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By Chris Mittelstaedt on November 26, 2007
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 …
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By Chris Mittelstaedt on November 11, 2007
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 …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on 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 …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on 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 …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on September 17, 2007
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 …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on September 8, 2007
It's that time of year again: "Newsletter Classics." The time when I re-run an oldie but a goodie. The actors may have changed slightly but the characters and the plot are always the same. …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on September 4, 2007
During my freshman year in college, everyone made each class choice seem dire and grave: "Are you sure you're making the right choice? This is the rest of your life you're talking about here." To let …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on August 20, 2007
Cruising south on the I-5 outside of Kettlemen City, the bow of the minivan cuts into the asphalt like a compass needle fixing us on a distant center of magnetic attraction known as Legoland. The kids …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on August 13, 2007
Harvest Flyer Crates I know we've found a great piece of fruit when, during the taste testing, my mouth starts acting involuntarily, and I can't stop eating fruit until there is nothing but pit left …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on July 30, 2007
Most fruit is named for the farmer (or someone close to the farmer) that cultivated it. Sometimes it is named for a fantastical image that the fruit conjures in mind. Take for example the Elberta …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on July 23, 2007
The Russian River in Northern California bends quietly through the thick redwood covered hills of Sonoma County. Communities of shingled, dark wood river houses are tucked into the musky groves and …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on July 16, 2007
I grew up pretty naive. Before moving from my home town of Philadelphia in the early '90s, I didn't know what to expect of Northern California. I thought that nude beaches were the punch line of a …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on July 8, 2007
I have a confession to make. I love being The Banana. And I just made my world-wide debut on www.youtube.com/user/fruitguys. My fruit-buddy Beth Lisick was with me at an event in Las Vegas recently, …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on July 2, 2007
When Dan, our produce buyer, announced on Friday that we would be getting blueberries for the Harvest Flyer and Organic crates this week, Jeff, our distribution manager told us this. Jeff: "When I …
By FruitGuys Staff on June 25, 2007
Here's my little poem, I've sprinkled it with rhyme Tis an ode to the fresh sweet tastes of fruit in summertime. Week one of grapes has now arrived from warm California sun We've found again the white …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on June 12, 2007
Here's a riddle: What non-human life form looks like a tree, is a gigantic herb and produces a single flower from which 20 hands grow??? If you're thinking of "Tree-Zilla," that terrifying jungle …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on June 4, 2007
Remember when you were a kid and first heard about Swiss Army knives -- "It actually has scissors in it?" What couldn't it do? Finding out about the extras that the things you use have is an important …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on May 21, 2007
Blake Carlson started his farm in 1985 along with his wife, Lisa. They grow grapes, peaches, nectarines, plums, and pluots in the central valley of California. Together with their crew of pickers, …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on April 30, 2007
Mr. Jackson is down on one knee, silver stopwatch in hand. He's smiling and calling out times as runners cross the orange cones at the finish line. Our entire fifth-grade class is bumping up against …
By Chris Mittelstaedt on April 23, 2007
Did I ever tell you the story about the spring I thought I was Bjorn Borg? The entire top drawer of my dresser was filled with deep-pile sweatbands. As it warmed up from winter into spring I'd trade …
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