Last week brought an opportunity that was unlike any I’ve had before. As a representative of The Daily Meal, I traveled to the Yakima Valley in eastern Washington to see firsthand the apple production activities of Rainier Fruit Company. My assignment was to obtain knowledge on apple varietals, their growth patterns and behind-the-scenes processes, synthesizing this information into a ten-image slideshow (you can see the completed article and slideshow here). Given the nature of the trip, I expected that I’d learn a lot (and I did), but what took me by surprise was the way in which my affections were …

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