Bearing Fruit: A Podcast from the Washington State Tree Fruit Association (WSTFA)
Bearing Fruit: A Podcast from the Washington State Tree Fruit Association (WSTFA)
Latest Episodes
WSTFA 2025 Annual Meeting and Tree Fruit Day 2026
This episode of Bearing Fruit shares some conversations we had with folks at December's WSTFA Annual Meeting in Wenatchee, along with a chat I had with a WSTFA lobbyist during Tree Fruit Day in Olympia last month.
Tree Fruit Harvest Season 2025
Harvest related topics include how apples and pears have been doing this season, the upcoming WSTFA Annual Meeting in Wenatchee, and H-2A reform and how that is going.
Washington Apple Season 2025
Washington apple harvest for 2025 is upon us and we talk with Washington State Tree Fruit Association president Jon DeVaney and Washington Apple Commission president Michael Schadler about this season's forecast and what to expect from this yea...
Northwest Cherries Harvest Set to Begin!
We talk with WSTFA President Jon DeVaney about cherries and other tree fruit-related subjects. Then we are joined by Karley Lange, the Domestic Promotions Director for Northwest Cherries, to tell us about the estimates for the upcoming crop and...
WAEF's Witherbee is Back and Water Outlook Questionable
On this episode of Bearing Fruit, we talk with former and returning Executive Director of the Washington Apple Education Foundation Jennifer Witherbee about return to the post and what WAEF is up to this year. We also talk with Larry Mattson, t...