Insectivorous Birds In Your Vineyards And Orchards Reduces Insects Pests
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#birds🦉 #insects🦟 #ecofriendly #PestControl #Vineyards🍇 #Orchards🍒 grrlscientist.medium.com/insectivorou...
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#birds🦉 #insects🦟 #ecofriendly #PestControl #Vineyards🍇 #Orchards🍒 grrlscientist.medium.com/insectivorou...
April 9, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Insectivorous Birds In Your Vineyards And Orchards Reduces Insects Pests
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#birds🦉 #insects🦟 #ecofriendly #PestControl #Vineyards🍇 #Orchards🍒 grrlscientist.medium.com/insectivorou...
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#birds🦉 #insects🦟 #ecofriendly #PestControl #Vineyards🍇 #Orchards🍒 grrlscientist.medium.com/insectivorou...
Yez! Thad happins! Lotsa orchards heer. 🍎🍏🍒
January 16, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Yez! Thad happins! Lotsa orchards heer. 🍎🍏🍒
Kestrel-Friendly Cherry Orchards May Produce Safer Food
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#kestrels🦉 #birds🪶 #BirdDeterrent #FruitOrchards🍒 #Food #Orchards🌳 #FoodBorneIllness #FoodPoisoning #Campylobacter🦠 medium.com/grrlscientis...
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#kestrels🦉 #birds🪶 #BirdDeterrent #FruitOrchards🍒 #Food #Orchards🌳 #FoodBorneIllness #FoodPoisoning #Campylobacter🦠 medium.com/grrlscientis...
Kestrel-Friendly Cherry Orchards May Produce Safer Food
Encouraging tiny falcons to nest in fruit orchards reduces fruit loss to birds and safeguards against contamination by microbial pathogens
medium.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Kestrel-Friendly Cherry Orchards May Produce Safer Food
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#kestrels🦉 #birds🪶 #BirdDeterrent #FruitOrchards🍒 #Food #Orchards🌳 #FoodBorneIllness #FoodPoisoning #Campylobacter🦠 medium.com/grrlscientis...
#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social
#kestrels🦉 #birds🪶 #BirdDeterrent #FruitOrchards🍒 #Food #Orchards🌳 #FoodBorneIllness #FoodPoisoning #Campylobacter🦠 medium.com/grrlscientis...
🍒🪶Excited for our new article to come out in
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
We show that falcons attracted to orchards using nestboxes reduce food safety risks and crop damage from wild birds.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
We show that falcons attracted to orchards using nestboxes reduce food safety risks and crop damage from wild birds.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Falcons reduce pre‐harvest food safety risks and crop damage from wild birds
In the absence of American kestrels, there are more birds in orchards. This leads to increased crop damage and more bird faecal contamination.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🍒🪶Excited for our new article to come out in
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
We show that falcons attracted to orchards using nestboxes reduce food safety risks and crop damage from wild birds.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
We show that falcons attracted to orchards using nestboxes reduce food safety risks and crop damage from wild birds.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Nice article on the value of ecosystem services provided by kestrels in Michigan's cherry orchards 🍒. Features work by @michiganstateu.bsky.social colleagues.
Thank you, @benjij.bsky.social, for making me newly obsessed with this fierce little falcon 💙
Fascinating piece about the link between tenacious predators and how they not only benefit the landscape — but our food, too.
Well worth a read: www.vox.com/climate/4711... @vox.com
Fascinating piece about the link between tenacious predators and how they not only benefit the landscape — but our food, too.
Well worth a read: www.vox.com/climate/4711... @vox.com
The fascinating link between cherry pie and this bird
Meet the unpaid animal laborers who help safeguard our food.
www.vox.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Nice article on the value of ecosystem services provided by kestrels in Michigan's cherry orchards 🍒. Features work by @michiganstateu.bsky.social colleagues.
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
Washington’s cherry season is collapsing—ICE fears have driven pickers away. Some farms dropped from 100 workers to 20. One lost 300 bins. Small growers are on the brink. 🍒
Washington’s cherry season is collapsing—ICE fears have driven pickers away. Some farms dropped from 100 workers to 20. One lost 300 bins. Small growers are on the brink. 🍒
Washington cherry growers struggle to find pickers
The threat of federal agents raiding orchards is forcing a labor shortage that has caused some Washington producers to leave cherries unpicked or delay their harvests until fruit gets over ripe, which...
www.spokesman.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:43 AM
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...
Washington’s cherry season is collapsing—ICE fears have driven pickers away. Some farms dropped from 100 workers to 20. One lost 300 bins. Small growers are on the brink. 🍒
Washington’s cherry season is collapsing—ICE fears have driven pickers away. Some farms dropped from 100 workers to 20. One lost 300 bins. Small growers are on the brink. 🍒
Stones among the orchards 🍒🪦
July 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Stones among the orchards 🍒🪦
I pretty much always have fantasy-like dreams but recently there’s been a lot of fruit! Fruit to eat, orchards to walk through, planting seeds that turn straight to fruit 🍓🍒🍇🍑🍊🍋
July 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I pretty much always have fantasy-like dreams but recently there’s been a lot of fruit! Fruit to eat, orchards to walk through, planting seeds that turn straight to fruit 🍓🍒🍇🍑🍊🍋
🌱🍎🍐🍒🌱🍎🍐🍒🌱🍎🍐🍒🌱🍎🍐🍒🌱🍎🍐🍒
What an epic job by our volunteers on Friday, planting 50 fruit trees for current and future generations to enjoy, whilst supporting habitat creation, conservation and biodiversity! Well done all!!! Thanks to the Ashford Community Orchards Fund for the trees! 💚💚💚💚
What an epic job by our volunteers on Friday, planting 50 fruit trees for current and future generations to enjoy, whilst supporting habitat creation, conservation and biodiversity! Well done all!!! Thanks to the Ashford Community Orchards Fund for the trees! 💚💚💚💚
January 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🌱🍎🍐🍒🌱🍎🍐🍒🌱🍎🍐🍒🌱🍎🍐🍒🌱🍎🍐🍒
What an epic job by our volunteers on Friday, planting 50 fruit trees for current and future generations to enjoy, whilst supporting habitat creation, conservation and biodiversity! Well done all!!! Thanks to the Ashford Community Orchards Fund for the trees! 💚💚💚💚
What an epic job by our volunteers on Friday, planting 50 fruit trees for current and future generations to enjoy, whilst supporting habitat creation, conservation and biodiversity! Well done all!!! Thanks to the Ashford Community Orchards Fund for the trees! 💚💚💚💚
sadly they’re not ripe yet but they’re prone to splitting if they get rained on so the cherry growers get helicopters to come and hover over the orchards to get the water off the cherries 🍒
December 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
sadly they’re not ripe yet but they’re prone to splitting if they get rained on so the cherry growers get helicopters to come and hover over the orchards to get the water off the cherries 🍒
Our #SevernTreescapes team had a great day out looking at how to plan & plant an orchard thx to funding from @ptes-org.bsky.social & Better Future Renewables 🙏🌳🍎🍐🍒
Severn Treescapes is a partnership with @gloswildlife.bsky.social & @herefordshirewt.bsky.social
Severn Treescapes is a partnership with @gloswildlife.bsky.social & @herefordshirewt.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Our #SevernTreescapes team had a great day out looking at how to plan & plant an orchard thx to funding from @ptes-org.bsky.social & Better Future Renewables 🙏🌳🍎🍐🍒
Severn Treescapes is a partnership with @gloswildlife.bsky.social & @herefordshirewt.bsky.social
Severn Treescapes is a partnership with @gloswildlife.bsky.social & @herefordshirewt.bsky.social
Pints of local IPM sour cherries 🍒
Hudson Valley loose IPM red cherries and local IPM peaches from Fifer Orchards in DE
foodcoop.com/produce
Hudson Valley loose IPM red cherries and local IPM peaches from Fifer Orchards in DE
foodcoop.com/produce
July 11, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Pints of local IPM sour cherries 🍒
Hudson Valley loose IPM red cherries and local IPM peaches from Fifer Orchards in DE
foodcoop.com/produce
Hudson Valley loose IPM red cherries and local IPM peaches from Fifer Orchards in DE
foodcoop.com/produce
One of the last surviving Cherry orchards in Sunnyvale, right next to the tennis courts where I play, and near the last location (which has now closed) of the CJ Olson Cherry stand on El Camino Real. While they’ve closed the stand, their products are still sold in local grocery stores. Delicious 🍒
December 7, 2024 at 9:23 PM
One of the last surviving Cherry orchards in Sunnyvale, right next to the tennis courts where I play, and near the last location (which has now closed) of the CJ Olson Cherry stand on El Camino Real. While they’ve closed the stand, their products are still sold in local grocery stores. Delicious 🍒
📣 Some news from the sweet cherry orchards!
❄️ A bit of hoarfrost on the buds, so beautiful!
🍒 The sweet cherry trees have cold requirements to be satisfied.
🌡️ The low temperatures we experienced mid-January are therefore good news!
❄️ A bit of hoarfrost on the buds, so beautiful!
🍒 The sweet cherry trees have cold requirements to be satisfied.
🌡️ The low temperatures we experienced mid-January are therefore good news!
January 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
📣 Some news from the sweet cherry orchards!
❄️ A bit of hoarfrost on the buds, so beautiful!
🍒 The sweet cherry trees have cold requirements to be satisfied.
🌡️ The low temperatures we experienced mid-January are therefore good news!
❄️ A bit of hoarfrost on the buds, so beautiful!
🍒 The sweet cherry trees have cold requirements to be satisfied.
🌡️ The low temperatures we experienced mid-January are therefore good news!
🍒 Tree of the Day: Nanking Cherry (Prunus tomentosa)
Fast. Hardy. Beautiful. This cherry shrub/tree hybrid punches way above its weight.
✅ Hardy to zone 2
✅ Fruits in 2–3 years
✅ Pollinator magnet
✅ Ideal for hedgerows, windbreaks, or permaculture orchards
#GoldberryGrove
Fast. Hardy. Beautiful. This cherry shrub/tree hybrid punches way above its weight.
✅ Hardy to zone 2
✅ Fruits in 2–3 years
✅ Pollinator magnet
✅ Ideal for hedgerows, windbreaks, or permaculture orchards
#GoldberryGrove
April 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🍒 Tree of the Day: Nanking Cherry (Prunus tomentosa)
Fast. Hardy. Beautiful. This cherry shrub/tree hybrid punches way above its weight.
✅ Hardy to zone 2
✅ Fruits in 2–3 years
✅ Pollinator magnet
✅ Ideal for hedgerows, windbreaks, or permaculture orchards
#GoldberryGrove
Fast. Hardy. Beautiful. This cherry shrub/tree hybrid punches way above its weight.
✅ Hardy to zone 2
✅ Fruits in 2–3 years
✅ Pollinator magnet
✅ Ideal for hedgerows, windbreaks, or permaculture orchards
#GoldberryGrove
@nature.com paper 📜on how Pesticide 🩹residues alter taxonomic and functional biodiversity 🪳🪰in soils. Highest ⬆️impact in annual croplands 🌽🌱and orchards 🍊🍒
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pesticide residues alter taxonomic and functional biodiversity in soils - Nature
A wide survey of pesticide effects on soil biodiversity across 373 sites in Europe reveals that pesticide residues occur in 70% of sites and have major effects on soil biodiversity and functional...
www.nature.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:13 AM
@nature.com paper 📜on how Pesticide 🩹residues alter taxonomic and functional biodiversity 🪳🪰in soils. Highest ⬆️impact in annual croplands 🌽🌱and orchards 🍊🍒
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🍒 We're investigating how rain covers affect the microclimate inside cherry orchards and what that means for tree growth and fruit quality at the branch level.
Read more 👉 https://ow.ly/5r8m50YIweQ
#CherryGrowers #Horticulture #ProtectedCropping
Read more 👉 https://ow.ly/5r8m50YIweQ
#CherryGrowers #Horticulture #ProtectedCropping
April 14, 2026 at 12:35 AM
🍒 We're investigating how rain covers affect the microclimate inside cherry orchards and what that means for tree growth and fruit quality at the branch level.
Read more 👉 https://ow.ly/5r8m50YIweQ
#CherryGrowers #Horticulture #ProtectedCropping
Read more 👉 https://ow.ly/5r8m50YIweQ
#CherryGrowers #Horticulture #ProtectedCropping
Saw this article and was disappointed by the Montana dessert selection too.
We have loads of cherry orchards along Flathead Lake which are infamous here. 🍒 I'm casting my vote for a nice cherry cobbler to represent my home state! 🫶
We have loads of cherry orchards along Flathead Lake which are infamous here. 🍒 I'm casting my vote for a nice cherry cobbler to represent my home state! 🫶
January 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Saw this article and was disappointed by the Montana dessert selection too.
We have loads of cherry orchards along Flathead Lake which are infamous here. 🍒 I'm casting my vote for a nice cherry cobbler to represent my home state! 🫶
We have loads of cherry orchards along Flathead Lake which are infamous here. 🍒 I'm casting my vote for a nice cherry cobbler to represent my home state! 🫶
How we miss sampling! Did you know that in the 1960s, Verona was the top province in Italy for cherry production?🍒 Today, cherry orchards are shrinking (1,300 ha) due to urbanization, vineyards and hill management issues; the system has evolved from mixed crops to specialized, high-density plots.📉🚜
December 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
How we miss sampling! Did you know that in the 1960s, Verona was the top province in Italy for cherry production?🍒 Today, cherry orchards are shrinking (1,300 ha) due to urbanization, vineyards and hill management issues; the system has evolved from mixed crops to specialized, high-density plots.📉🚜
We stop at little pop up stands where the 🍒🍒🍒 are being sold by an individual who has brought them fresh picked from the orchards a few hours away so much more affordable and delicious!
June 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
We stop at little pop up stands where the 🍒🍒🍒 are being sold by an individual who has brought them fresh picked from the orchards a few hours away so much more affordable and delicious!
I also enjoy picking cherries, but I go for those on trees in orchards instead of internet data farms---they're much tastier 🍒
May 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I also enjoy picking cherries, but I go for those on trees in orchards instead of internet data farms---they're much tastier 🍒
So now we're trading growing fruit for our communities 🍒 and natural views of the Wenatchee Valley 🌄 for #DataCenters the size of 24 football fields. 💀 Very 2026. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... => Echoes of the Talking Heads classic #NothingButFlowers 🌼 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2twY...
Fruit orchards replaced by data centers in changing Central WA
In Chelan County, Microsoft and other companies are snapping up land and building infrastructure to support their AI and cloud-computing ambitions.
www.seattletimes.com
May 4, 2026 at 10:55 PM
So now we're trading growing fruit for our communities 🍒 and natural views of the Wenatchee Valley 🌄 for #DataCenters the size of 24 football fields. 💀 Very 2026. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... => Echoes of the Talking Heads classic #NothingButFlowers 🌼 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2twY...
I grew up with migrant children playing together in the cherry orchards in Traverse City, MI. while their parents and my Mom, Aunts, and Grams picked cherries. I think it was about 35 cents a lug. A lug is close to a bushel but it's box shaped. They worked hard, and us kids played nicely together. 🍒
May 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I grew up with migrant children playing together in the cherry orchards in Traverse City, MI. while their parents and my Mom, Aunts, and Grams picked cherries. I think it was about 35 cents a lug. A lug is close to a bushel but it's box shaped. They worked hard, and us kids played nicely together. 🍒