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I’m sitting at a small desk in a classroom at Valley Forge Middle School in Wayne, Pennsylvania, watching as the clock ticks toward 3:30 p.m. Every tick brings me closer to the end of the school year and the beginning of summer. I’m practically vibrating with the excitement of being free from classes and homework for a few months. Who
Last time you sat down to eat at a local restaurant, did it have a list of the farms it sources from on its menu? This is pretty commonplace now, but it wasn’t always so. Activists spent decades working to get local produce into the spotlight. And possibly the biggest contributor of all was Carlo Petrini, the founder of Slow
I’m standing near the sidelines of the soccer field, trying not to pace. My eldest son, age 9, grimaces in the goal as the ball flies past him and the other team scores—again. Our team is getting cooked, as the kids say. I’ve lost track of how many shots have made it over and around my goalie son, but it’s
It’s Sunday morning, and I’m sitting on the hard cement steps that serve as bleachers for my nine-year-old son’s baseball game. As I pull my coat over my sweatshirt to protect myself from the windy, gray San Francisco weather, a dad on our baseball team turns and holds out a Tupperware container. “Want a cherry?” he asks. He’s offering lovely,
It’s 2016, and I’m sitting in the conference room at The FruitGuys’ office in South San Francisco, California. Chris, our CEO at the time, leans forward and asks, “So, we want to move forward with B Corp?” I don’t have to think about my answer, and neither does Erik, our president. We both respond with a resounding, “Yes!” Becoming a
Spring is a funny season in the fruit world. To me, it feels like the appetizer (or, if we’re being fancy, the amuse-bouche) before a lovely meal. It’s delicious and whets our appetite, but it’s not the main course—that’s summer fruit! Still, I love the warm weather and seeing the flowers and trees bloom. And our farm partners are picking
Last week, I shared a few ideas for greening up your office space for Earth Month. Today, I’m digging deeper into one of those: adding office plants! It turns out indoor plants (and even just photos of plants) can help boost your team’s health. Studies show they may be able to do some amazing things, like lower blood pressure, increase focus, and
I’m visiting a client in Nashville, Tennessee, and my contact is leading me through a maze of hallways in their office building. We turn one last corner and come face-to-face with a door set into a glass wall. Beyond it, I see green plants and blue sky: It’s a rooftop garden! The lovely space is full of bushes, trees, and
Walking through the grocery store or hunting through food delivery options online can feel a bit like swimming in alphabet soup. There’s so much terminology floating around in ads and messages, especially when it comes to buying things like fresh fruit: green, eco-friendly, sustainable, organic, and regenerative, just to name a few! Here at The FruitGuys, customers often ask us
I’m washing dishes in the kitchen when I hear an odd sound from the bathroom: Screeeeeech. The noise pauses, then—BANG! Something heavy hits the floor. I freeze, but I don’t hear any tears or wailing. So I dry my hands and walk calmly across our apartment to the bathroom. When I peek inside, I see our five-year-old son climbing down
“Hey, Fruit Lady,” the man sitting in the row behind me whispers, “Hey, Fruit Lady, what is this?” I peer back over my shoulder to see him holding up a piece of The FruitGuys’ fruit he just peeled. It’s some kind of citrus, and I can see curls of dark orange skin in his lap. He peels apart sections of
This Friday is Employee Appreciation Day. To me, Employee Appreciation Day is a lot like Valentine’s Day—they’re both reminders of things we should be doing all year long. If you’re already showing appreciation and love to keep your spouse happy or boost engagement and retention on your team, then the holidays are kind of unnecessary. But I like the reminder
This past weekend, my wife and I sat down to review my upcoming work travel. I winced as I told her that I might need to extend my next trip for another night because of an extra meeting. She looked at me thoughtfully and said, “Let go of the guilt, and do what you need to do.” I think I
Happy Black History Month! At The FruitGuys, we always try to honor this special month by celebrating the Black-owned snack brands and farms that we partner with. But we also believe in supporting the Black community year-round, because just like it took more than one march to build the Civil Rights Movement, it will take more than one month of effort per year
A few years back, in that post-COVID time when people were starting to meet in person again but many workers were still at home, I visited one of our clients in New York. I remember asking her how many people were in the office, and she shared that it was still very light. Then, I asked how often she and
Let’s play a game. Every week, The FruitGuys donates fresh fruit, veggies, and snacks to feed people in need across the country. It’s not a big percentage of what we deliver, but it really adds up. So, how much do you think we donated in 2025? In 2025, The FruitGuys donated enough food to feed people in… 15 sold-out NFL
Today, I helped give a tour of The FruitGuys’ South San Francisco facility along with Nicole, our operations manager. She stopped beside a big case of oranges, grabbed one, and pulled out her refractometer to demonstrate how we test a fruit’s Brix. Meet Brix: A Shortcut to the Sweetest Fruit Brix is a measurement of the sugar content in a
As I write this, I’m peeling a small Kishu mandarin in my sister’s kitchen in Montana. We just arrived from California, and I brought these sweet little citrus fruits with me. There isn’t much local fruit available here right now (no surprise, since it’s currently 19 degrees), so I thought I’d bring my family something fun and fresh from home.
Science has told us for years that fruits and vegetables are two of the healthiest things we can eat. So, when I opened up my news apps last week, I was happy to see that the federal government’s new food pyramid puts them on top! New Federal Guidance on What to Eat On January 7, the government released the newest version of
As my youngest son leans over the open fruit box, his face scrunches up. He’s trying to hold one eye shut and use the other to peer through his magnifying glass. “What are you finding me, love?” I ask. “Lots of orange juice!” he replies. He’s in full fruit detective mode, leaning over our family’s box from The FruitGuys and
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