Going GREEN!!
Here are Orr's we are all very concerned with our environment and we are going to be making efforts to become more environmentally friendly. Some of the changes we have made and are going to be making are:
1. Offering cloth grocery bags
2. Offering re-usable buckets for PYO
3. Recycling all paper, plastic, glass, and aluminum in our packing house operation
4. Using cover crops to clean soil rather than chemicals
5. Practicing Sustainable
Agriculture
6. Using I
PM techniques
7. You our customers can reduce our
carbon footprint
by buying locally!! We offer fresh in season produce starting in May and going through the winter months with our apple crop.
You can start "going green" in your house too!! To find out more about ways you can help the environment follow the links below.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/4990/
http://www.go-green.com/?gclid=COaotdD0lJMCFQ4aHgodHQY6wg
http://www.conservation.org
New IPM Program in WV
We are participating in a new program available to WV orchards. This program takes IPM to the extreme and offers financial assistance to orchards who are willing to go the extra mile. We have outline in detail this new program. You can read more about it by
clicking here
. Below are some pictures of our IPM program manager putting out mating disruption and checking the traps. We are very excited about the changes we are making and we hope you are too!