First Successful Consortium Day for the Dutch Fruit SectorOn December 6th, the first consortium day for the Dutch fruit sector with international aspirations took place at Proeftuin Randwijk, a research…

International Cooperation and Innovation in the Fruit Sector In July, the “Orchard of the Future” program visited Washington State, with a Dutch delegation of fruit growers, cultivation advisors, technology companies…

At the Global Produce and Floral Show in Orlando (October 19-21, 2023), Ton van Arnhem, Agricultural Counselor at the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington DC and Rianne Ham, International Marketing Manager…

The Orchard of the Future collaboration is led by a team of 8 enthusiastic professionals from different organizations on both sides of the ocean: Ines Hanrahan, Joe Davidson, Julia Terlinchamp,…

From April-June 2023, Alex You, who at the time was a Robotics PhD student at Oregon State University (co-advised by Prof.’s Joe Davidson and Cindy Grimm), had the opportunity to…

Announcement: We’ve gone social! The Orchard of the Future has a new website! This site serves as a new home for sharing news, activities, and project updates, and for connecting…

In September, the team was awarded a grant via the 2023 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) for a project entitled “Washington State and the Netherlands: Accelerating Innovative Technology Adoption…

Last September Joe Davidson, a member of the Orchard of the Future program leadership team, gave a short research presentation at FIRA USA 2023 (Salinas, California, USA). The topic of…

The project of BBLeap with Washington State University will introduce two technologies in Washington State: LeapBox and LeapEye. LeapBox is an innovative nozzle system that consists of hardware, electronics and…

This project involves the study of the use of Vertigo’s microwave-based non-invasive sensor for evaluation of internal quality of apples near-harvest and during storage. To do that they collaborate with…