Cherry growers and other industry leaders from Leelanau County got their first up-close meeting with the new face of their favorite fruit, and their conversations went far beyond the niceties of a meet and greet.
Growers and processors brought their concerns about the future of cherries in Leelanau to Amy Cohn at a session hosted in mid-January by the Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Station. They showed a high level of anxiousness short of panic.
Cohn, who recently was named president of the Cherry Industry Administrative Board and the Cherry Marketing Institute, brought a vision to the table discussion.
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