16.

The three-part event was a day-long immersion where young-adult influencers were paired with The Ginger Chef, Jennifer Zirkle-Grawburg for an exploration of flavors and recipes featuring BelleHarvest’s apples. Influencers were invited to pick fruit, create curious culinary pairings, then serve the pairings to a group of BelleHarvest’s growers and team members.