Ambassador of Fruit →
Dr. Esmail “Essie” Fallahi, an Iranian pomologist and University of Idaho professor who works at the school’s research center in Parma, has been the state’s fruit guru for almost 20 years, working on everything from improving apple irrigation to finding the best way to thin a plum tree.
A really fascinating read about rethinking uses for farmland that can no longer produce traditional crops as cost-effectively as foreign competitors.
