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After 60 years of farming at this location,
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Quebec growers
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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

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