GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Cherries are officially back in season and Orchard View Farms is ready to harvest. The fourth-generation cherry and apple farm sits on 300-acres of land.

Orchard View Cafe, a seasonal cafe at the Masonic Village Farm Market, is set to open next Friday, May 22, on the grounds of the retirement community west of Elizabethtown.

A cold spring has made Oregon fruit crops late by two weeks. “We’re about as late as I’ve ever seen,” [cherry grower Ken Bailey of Orchard View Farms] said May 23. “Some of our late varieties are just ...

Orchard View has an optical scan sorting system that routes market-quality cherries to the appropriate totes. The system practically eliminates hand-sorting labor costs and results in a product of ...