On August 15-18, First Fruits Marketing & Broetje Orchards had the opportunity to attend a Food Expo for a customer in Texas. The purpose of the visit and this expo in particular was not only to meet the produce managers face to face but also...
On July 12; Broetje Orchards had the opportunity to host a group of Horticulturists from New Zealand. The group got a chance to sit down with owner Ralph Broetje and discuss pressing issues similar to what we are facing in the Apple Industry which included...
On June 28-29, various leaders from Vista Hermosa Foundation, Broetje Orchards and Tierra Vida along with other community leaders and educators met together to discuss CRI or better known as the Childhood Resilience Initiative. This two day conference covered not only the basics of trauma informed...
25 summer interns and leaders of Broetje Orchards and Vista Hermosa Foundation gathered at the Retreat House to share their dreams and talk about what they are passionate about. "What gives you that spark?" was the lead off question that Cheryl Broetje started off with; "family", "holiday dinners",...
Cherry season is here in both Prescott and Wallula orchard locations. The high temperatures of this past spring accelerated a lot of Washington State’s crops. Cherries were 2 weeks ahead of schedule with Wallula began harvesting the last week of May and finished the first...
In early 2016, As part of our on-going work to develop our organization's ability to raise the capacity of our employees, our New Human Resources team enrolled in our local leadership formation course in Servant Leadership. For 5 months this group has met weekly to learn...