Patterson Farm is a 150-acre farm located in Chesterland, OH, and grows peaches, apples, and berries. (Photo Credit: Maggie Puskas)
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Employees at Meister Media Worldwide (founded as American Fruit Grower Publishing Company), visited Patterson Fruit Farm in for the annual company “Mystery Trip.” (Photo credit: Maggie Puskas)
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Dick Meister, Meister Media Worldwide chairman emeritus, talks with Jim Patterson during a recent company trip to Patterson Fruit Farm. (Photo credit: Jeff Florentine)
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Jim Patterson gives Meister Media Worldwide employees some background on his family's orchard. (Photo credit: Maggie Puskas)
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The family offers pick-your-own apples, hay rides, and play area, and a 3-acre corn maze. (Photo credit: Jeff Florentine)
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The farm has been a staple in the area for four generations. (Photo credit: Brad Kish)
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Meister Media Worldwide employees were treated to a riding tour of Patterson Fruit Farm during the company's “Mystery Trip.” (Photo credit: Maggie Puskas)
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Matt Grassi, associate editor of Crop Life magazine, explores a block of apple trees during Meister Media Worldwide's mystery trip. (Photo credit: Maggie Puskas)
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Gary Fitzgerald, Meister Media Worldwide Chairman and CEO (left) talks apple sampling with Christina Herrick, American Fruit Grower associate editor (center) and Jim Sulecki, Meister Media Worldwide Corporate Content Director (right). (Photo credit: Maggie Puskas).
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Patterson Farm in Chesterland, OH, also offers a farm market stocked with doughnuts, pies, fresh cider and apples of course! Meister Media Employees Eileen Fallon, Sue Sterns, and Jim Robinson check out a display of jams and jellies. (Photo credit: Jeff Florentine)
Associate Editor Christina Herrick and Editor David Eddy visit with grower Bill Dodd at his orchard in Amherst, OH. (Photo credit: Maggie Puskas)
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In fact, our entire company has a long history and commitment to the fruit industry. This past fall, the employees at Meister Media Worldwide (founded as American Fruit Grower Publishing Company), visited Patterson Fruit Farm in Chesterland, OH, for our annual company “Mystery Trip.”
Patterson’s Fruit Farm is no mystery, though. The farm has been a staple in the area for four generations.
The family offers pick-your-own apples, hay rides, and play area, as well as a robust 150-acre farm with peaches, apples, and berries; a 3-acre corn maze; a farm market stocked with doughnuts, pies, fresh cider and apples of course!
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Christina Herrick is former Editor of American Fruit Grower magazine and Western Fruit Grower magazine, published by Meister Media Worldwide. See all author stories here.
January 4, 2015 
