Stocks of organic storage apples in British Columbia, Canada are dwindling fast

It hasn't been an easy season for organic apple growers and shippers in British Columbia. "This year, the volume of organic apples is about the same as last year. In general, the apple crop of both this year and last year has dropped by about 40 percent. Last year's crop was affected by a long heat wave in the summer and this year due to a very cold, wet spring and poor pollination and then a brief heat wave during the ripening period," said Stefan Misse of Discovery Organics. In mid-November, temperatures in British Columbia dropped significantly, from about 20 degrees Celsius to below freezing, going from unusually high to unusually low in a week. "The fruit trees didn't have a chance to go dormant. There was a lot of snow with the leaves still on the tree," he says. Pink Lady apples were the last variety to come off the trees at that time, and with the forecast snow forecast, growers were able to largely complete the harvest in British Columbia. In general, this year's weather ...