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Jun. 27, 2008 at 8:55am Politicians promote local cherriesLt. Gov. Brad Owen and Mark Zirkle, owner of Rainier Fruit Co. were among the guests and speakers yesterday as the Lacey Wal-Mart celebrated the arrival of locally grown cherries to store shelves. Each year, Washington growers produce roughly 60 percent of the U.S. cherry crop, resulting in some 10 million boxes this year. Each standard box weighs 20 pounds. The Washington cherry industry has a value of $600 million and provides more than 40,000 jobs during the summer season. The comments function of the Business Examiner community is meant to encourage conversations and spark ideas about business issues in the South Sound. The feature is free and open to members of the public who register basic log in information. Comments should be concise, on topic and avoid attacks, profanity or abusive language or content. Comments that are deemed to violate this policy will be removed. |
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