PORTLAND, Ore. – August 26, 2020 – Pear Bureau Northwest (PBNW) is pleased to announce that Neil Ferguson has been promoted to Creative Marketing Manager. Ferguson started at PBNW in 2017 as the organization’s Communications Specialist and has been continually taking on new responsibilities in social media, digital advertising, media communications and website development, driving innovative new promotional tactics and spearheading a range of creative content. Prior to joining the produce industry, Ferguson worked as a marketer, social media manager and journalist. “As a newcomer to the produce industry when I started at PBNW, the last three years have been…

PORTLAND, Ore. – August 20, 2020 – After careful evaluation, the pear industry is releasing the first official estimate of the 2020-21 fresh pear crop for Washington and Oregon. Pear growers and producers from Washington’s Wenatchee and Yakima and Oregon’s Mid-Columbia and Medford districts have estimated this year’s fresh pear harvest at 16.6 million standard box equivalents, or approximately 366,000 tons of fresh pears. The estimate is coming in slightly above last season’s harvest. “Growers throughout Washington and Oregon are reporting beautiful fruit and good sizing,” stated Kevin Moffitt, president and CEO of Pear Bureau Northwest (PBNW). “We are expecting…