6 June 2025 NEWS & NOTES APPLE TARIFF PAIN This statement was released by Jim Bair, President and CEO of the U.S. Apple Association BB #:145473. “With the President’s tariffs announcement, all of the top 5 export markets for U.S. apples have been targeted. Mexico, Canada, Taiwan, Vietnam, and India in 2024 combined to purchase $756 million worth of U.S. apples. “We support holding trading partners accountable. Countries that would be ideal markets for U.S. apples shut us out due to nontariff trade barriers. That’s why USApple strongly supported the United States-MexicoCanada Agreement which is working well, and those countries remain our largest export destinations. “As we painfully experienced with India in the past, U.S. tariffs can trigger retaliatory measures that restrict access to key export markets and harm apple growers across the country. It’s critical for the health of the entire U.S. apple industry to maintain strong, stable trade relationships with all of our current and potential export partners. Source: Bluebookservices.com Thanks to a newfound partnership with the Ontario Farmland Trust (OFT), blueberry farm Wilmot Orchards will be preserved for agricultural use for the next 999 years. The Stevens family has operated the farm since 1976 and opted to place a land easement agreement on their 164 acres of land with OFT to protect their Class A farmland. “We’re growing some of the best food right here in Ontario, but if you’re local, you know what’s happening to our small towns. There are houses going up everywhere and, unfortunately, a lot of that is on Class A farmland, which is the best quality farmland we can have. Once you put houses on farmland, you can’t get it back,” says Courtney Stevens. The Ontario Farmland Trust is Canada’s first province-wide agricultural land trust. OFT is an organization supported by the collaborative efforts of farmers, researchers, planners and conservationists to protect the farmland of Ontario. Source: Fruit & Vegetable Magazine A new study published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology found that sauerkraut, which is fermented cabbage, may provide substantial benefits to gut health, supporting digestion and helping protect against illness. “Some of the metabolites we find in the sauerkraut are the same kind of metabolites we’re finding to be made by the gut microbiome, so that gives us a little more confidence that this connection we found between the metabolites in sauerkraut and good gut health makes sense,” said Maria Marco, professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of California, Davis, who co-authored the study. Source: California Farm Bureau WILMOT ORCHARDS MOVES TO PRESERVE FARMLAND IN LAND EASEMENT AGREEMENT NEW STUDY FINDS SAUERKRAUT BENEFITS GUT HEALTH TOP LEFT: WILMOT ORCHARDS | TOP RIGHT: HEART BEET ORGANICS
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