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Big Apples, Big Business: How WA Became the Apple State

Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau

2024-09-17 17:30:00 2024-09-17 18:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Big Apples, Big Business: How WA Became the Apple State Explore how Washington became the top apple producing state in the country, and how, in the process, it transformed apples into an industrialized commodity. Interim Lakewood - Lakewood Meeting Room

Tuesday, September 17
5:30pm - 6:30pm

Add to Calendar 2024-09-17 17:30:00 2024-09-17 18:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Big Apples, Big Business: How WA Became the Apple State Explore how Washington became the top apple producing state in the country, and how, in the process, it transformed apples into an industrialized commodity. Interim Lakewood - Lakewood Meeting Room

Interim Lakewood

Lakewood Meeting Room

Explore how Washington became the top apple producing state in the country, and how, in the process, it transformed apples into an industrialized commodity.

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? 

Amanda L. Van Lanen (she/her) is 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 Ph.D. in history at Washington State University, and blogs about food history at historyreheated.com.

Presented through the Humanties Washington Speaker's Bureau program.

AGE GROUP: | Seniors (55+) | Adults (18+) |

EVENT TYPE: | Author event |

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