Profiles

Live from the Hedgerow

By Shannan Slevin on

A mini donkey named Pinocchio steals the show in a video about Lagier Ranches and its native plant hedgerow financed by The FruitGuys.

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Apples for All

By Heidi Lewis on

To satisfy the sharp desire I had Of tasting those fair apples, I resolved Not to defer; hunger and thirst at once / Powerful persuaders, quicken'd at the scent Of that alluring fruit, …

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Winter on the Farm

By Heidi Lewis on

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 …

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From Law to Lambs

By Heidi Lewis on

“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

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

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

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Hungry for Farmland

By Stephanie Rosenbaum on

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 …

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Buy a Box; Save an Apple

By Miriam Wolf on

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 …

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Perspectives on Drought Part 1: Alexis Robertson of Skyelark Ranch

By Alexis Robertson on

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 …

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Eat Fruit & Be Happy

By Alexander Scaletta on

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 …

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Navels from the Orange Patch

By Heidi Lewis on

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

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10 Fun Facts About Citrus

By Alexander Scaletta on

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

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Animal Farm

By Kim Jordan on

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

  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 …

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The Last Pixie Show

By Friend 's Ranch on

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 …

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Apple Farmers Benefit from Grav Box

By FruitGuys Staff on

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

Tales of Tomato Season

By Seth Wright on

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 …

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

By Seth Wright on

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

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Profile: Olson Family Farms

By Heidi Lewis on

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.

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A Little Apricot History

By FruitGuys Staff on

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 …

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