date:Oct 16, 2012
With several apple-growing regions experiencing light crops this season, good volume in Washington has helped growers there take advantage of robust demand, and organic apples have also experienced that consumer pull.
With organic fruit being a smaller category, the demand has been magnified because of smaller overall volume, said Addie Pobst of CF Fresh in Washington. With light supplies throughout the country, she noted that prices for organic apples have been up to four times what they are i