Did you know that until the 17th century, the word “apple” was a catch-all term for every kind of fruit except for berries? A pear was an apple, an orange was an apple—even nuts were called apples! …
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Did you know that until the 17th century, the word “apple” was a catch-all term for every kind of fruit except for berries? A pear was an apple, an orange was an apple—even nuts were called apples! …
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Filed Under: Fruit Tips Tagged With: California, fall fruit, fresh fruit, Pennsylvania
By Erin Mittelstaedt on
At first, I’m not quite sure what I’m looking at. It’s 2010, and I’m in Lodi, California, standing on a dirt path. A wire trellis runs along the path with a plant climbing about halfway up. The …
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Filed Under: Chief Banana, Fruit Tips Tagged With: California, fall fruit, seasonal fruit, winter fruit
By Erin Mittelstaedt on
I absolutely love Asian pears. They come in dozens of varieties, like Hosui and Shinseiki to name a few. Some have thin yellow or yellow-green skin, some have thicker golden skin. Some are small and …
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Filed Under: Chief Banana Tagged With: California, fall fruit, family farm, Pennsylvania, small farms
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For just a few glorious weeks every August, Gravenstein apple trees in Sebastopol, California, shower the farmers who tend them with a bounty of sweet-tart fruit. Some of these trees are more than 100 …
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Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: California, Gravenstein Apple, small farms
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Every year, Americans buy about 8% more organic products than they did the year before. That’s a remarkable rate of industry growth. You’ve probably put a crisp organic apple or head of lettuce into …
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Filed Under: Health and Fitness Tagged With: California, organic farming, small farms, sustainable agriculture
By Erin Mittelstaedt on
Cotton Candy™, Moon Drop™, Muscat, Koshu, Bronx, Concord… these aren’t just carnival foods and town names, they’re unique grape varieties, too. I first tried Concord grapes about 20 years ago in …
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Filed Under: Chief Banana Tagged With: California, farm grants, fruitguys community fund, summer fruit
By Lex Flamm on
It’s shaping up to be a beautiful season for Gravenstein apples. According to farmer Stan Devoto of Devoto Gardens & Orchards in Sebastopol, California, pests have been rare in his orchard this …
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Filed Under: Fruit Tips Tagged With: California, Gravenstein apple farmer, gravenstein apples, gravenstein box
By The FruitGuys on
For fruit lovers, Gravenstein apple season is like Christmas in August. The harvest of this endangered Northern California heirloom apple happens in a very short window of just two or three weeks …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News Tagged With: California, Gravenstein, support small farms
By Lex Flamm on
In some ways, a family farm is just an extra-large kitchen garden. It’s an extension of the home and the people that live there—at least, that’s how fourth-generation farmer Amber Balakian feels about …
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Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: California, farmer of the month, organic farming, stone fruit
By Erin Mittelstaedt on
My wife and I celebrated twenty years together this year—but we’ve only been married for ten of them. Some people have asked me why it took us so long to get hitched, and well, the answer is …
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Filed Under: Chief Banana Tagged With: California, healthy snacks
By Lex Flamm on
The 2023-24 school year was the busiest yet for the FruitGuys Farm-to-School Program, and we couldn’t be more proud of the work our school team has done to bring fresh fruit and vegetables to students …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News Tagged With: California, farm-to-school program, fresh fruit, vegetarian
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It would be pretty fantastic if the fruit in your office could magically replenish overnight. Imagine apples dropping from the ceiling like Christmas presents sliding down the chimney! The FruitGuys’ …
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Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: California, fresh fruit, Texas
By Erin Mittelstaedt on
In 2013, I signed up for a weekly mediation class at the San Francisco Zen Center on a whim. I’m still not a regular meditator but it was a valuable and important class for me. The part that I …
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Filed Under: Chief Banana Tagged With: California, healthy office, return to office
By Lex Flamm on
In the summer of 2012, married couple Shannon Ronan and Breelyn MacDonald put their bartending jobs on hold, tossed their backpacks into the back of their Honda Fit, and left their home in San Rafael, …
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Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: California, healthy office, healthy snacks
By Lex Flamm on
When John Warmerdam was a kid, his school bus didn’t drop him off at home—or even at the corner near his house. Instead, it took him to his family’s fruit packing shed. “That’s where my …
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Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: California, family farm, farmer of the month, stone fruit
By Lex Flamm on
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 …
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Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: berries, California, california farms, farmer of the month, sustainable farming
By Lex Flamm on
Emily Ayala’s voice is both exhausted and euphoric. “We’re starting the harvest of Ojai Pixies today!” she told The FruitGuys over Zoom on Feb. 28, grinning into the camera. “I’ve been up since …
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Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: California, citrus, family farm, farmer of the month
By Lex Flamm on
At 9 a.m. on February 3, 2024, swimmers lined up on the shore of the San Francisco Bay. The chilly water beckoned, droplets leaping up and causing shivers. Then — splash! They dove in and surged …
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Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: California, citrus, farmer of the month, farmers, small farms
By Lex Flamm on
It can be tough to get a farmer on the phone during their busiest season. But when The FruitGuys called Vince Bernard of Bernard Ranch to check in on how his family farm in Riverside, CA, was doing, …
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Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: California, citrus, family farm, farmer of the month, sustainable farming
By Lex Flamm on
Valentine’s Day in the classroom typically features an avalanche of chocolates, conversation hearts, and sugar highs — but you don’t have to join the chaos! With a bit of foresight, you can plan fun …
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Filed Under: Health and Fitness Tagged With: California, farm-to-school program, fresh fruit, healthy kids
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