The second field trip was to Fifer’s Orchard. I really enjoyed seeing that it was a family run business. I was excited to hear about their CSA program, it’s a very good way to get their name out and promote what they’re doing at Fifer’s. We learned how they planted their apple fields, they have a program that you can basically map out like google maps and put it into the system and the machine will follow and plant where you marked within a few inches. I would have thought since they were an orchard that their most popular products would be apples but it was actually sweet corn and pumpkins. We got to see how they sorted their apples, too. As they come in a picture is taken of each individual apple then the system moves it to the group that it fits best into(based on color), then you have the workers take one last look at them as they are packaging them to make sure that they are in the best shape before being shipped out.