A sweet and calming aroma filled the air in front of Steamworks Brewing Co. on Wednesday morning as a mobile hop harvester stripped cones from vines. The harvester rumbled as the tines removed the ...

A cool, dry dawn greeted the six-person crew gathered Thursday morning between the towering, trellised rows at Alexander Valley Hops east of Healdsburg. It was perfect day for gathering the prized ...

Workers at Alexander Valley Hops, east of Healdsburg, brought in their hop harvest on Thursday. The harvest involves gathering 20-foot-long bines — the climbing stems of hop plants — and then feeding ...

GRANGER, Wash. - At the base of a big yellow hop harvester, somewhere above the front wheels, workers shove vines through a hole about the size of a baseball. Unseen machinery slurps them through, ...