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Lynden Tribune | Wednesday, February 25, 2015 | Ferndale Record
2015 PROGRESS
The traveling mayor Mayor Scott Korthuis promotes the Oxbo harvester brand from Lynden to the far reaches of the world By Tim Newcomb tim@lyndentribune.com
Scott Korthuis (back row, second from left) is accustomed to being in all sorts of overseas settings, here with a group and an olive/grape harvester in Brazil. (Courtesy photo/Scott Korthuis)
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LYNDEN — Mayor Scott Korthuis chooses an exit row aisle seat, when he has the option. And he has the option plenty, building Oxbo harvester relationships all across the nation and the world, and spending about a week every month anywhere from Brazil to Atlanta or the Netherlands to Wisconsin. Korthuis has worked for Oxbo since 1988, the early days of predecessor company Korvan. While Korthuis was hired on as an engineer, he has served as the product manager for Oxbo’s berry, citrus and tree fruit line for the last seven years. His goal: develop Oxbo markets. Everywhere. Sometimes that means a trade show, such as one he visited recently in Savannah, Georgia. And sometimes that means meeting with farmers or companies, such as the trip he’ll take next month to the Netherlands. On that trip, he’ll meet with four different leaders for a dinner to discuss how Oxbo can help them harvest the jatropha nut, a tree nut made up of 30 percent biofuel. “It grows like a blueberry plant and we have been watching it for 10 years,” Korthuis said. “I’m hosting a dinner to
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