The cherry harvest is going strong here in Washington. Though farmers were jittery after a cool and wet May, superb fruit quality coupled with buoyant prices meant good news for farmers – and a bounty of cherries for you! What’s more, various indicators suggest that fresh cherries should fill grocers’ stands through August.
That’s made us very happy here at Chukar, where we only use local fruits for our cherry-inspired confections. Not that we needed to worry; Washington grows close to 40 percent of the nation’s sweet cherries, making it America’s top producer of the fruits. Areas of the state also grow tart cherries, and made Washington the third largest producer nationwide this year, after Michigan and Utah.
What makes Washington such a great cherry state? A few factors, actually. Fertile soils, irrigation technologies, and dry climate all optimize cherry cultivation in the region. Much of this production takes place in Yakima, Grant and Benton counties – the top three farming counties in the state. Needless to say, all three enjoy prime cherry-growing soil and, as they’re right in our backyard, provide Chukar with most of our fresh cherries.
During harvest, we transform cherries fresh-from-the-tree into pure food products, when natural sugars, flavors, and consistency are at their prime. The best and freshest cherries of the nation are the number one ingredient in our products. In other words, we’re not just Nature’s Best, we’re the nation’s best! Guaranteed.










