Harvest Time

During harvest we see cooler temperatures... This morning we made ice while protecting from frost with the irrigation system... it is wonderful to see the sun rise and the ice and water playing off the vine. In reality someone has to watch the system all night and you are glad when the sun comes up as it means you can go home and sleep.

We have noticed that we have fewer and fewer cold nights. In general the nights are warmer as well. Many people don't notice some of the more subtle aspects of global warming... this is a small change with a great effect.

Harvest brings out the cameras and the media. Part of my job is to assist media in getting their story or pictures...

I give interviews and generally know where to get the best shots... It is important to us to tell our story and to get the message out about about our farm and about the tribe's successes. There is much more to farming these days...

All seems to be working well in our receiving plant (where we pack berries). I wanted a picture to show what our optical sorter does (below). We can use only a few of these white berries when we make our juice so the rest goes to be composted along with leaves and vine that reach the plant. After the optical sorter we do a visual inspection and all berries run thru the metal detector as part of our commitment to safe, quality food.