Learn about the history of Washington’s apple industry in a Humanities Washington virtual program Big Apples, Big Business: How Washington Became the Apple State on April 17, 6-7:30 PM.
You may also join us for livestreaming of this virtual program at our Wenatchee and Chelan libraries.
In this free program, 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 in the American food system — changes that continue to affect our environment and the way we eat today?
The program will be led by Amanda L. Van Lanen, a professor of history at Lewis-Clark State College and the author of The Washington Apple: Orchards and the Development of Industrial Agriculture. She earned a PhD in history at Washington State University, and blogs about food history at historyreheated.com.
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