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Op-Ed: Starting a Business with Your Spouse

Op-Ed: Starting a Business with Your Spouse

Six years ago, my brand-new husband, Charlie, and I launched Right Bee Cider, a mere six months after our wedding. The most common questions I get asked have nothing to do with cidermaking itself, but are focused on our partnership. “How is working with your...
Op-Ed: Cider, to Sell Direct or Broker a Distributor

Op-Ed: Cider, to Sell Direct or Broker a Distributor

Based in Sacramento, California, Two Rivers Cider is a medium-sized operation, producing about 60,000 gallons of cider annually, selling in kegs, cans and bottles to wholesalers. We were a one-man show for the first decade and now have nine employees, including the...
Op-Ed: Farming the Right Apples for the Right Place

Op-Ed: Farming the Right Apples for the Right Place

Perched atop the highest point (1227 feet above sea level) in the small New England town of West Brookfield, Massachusetts, sits Ragged Hill Orchard. Founded in 1984 by orchardist Keith Arsenault, with an eye towards cultivating “antique” apple cultivars, it is now...
Op-Ed: Bees, Trees and Cyser? Yes, Please!

Op-Ed: Bees, Trees and Cyser? Yes, Please!

The beginning of summer is a time of renewal — a time to shed the shackles of winter and traverse the sunlit path to the bright and new upcoming cidermaking and, eventually, cider drinking seasons. Orchards showcase the beauty of blossoms that burst into life...
Op-Ed: Can Cider Help Restore Our Connection to the Land?

Op-Ed: Can Cider Help Restore Our Connection to the Land?

Perhaps some of you apple lovers have seen this cosmic quotation from astrophysicist Carl Sagan: “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” If you substitute “apple pie” for “cider,” I think the meaning is the same: that there...