date:May 22, 2012
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to consider federal disaster aid because of fruit crop damage in northwest Michigan and grape damage in southwest Michigan. The clock is ticking, said Justin Rashid, president of Petoskey-based American Spoon Foods Inc., which sells preserves, dried fruits and other food products. Indications from our suppliers are not good.
Michigan, whose fruit industry is valued at $190 million a year, produces three-fourths of the nation's tart cherries, used primarily in