This is a CHUKAR OPERATIONS update from rural Prosser in Washington cherry country. It’s an interesting time for food and confectionery manufacturers of all sizes. Considered ‘essential’, food processing continues. Yet, most everything has changed inside any manufacturing facility.

I believe each of us are unique in what energizes us in terms of foods we eat, the exercise we need, and the effect of nature and its beauty in feeding us joy. There’s plenty of healthy reasons to eat a cherry or more daily.

At Chukar, we love cherries. Cherries are delicious and a nostalgic reminder of summer. There are many reasons we are fond of this fruit, but our new favorite reason; cherries are good for you. A new review of 29 published studies regarding the health benefits of cherry consumption just debuted in the journal Nutrients.