Profiles

Winter on the Farm

By Heidi Lewis on November 10, 2015

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. —William Blake Winter is finally here in drought-stricken California, and we’ve gotten a break from all that balmy, summerlike weather we’ve …

Tagged With: drought, winter

From Law to Lambs

By Heidi Lewis on September 18, 2015

“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from a cornfield.” —Dwight D. Eisenhower Dick Blair and Betty Hui are second-career farmers. Blair spent 35 years …

From Pastry to Plow

By The FruitGuys Community Fund on May 26, 2015

Chocolates and Tomatoes Farm in Poolesville, MD, is a four-acre farm that strives to be sustainable, colorful, and delicious. And while we didn’t choose Chocolates and Tomatoes for a 2015 The …

Less Time to Chill

By Pia Hinckle on April 23, 2015

California farmers grow a tremendous amount of the produce we eat, but the effects of climate change are taking their toll.

Tagged With: Agriculture, California, drought, stone fruit

Hungry for Farmland

By Stephanie Rosenbaum on July 31, 2014

Clear Spring Farm, PA. If you live in an eco-conscious region fighting to preserve its local family farms, chances are you’ve seen bumper stickers such as “Know your farmer, know your food.” “I …

Tagged With: farm, small farms

Buy a Box; Save an Apple

By Miriam Wolf on July 25, 2014

Like the snowy owl and the snail darter, foods can be endangered too. If farmers stop growing your favorite variety of tomato because it’s too hard to ship or too prone to pests, we come that much …

Tagged With: California, farm, GoodWorks, Gravenstein

Perspectives on Drought Part 1: Alexis Robertson of Skyelark Ranch

By Alexis Robertson on January 29, 2014

Recently, California’s growers and water districts approached Governor Jerry Brown to declare California in a state of drought. It has been one of the driest winters on record and the state’s …

Tagged With: California, drought

Eat Fruit & Be Happy

By Alexander Scaletta on January 22, 2014

BOYERTOWN, PA -- You may think “farmer direct” and “local produce” are trendy concepts invented for the millennium, but Boyertown, Pennsylvania’s Frecon Farms has been getting their fruit directly …

Tagged With: apple

Navels from the Orange Patch

By Heidi Lewis on December 19, 2013

This family farm grows citrus of all kinds under the Arizona sun.

Tagged With: citrus

10 Fun Facts About Citrus

By Alexander Scaletta on December 12, 2013

Pericarps? Scurvy? Asian origins? Impress your friends and fellow fruit fanatics with these ten facts about citrus!

Tagged With: antioxidants, California, citrus

Animal Farm

By Kim Jordan on November 19, 2013

This farm in Morrisville, PA, received a 2013 grant from The FruitGuys Community Fund that allowed them to introduce animals to their land.

Arizona’s Own Valley Farms

By FruitGuys Staff on November 11, 2013

At 4,000 feet, the Willcox area in Northern Cochise County, AZ, was known as the “Cattle Capital” in the Old West days. Situated near Dos Cabezas Mountains, Willcox is now a major producer …

Tagged With: organic farming, organic fruit, sustainable farming

The Last Pixie Show

By Friend 's Ranch on October 23, 2013

Ever wonder what an Ojai Pixie does during the off-season? Well here is a little insight about the secret lives of out-of-season Pixies. Lately some friends of mine, during our usual after-school …

Tagged With: California, citrus

Apple Farmers Benefit from Grav Box

By FruitGuys Staff on August 30, 2013

When customers purchase our Gravenstein box, we give a portion of the proceeds back to the farmers. Meet a few of them here!

As I drive around the valley, everywhere I look, tomato plants are quickly growing larger. Watching them grow is torture because tomatoes have been on my mind since they went out of season early last …

Tagged With: California

Ten Tasty Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About the Peach

By Seth Wright on August 14, 2013

To celebrate National Peach Month, here are 10 interesting facts that you probably didn’t know about the peach.

Tagged With: California, nectarine, stone fruit

Profile: Olson Family Farms

By Heidi Lewis on July 28, 2013

This organic stone-fruit farm in California's Central Valley was started over a hundred years ago by the same Swedish family that runs it today.

Tagged With: California, nectarine, organic farming, organic fruit, stone fruit

A Little Apricot History

By FruitGuys Staff on June 19, 2013

from Good Humus Produce, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop A combination of Royal and Blenheim Apricots From the Luxemburg Gardens in Paris to England’s Blenheim Palace to the imperiled orchards …

Tagged With: California, heirloom fruit, stone fruit, summer

Lots of Heat Means Good Eats

By Seth Wright on June 12, 2013

By Seth Wright, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop This 2013 has been an unusually hot and dry spring here in the Capay Valley. The rain, which usually occurs from January until the end March, …

Tagged With: California, figs, melon, stone fruit, summer

New Family Farm

By Heidi Lewis on May 23, 2013

California's New Family Farm, one of the recipients of a grant from The FruitGuys Community Fund, works the land with horses instead of tractors.

Tagged With: California, family farm, fruitguys community fund, organic farming, sustainable farming