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Should We Rename Fresh Blood Oranges?

Should We Rename Fresh Blood Oranges?

In 2023, a post circulating on the social media platform Reddit kicked off intense citrus discourse. The photo, captioned “Raspberry Oranges,” showed a peeled orange with flesh so dark red it was nearly black. “Finally, goth oranges,” one commenter wrote, snagging 2,600 likes. Another said, “I kinda just assumed these were blood oranges for people who were afraid of the

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Takeaways From West Coast Produce Expo: ‘Smell Some Crayons’

The idiom “stop and smell the roses” is pretty dang good—but at this year’s West Coast Produce Expo, it got a 21st-century upgrade. FruitGuys Produce Buyer Miguel Esteban Robles came back from the event with a bushel of ideas thanks in part to keynote speaker Erik Wahl. “His message was to be creative, think out of the box, be innovative,

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Field Trip Fun & Good News for 20 Farms

When I walked into the kitchen last Thursday morning, I found my wife, Julie, packing at a furious pace. She was filling a 64-ounce bottle with ice water, chopping apples and strawberries, and bagging up pretzels and saltines. Those snacks were for a very important trip: She was one of the chaperones on our second-grade son’s field trip to Pie

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A Tale of Prison, Peaches, and Persistence

Last year, my family and I had the honor of hearing artist Jeanie Kashima, a longtime friend of my parents, speak about her amazing collages at Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park. Jeannie is Japanese American, and she was born in the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah where her family was imprisoned during World War II. That

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Farmer of the Month: Javier Zamora of JSM Organics

Stepping out of the car and onto the soil of JSM Organics in Royal Oaks, California, felt like setting foot in an orderly kind of paradise. Spring sunshine swept over the strawberry fields and highlighted workers harvesting berries in bright red and yellow shirts. Everywhere I looked, my eyes met green plants or vibrantly blue sky. I arrived at JSM

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