Orchard Operations Manager
Okanagan Specialty Fruits
Growers
Canada
Joel Carter is the Orchard Operations Manager at Okanagan Specialty Fruits, managing 1,258 acres of commercial Arctic® apple production in Central Washington. His background combines commercial orchard management with protective canopy engineering and the international sourcing of specialized crop protection fabrics and technologies from South Korea and China. Carter also brings extensive experience in biotechnology regulatory compliance and data systems with the USDA and CFIA. At OSF, he evaluates and implements emerging agtech across high-density orchard blocks, utilizing multi-year canopy density maps and packout datasets to optimize 2D growing systems for field robotics and autonomous machinery.
Wed 21
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Stage 2
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