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Learn about Washington cider’s unique chemistry, plus pest-fighting birds of prey, weeds of wheat

Washington State University researchers are working to develop a nutrient formula for yeast that could make fermentation easier and more predictable for cider-makers. “Cider apples don’t have as many nutrients for yeast, unlike grapes,” said Claire Warren, a microbiologist for WSU’s School of Food Science. “I want to make a nutrient base for yeast used […]

A grant from the USDA will allow researchers to work with orchardists and cider makers to develop the best apples and ciders.

WSU is helping bolster the surging hard cider industry with the hiring of Bri Ewing as a food and fermentation specialist at the Mount Vernon R&E Center.

 Events Raise a Glass fundraiser More than 300 west side restaurants will give a portion of wine sales through December to the Raise a Glass Fund, a Scholarship program that benefits viticulture and enology programs at WSU and other Northwest universities. Precision Farming Expo Jan. 7-8, 2016 Three Rivers Convention Center Kennewick, WA Crown Gall Workshop The […]

Hard cider isn’t new; but as an industry, it is growing. Rapidly. A Cider Symposium Sept. 9 aims to help cider makers learn how to keep the industry growing

WSU scientists will host the fourth international Beeronomics Conference in Seattle on Sept. 8-9, the first time the event will venture outside Europe.

On Solid Ground Publishes 200th Issue You are reading the 200th issue of Washington State University’s agricultural science e-newsletter On Solid Ground. The biweekly, electronic newsletter has been published continuously since August 2006 and in that time has run more than 600 news stories. “We started out with a select group of subscribers we wanted […]

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Where can hard cider connoisseurs roam the countryside, traveling from estate to estate and sampling the artisan crafts of local producers? Western Washington will be the venue for such activity, if Washington State University researchers have their way.

SULTAN, Wash. — Both sides of Washington State are well suited to an expanding hard cider industry owing to an abundance of apples and the growing numbers of consumers looking for more ways to support locally based agriculture. In just a few short years, the Northwest Cider Association has grown to include 18 new cideries […]