Constant Change

摘要

NOT many apple growers end up becoming winemakers, but then again, not many growers start out as research entomologists. So the best way to understand Earl Brown & Sons, a vertically integrated family business in Milton-Freewater, OR, is to start at the beginning. Earl Brown began his career back in the 1950s, arriving at the Oregon State University research station in Hermiston. He did tree fruit insect research in Milton-Freewater, which is about 50 miles to the west in the Walla Walla Valley. In the late 1960s Earl, who today at 83 remains the patriarch, became a field man. He began buying small parcels of land and started farming on his own.