November 2020 - 38
CLASSIFIEDS
irrigation
Holland
Transplanter Co.
12930 Ingall Hwy | Morenci, MI 49256
Visit Our Online Store
ORDERS BY 3PM EST SHIP SAME DAY
Overhead Irrigation, Drip Irrigation for Greenhouse &
Nursery, as well as Vegetable & Fruit Grower's Needs
Phone: 517-458-9741
Head Honchos LLC, processes SAFE
& LEGAL companion visas for the
Families (wives & children) of your H-2A
workers as well as H-2A Agriculture
WORK VISAS. Since 2001. Great
references, reputation and experience.
GUARANTEED RESULTS. Call and talk
to me today! No obligation questions
welcomed.
Call Todd Miller at 210-482-0641.
www.headhonchosllc.com
C kooljet 4.5x1 banner ad 2.qxp_Layout 1 11/22/16 2:15 PM Page 1
refrigeration
Authority in
Refrigeration for
Food Processing and
Agricultural Industry
Made in North America
1.866.748.7786
One PIece DesIgn FRee cOOlIng
*Thru-the-Wall
*Roof-Mounted
*Portable
*Hydrocoolers
*Custom Designs
*Blast Freezers
*Chillers
*Greenhouse
Coolers
510 E. 16th St., Holland, MI 49423
Ph: 1.800.275.4482 Ext. 1 / Fax: 616.392.7996
www.transplanter.com / E-mail: sales@transplanter.com
help wanted
Vegetablegrowersnews.com/place-a-classified-ad
OR contact Kim Meyers: KMeyers@greatamericanpublish.com | 616-520-2137
for sale
TEW MANUFACTURING CORP.
STAINLESS STEEL FRUIT & VEGETABLE CLEANING
AND SIZING EQUIPMENT.
ANTIMICROBIAL LATEX DRYING DONUTS.
TUFF FOAMĀ®
PROTECTIVE PADDING - SCRUBBER RUBBER
SIZING CHAINS & CONVEYOR BELTS
CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION: 800-380-5839
TEW MFG. CORP.
PO BOX 87
PENFIELD, NY 14526
plants
585-586-6120
FAX: 585-586-6083
www.tewmfg.com
equipment
PHIL BROWN
WELDING CORP.
4750- 8 Mile Road, N.W., Conklin, MI 49403
Phone (616) 784-3046
Fax (616) 784-5852
for sale
plants
2020
ASPARAGUS
Small Fruits Nursery
STRAWBERRIES
CROWNS | PLANTS
Serving Commercial Growers, Home Gardeners and Retailers
ASPARAGUS
MILLENNIUM
JERSEY KNIGHT
NJ 1122 (F1)/GREENOX
NJ 1025/PORTHOS
NJ 1113/SEQUOIA
PURPLE PASSION
ECLIPSE
STRAWBERRIES
JEWEL
HONEOYE
MORE VARIETIES AVAILABLE
RHUBARB
CRIMSOM RED
HORSERADISH
BLUEBERRIES
28355 M-152, Dowagiac, MI 49047
Email: daisyfarms@qtm.net
www.daisyfarms.net Ph: (269) 782-6321
wilsongarlic@aol.com
FALL GARLIC
SEED STOCK
Wholesale German White and
Music Garlic. Call for pricing.
Do You Also Grow Fruit?
If so, Fruit Growers News is your No. 1 resource for industry
insight and information.
Print and digital subscriptions available at a special price
exclusively for VGN subscribers.
Subscribe at fruitgrowersnews.com. Use discount code FGN20 at checkout.
38 | VegetableGrowersNews.com
Labor crunch fuels
automation, H-2A
growth
Quebec growers
raise strawberries
on substrate in high
tunnels
8
12
26
Tree Fruit Variety
Showcase
November 2019 | Volume 58 |
Issue 11
GRAPE
EXPECTATIONS
Napa grower's enterprise,
sustainability efforts honored
Andrew Hoxsey, a Napa Valley grower of organic winegrapes, is a strong advocate of sustainability. Photos: Joanna Salazar/Snapped With Love Photography
By Stephen Kloosterman
Associate Editor
A career of enterprise and
advocating for sustainable growing
led to Andrew Hoxsey being named
Grower of the Year.
Hoxsey, a fourth-generation
grower, and part owner of Yount Mill
Vineyards, Yountville, California,
and Napa Wine Co. in Oakville,
is credited for his work on the
California Sustainable Winegrowing
Alliance in its formative years, and
also for launching the Napa Valley's
first custom-crush operation, which
gives winegrape growers more
options for their crop.
The Grower of the Year award is
the highest award bestowed by the
California Association of Winegrape
Growers (CAWG). It recognizes an
" efficient and successful producer of
quality winegrapes " who is a leader
and innovator in the industry.
" Over a period of three decades,
Andy has exemplified the best in
grape growing with his commitment
to sustainable winegrowing,
agricultural preservation, habitat
See HOXSEY, page 5
Anderson to lead Michigan Hort Society
By Stephen Kloosterman
Associate Editor
For more than a century, the
Anderson family has grown apples on
a ridge in west Michigan, and in 2020,
the farm's current leader will serve
as president of the Michigan State
Horticultural Society (MSHS).
Brett Anderson of AB Orchards will
take a turn in leading the industry
group that represents 1,600 growers in
the Great Lakes State.
AB Orchards itself has more than 150
acres in the Sparta, Michigan, area, in
addition to an orchard in neighboring
Oceana County. The Anderson Farm
settled in west Michigan in 1908, and
Brett's grandfather and great-uncles
studied agriculture at Michigan State
University (MSU) during the Great
Depression.
" It was during the Depression era
that they decided to focus mainly on
tree fruits and get rid of the cows, " he
said. Anderson Brothers Orchards first
grew stone fruit in addition to apples,
but when Brett's father took over in
the early 1980s, he focused the farm
mostly on apples.
Today, Brett grows only apples. He has
transitioned his family farm away from
growing varieties meant for processing
- Jonathan, Golden Delicious, Ida Red,
Rome and Red Delicious.
In the late 1990s, with the Chinese
dumping apple juice concentrate into the
American market, Brett began tearing
out old orchards and selling applewood
to Grand Rapids-area restaurants
See ANDERSON, page 6
BRETT ANDERSON
Building the
Best Since
1964!
http://www.Vegetablegrowersnews.com/place-a-classified-ad
http://www.transplanter.com
http://www.tewmfg.com
http://www.headhonchosllc.com
http://www.daisyfarms.net
http://www.fruitgrowersnews.com
http://www.VegetableGrowersNews.com
November 2020
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of November 2020
November 2020 - 1
November 2020 - 2
November 2020 - 3
November 2020 - 4
November 2020 - 5
November 2020 - 6
November 2020 - 7
November 2020 - 8
November 2020 - 9
November 2020 - 10
November 2020 - 11
November 2020 - 12
November 2020 - 13
November 2020 - 14
November 2020 - 15
November 2020 - 16
November 2020 - 17
November 2020 - 18
November 2020 - 19
November 2020 - 20
November 2020 - 21
November 2020 - 22
November 2020 - 23
November 2020 - 24
November 2020 - 25
November 2020 - 26
November 2020 - 27
November 2020 - 28
November 2020 - 29
November 2020 - 30
November 2020 - 31
November 2020 - 32
November 2020 - 33
November 2020 - 34
November 2020 - 35
November 2020 - 36
November 2020 - 37
November 2020 - 38
November 2020 - 39
November 2020 - 40
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/vgn-2025-digital-seed-guide
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/february-2025
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/january-2025
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/buyers-guide-2025
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/december-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/november-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/september-october-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/july-august-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/may-june-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/april-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/march-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/february-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/vgn-digital-seed-guide-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/january-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/buyers-guide-2024
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/december-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/november-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/september-october-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/july-august
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/may-june-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/april-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/march-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/vgn-digital-seed-guide-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/february-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/january-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/december-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/buyers-guide-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/november-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/september-october-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/august-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/july-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/june-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/may-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/march-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/february-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/seedguide-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/buyersguide-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/january-2022
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/december-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/november-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/october-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/september-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/august-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/july-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/june-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/may-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/april-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/march-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/february-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/seedguide-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/buyersguide-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/january-2021
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/december-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/november-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/october-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/september-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/august-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/july-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/june-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/may-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/april-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/march-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/february-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/buyersguide-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/january-2020
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/december-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/november-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/october-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/september-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/august-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/july-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/june-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/may-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/april-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/march-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/february-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/buyersguide-2019
https://www.nxtbook.com/greatamericanmediaservices/VGN/january-2019
https://www.nxtbookmedia.com