SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Harvesting Washington state's vast fruit orchards each year requires thousands of farmworkers, and many of them work illegally in the United States. That system eventually could ...

SPOKANE — Harvesting Washington state’s vast fruit orchards each year requires thousands of farm workers, and many of them work illegally in the United States. That system eventually could change ...

To build a “hand” for a robot apple picker, Joe Davidson first had to learn how to pick apples. After all, he was an engineer, not a farmer. “Picking apples seems like a very simple thing to do,” ...

Which fruit picker is best? If you have ever wondered how your apples, pears and walnuts get to the market from the tops of the tallest trees, the answer is simple: a fruit picker. A fruit picker ...

Harvesting the state’s vast fruit orchards each year requires thousands of farmworkers, and many of them work illegally in the United States. That system could change dramatically as at least two ...