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Denman apple pressing draws on growers’ shared equipment

A Grapevine account describes islanders pressing orchard apples with equipment borrowed from the Growers and Producers Association.

The Denman Firestarter · reporting 2024-09-26 · compiled 2026-10-01

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A Denman Island writer described pressing apples from an orchard, a friend’s orchard and a tree on a road allowance using an apple press borrowed from the Growers and Producers Association. ^[1]

The account says the press was bolted to a deck, and the resulting apple pomace was used as livestock feed or shared with farming friends. ^[1]

The writer said household membership in the association costs $20 and that members can use its equipment for free. The issue also lists a seed-cleaning demonstration at the Old School for Saturday, October 12. ^[1]

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