We've had some questions recently about the availability and rising cost of bananas in the grocery store. We've still been able to provide bananas to those clients who want them, but I thought it was …
Nature’s Kiss
Here is what I loved back in 1978: White Tic-Tacs and flying with my dad in his small single-engine airplane. Every year our family would load up and skim the clouds from Philadelphia to New Orleans …
Spring and Wellness
When April rolls around, the sunlight beams a little brighter, the days last a little longer, and I start to think about spring cleaning. The piles on my desk that I haven't moved in a month twitter …
Road-Trip Dreams
During Spring Break one year, we road-tripped up to Seattle. Wildflowers, lush green pastures, and snow-dusted mountains filled the windows of our car as we roll north on I-5. My son looked up from …
Clues to the Berry Blues
In a city filled with gumshoes and private eyes, there's one guy they call to fill in the blanks when it comes to fruit investigations. That's me - FruitGuy noir. I got my start way back in 1974 - you …
Panning for Gold Nuggets & Temple Oranges
There's "Gold" in them-there darn citrus groves! Spring is the darn-tootinist time of the year for citrus, and we've got different varieties in our FruitCrates depending on where you are in the …
Mothra versus California
In "Mothra Vs. Godzilla," Mothra devastates a city while in its larval stage only to re-emerge from its cocoon to join Batra in the fight against Godzilla. Together they save society at large, and the …
Why Kick the Soda Habit?
Because soda, and diet soda, in particular, is one of the most common drinks available in offices, I wanted to share with you an article I saw in the Tuesday, February 5, 2008, New York Times by …
NEWSFLASH: Lawn Darts Aerate Soil Like Worms!
I thought I had the Great American Novel by the tailback in 1995. I grew up in the suburbs where old Pennsylvania farmland - the kind painted by Andrew Wyeth - had been mixed and cooked into 3/4 acre …
Terrell
Usually I like to keep these newsletters upbeat, fruit-filled and funny (hopefully you're laughing with me and not at me) but I feel I would be doing a disservice if I didn't note with great sadness …
It’s Cold Outside, but What Does it Mean?
When I was in college, we'd pack the elevator with students, turn off the lights, and yell - "Molecule!" The car shook in the shaft as we bounced off of each other and the walls, finally tumbling out …
This Year it’s Personal
One of the things that I love about the culture we have here at FruitGuys is that our business is personal. Some might think that's a dangerous strategy - how much do you really want to know about …
FruitGuy Noir in “Fruit Circus”
It was midday when I got the call. I knew from the voice on the other end of the phone that I was in for a doozy. And that was before he said, "Buddy, you're in for a doozy." I pulled on my coat, …
Nature as Medicine
When I was 15, I had two secret wishes: first to become a ninja, second to be an astronaut. As I was already practicing my throwing-stars and rubber nunchucks skills in the backyard, I decided to join …
The Sensational Inspirational Satsuma
Ronnie Gutierrez stopped by to drop off a fresh harvest of Satsumas from his 6-acre grove in Porterville. Ronnie has worked on converting this farm from conventional to organic. His hard work is …
Give Thanks & Cleanse Palate
Ah, Thanksgiving memories. Take for example that holiday in the mid-80's when my dad was in the basement, sprawled flat on his stomach on the cold-concrete floor, with his hand in the sump-pump which …
The Battle for Middle Earth and Middle Girth
San Francisco Bay was invaded in 2007 by 58,000 gallons of oil and fuel after a container ship hit one of the support beams of the Bay Bridge. Super FruitGuys Rebecca and Bridget jumped into action …
A Fruit Surprise October 29, 2007
This story cracks me up every time. . . My daughter walks into the kitchen, holding a chess board. "Dad, can you play chess with me?" Surprised, I say: "Sure, do you know how to play chess?" Her …
Fall Market September 24, 2007
One of my fondest childhood memories of fall was going with my mother to the Lancaster Farmers Market on Lancaster Pike in Strafford, Pennsylvania. The market was inside a huge old fluorescently-lit …
Cute as a Pear Fairy
My girls are on the playground twirling with their arms held out. "Let's play the Fairy Game," they say. They don't say it very loudly, but somehow, almost telepathically, all the six-year-old girls …
