GIFTS

About the Farms:

Séka Hills Farm

As the historical inhabitants of California’s Capay Valley, the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation honors the legacy of their ancestors by protecting and preserving the natural balance in their environment. One of the few tribes with expanding agriculture in California, they own a diverse farming operation centered on estate grown wines and extra virgin olive oils. The Tribe takes great pride in managing and cultivating more than 16 different crops and using best practices for sustainable farming, including the use of beneficial insects, cover crops, mulching, drip systems, and careful crop rotation cycles. In their native Patwin language, ‘Séka’ means ‘blue,’ and in selecting Séka Hills as the name for their line of premium tribal products, they honor the blue hills that overlook their homeland in Northern California’s Capay Valley. 

Séka Hills Elderberry Balsamic Vinegar is perfect for a unique salad dressing, a glaze for grilled salmon, or drizzled over cheese or ice cream. Elderberries have been gathered for centuries for their sweet flavor and health qualities.

Full Belly Farm
Full Belly Farm, in the beautiful Capay Valley of Northern California, has been using organic practices since 1985.  Farm owners Andrew Brait, Judith Redmond, Paul Muller, Dru Rivers, Jenna Muller, and Amon Muller produce vegetables, herbs, nuts, flowers, and fruit year round with the help of about 80 employees. The farm also has a flock of chickens and sheep, a tribe of goats, and several cows. Full Belly’s system includes: growing and marketing over 80 different crops; providing year-round employment for farm labor; using cover crops that fix nitrogen and provide organic matter for the soil; selling produce within a 120-mile radius of the farm; and planting habitat areas for beneficial insects and wildlife. One of the farm’s goals is to integrate farm production with longer-term environmental stewardship.

Organic Peach Jam This Full Belly Farm Kitchen peach jam has just 3 ingredients: organic peaches and organic lemons, both grown on the farm, and organic sugar. Taste summer in a jar on toast, add a dollop to yogurt or ice cream, or on waffles or pancakes. 

Organic Roasted Almonds  Grown and roasted on the farm, these almonds are the perfect healthy snack or addition to salads or parfaits.   

About the Farms:

Mick Klug Farm of St. Joseph, Michigan

Mick Klug Farm is a 3rd generation family-owned and operated farm in St. Joseph, MI known for its high quality produce and delicious fruit. They have been a FruitGuys farm partner for more than a decade. In 2020, they were awarded a FruitGuys Community Grant to fund a project to plant a pollinator hedgerow and add more beehives to their farm. You can taste the benefits of that sustainability project in their hand crafted honey and jams. They are a regular supplier to our Midwest fruit mixes.    

Fruit Blossom Honey Fruit blossom honey is fuller and fruitier in flavor than clover honey.  Our honey is 100% natural, and not pasteurized, so eventual crystallization is normal.  You can dissolve any sugar crystals back into liquid form by heating slightly and stirring.

Jam Mick Klug’s farm jams are classic and simple, using fruits picked at the peak of season.  

Kathy’s Kitchen of Virginia, Illinois

Kathy’s Kitchen is owned and operated by Daryl and Kathy Keylor in Virginia, IL. The art of preserving fresh produce from the garden and the gatherings from nature grew from necessity, to a hobby and then to a business. Old recipes from family and friends are the basis for the “just like Grandmas” taste in every jar. Kathy has won scores of ribbons and trophies at the Illinois State Fair, starting in the early 1960s. The homemade quality shines through because there are no artificial flavorings and preservatives, thickeners, extenders or syrups. 

Spiced Peaches An “oldy but goody” recipe, handed down through the family. Peach halves preserved in cider vinegar, sugar and spices. Tangy and sweet.

About the Farms:

Bedillion Honey Farm is a family-owned apiary offering pure honeys and beeswax from hives in Southwestern PA, WV and OH, and the very best specialty honeys sourced from beekeepers we trust. Mark & Sara Bedillion got their first beehive in 2004 and fell in love with the B life. They are first and second-generation beekeepers who get help from their 4 children during hive inspections, honey harvests, and pollination moves. They like to say, “We keep the bees, and the bees keep us.” 

A favorite at Philadelphia farmers markets, Fifth of a Farm Creations is a family-owned and operated business that handcrafts jams and jellies in small batches using all natural ingredients. This Blue Bell Hill Berry Jam is a blueberry jam named after the Blue Bell Hill neighborhood in Philadelphia. Ingredients: blueberries, sugar, lime juice, pectin.

Frecon Farms in Boyertown, PA is a 3rd generation farm that grows apples, cherries, pears, stone fruit, and blueberries. In 2020, they received a FruitGuys Community Fund grant for a project to erect deer fencing to protect their young fruit trees and crops. A FruitGuys partner for more than a decade, they also make fresh-baked scones, pies, breads,quiche, and cookies.They are a regular supplier of fruit to our Mid-Atlantic fruit mixes. 

The FruitGuys buyers choose a selection of the best available seasonal fruit to add to your special gift. Selections change weekly and regionally.