Health, Happenings, & Inspiration
Ride the Wind Day
I know what you’re thinking… no, we didn’t make this up! Ride the Wind Day is a celebration of the anniversary of the first human-powered flight to win the Kremer prize. The prize was awarded on August 23rd 1977 to the Gossamer Condor 2, built by Dr. Paul B MacCready...
Growing Healthy Kids and Healthy Habits
We’re passionate about growing healthy apples, pears, cherries, and blueberries, but that’s not where the story ends. For years, Rainier Fruit has put our support behind programs that encourage healthy eating and active lifestyles for children. We started in our own...
The Boston Marathon: A Spectacle of Human Tenacity
For the third year in a row, Rainier Fruit had the honor of sponsoring the Boston Marathon. In formal terms, we’re the official apple of the Boston Marathon (keep that one in mind for your next trivia outing). What does that mean? Our apples show up in a few different...
9 Reasons to Start Volunteering Today
The old saying goes, “nothing comes for free” but here at Rainier Fruit we can find a few exceptions to the rule. A notable one is volunteering—not only do organizations benefit from a volunteer workforce contributing to their success, but volunteers themselves also...
Channeling Your Inner Jessie Diggins
10 Benefits of Cross-Country Skiing It was one of the most exciting moments to watch during the PyeongChang winter Olympics: the cross-country ski race is almost finished and Jessie Diggins begins to make her move. When she pulled ahead of the leader, viewers all over...
Cold Weather Brings Cool Opportunities
For nearly half of the U.S. and certainly us here in Washington, we spend at least a few months a year blanketed in snow. It’s not practical to think we stay inside and practice hygge everyday of those cold winter months so we make the most of it by taking advantage...
Bob Gix honored with 2017 Silver Pear award
Our congratulations go out to Bob Gix, horticulturist at Blue Star Growers in Cashmere, WA. Bob recently received the Silver Pear award from the Washington State Tree Fruit Association – an honor bestowed once a year on those making major contributions to the pear...
Waste Not, Want Not this Holiday Season & All Year Long
Whether it’s the holidays, or our everyday life, we all need to be more mindful of our place in the world and what we consume. The products we use and what we do with them when we are done with them matter to our environment. With precious natural resources we need to...
A Wholesome Reminder: 15 Things to be Thankful For
November marks the start of the holiday season. Many of us begin to make holiday preparations for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. During that time we spend time making lists, shopping, decorating, writing cards and letters, attending parties, creating meals...
Celebrating Fall With a Turkey Trot
It’s a busy world and it seems we are always preparing for something. Here at Rainier, our field crews are finishing up the last of the late harvest and preparing for fall and winter orchard work. And with the apple season in full swing, the packing crew and sales...