Global InformationStemilt Growers information
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Fruit |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Founder | Tom Mathison |
| Headquarters | Wenatchee, Washington, U.S. |
Key people | West Mathison, President |
| Products | Cherries, apples, pears, peaches, nectarines |
Number of employees | 1,500 |
| Website | www.stemilt.com |
Stemilt Growers, owned by the Mathison family, is a family-owned tree fruit growing, packing and shipping company based in Wenatchee, Washington. Stemilt is the largest fresh market sweet cherry shipper in the world,[1] and one of the nation's largest grower-packer-shippers of apples, pears, cherries, and stone fruit. Its signature apple varieties include Piñata, Honeycrisp,[2] Gala, and Pink Lady. The company is also a leader in organic fruit production, producing 26% of Washington's organic apples and 32% of the Pacific Northwest's organic pears.[3] In 2008, the company shipped over 20 million boxes of fruit and employed 1,500 people full-time.[4]
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- ^ Dininny, Shannon (23 April 2009). "Stemilt has all-organic peaches, nectarines". Seattle Times. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ^ "Apple industry icon dies from cancer". Seattle Times. 30 December 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2009.