River Forums — Big Apples, Big Business: How Washington Became the Apple State

Name: River Forums — Big Apples, Big Business: How Washington Became the Apple State
Start: 2025-09-15T19:00:00-07:00
Location: 605 N Road 36, Pasco, WA, United States, Washington 99301

Schedule

Mon, 15 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

605 N Road 36, Pasco, WA, United States, Washington 99301 | Pasco, WA

Why do so many apples in the grocery store look the same? And why do so many come from Washington?
In this talk, explore how Washington became the top apple producing state in the country, and how, in the process, it transformed apples into an industrialized commodity. Many regions in the West attempted to grow apples, but in Washington, big apples became big business thanks to the work of scientists, investors, irrigators, railroad corporations, marketers, and apple growers. How does the history of Washington apples reflect larger changes happening in the American food system—changes that continue to affect our environment and the way we eat today?
Hosted at the Riverview Adventist Community Event Center and presented by Amanda Van Lanen, Professor at Lewis—Clark State College.