Last Thursday, March 20, at 5:01 a.m. EDT, the sun crossed the celestial equator (an invisible line in the sky directly above Earth’s equator). It bathed the northern and southern hemispheres in equal …
FruitGuys Clients Help Project Open Hand Feed Sick Californians
Businesses ordering fresh produce and snacks from The FruitGuys can choose to have their food delivered or to “fruit it forward” to a local hunger relief organization. At Project Open Hand—which …
Is Cleaning Fruit with Baking Soda or Vinegar Really Necessary?
In a viral TikTok video, fitness influencer Jeffrey Harris dumps strawberries, blueberries, and grapes into bowls. He fills the bowls with water and tops them off with a mix of apple cider vinegar and …
Citrus Family Drama: Meet the Original Citrus Fruits
For the last few months, our team has been working with fruit experts at the University of California, Riverside to create a Citrus Family Tree. It turns out the oranges, grapefruits, and tangelos we …
2025 Spring Fruit Guide: What’s In Season Now?
As much as we love winter fruits like navel oranges and pomegranates, it’s always a pleasure to watch the seasons change and the farm-fresh produce available change with them. There’s nothing quite …
Market Update: How 2024 Hurricanes Impacted Fresh Citrus Fruits
In the fall of 2024, back-to-back hurricanes Helene and Milton made landfall in Florida and tore through its orchards of fresh citrus fruits. High winds stripped trees of their leaves, knocked oranges …
5 Work Lessons I’ve Learned From Speed Packing Lunch
My wife, Julie, and I have an informal competition going on at home: Who can make the kids’ lunches the fastest? In all fairness, it’s not really a competition because Julie always wins. But I like to …
5 Earth Day Office Activities to Engage Your Team
In the modern workplace, more companies are prioritizing sustainability alongside productivity, and employee preferences are spurring them on. A 2023 Deloitte survey found that more than two–thirds of …
Meet the Flynns: Pioneers in Sustainable Corporate Snacks
Until 2019, Bryan Flynn thought that most plastic snack packaging was recyclable. Then, he and his wife Kate cofounded the snack company Sun & Swell, and he discovered the truth: Almost every …
Where Do Citrus Fruits Come From? Check the Family Tree!
Our team at The FruitGuys is chock–full of fruit experts. We can talk your ear off about Ojai Pixie tangerines, wax eloquent about the difference between a mandarin and an orange, and discourse for …
How to Make Beautiful DIY Fruit Platters for the Office
Wondering how to wow your colleagues at the next office extravaganza? Try using fresh fruit from your FruitGuys box (or the grocery store) to create memorable, enticing fruit platters. They’ll …
March Produce Update: What to Expect in Your Fresh Fruit Delivery
We’re still a few weeks away from the vernal equinox (the official beginning of spring), but in California, it's starting to feel like a new season. The hills in San Francisco are finally green again …
Ojai Pixie Tangerines: An Epic Crop Is on the Way!
When The FruitGuys called farmer Emily Ayala of Friend’s Ranches on February 20, her team was gearing up to harvest an enormous crop of Ojai Pixie tangerines. “It’s more than twice as big as last …
Love Peanut Butter? Try These Organic Healthy Snacks
When Gael Orr was a little girl in the 1970s, her mother came home from the grocery store in the tiny town of Nunda, New York, with something special: a jar of organic almond butter made by the local …
The Surprising Health Benefits of Eating Fresh Fruit Daily
When people find out that I work for a fruit company, their next question is often, “So what are the health benefits of fruit, really?” It’s easy to talk about the physical benefits: Fruit boosts our …
This California Citrus Grower Melds High-Tech Farming and Family Values
Marcus Marderosian looks forward to Cara Cara orange season every year. This sweet, low-acid citrus is a type of navel orange, and it typically pops up around Christmas and lingers through spring. You …
Cheers to 27 Years of Corporate Fruit Delivery
This week marks twenty-seven years since The FruitGuys—and the concept of corporate fruit delivery—was born. The story goes that my brother, Chris, and his wife, Pia, had recently moved back to San …
15 Reasons Office Fruit Delivery Is a Win for Employees and HR
Back in the early ‘90s, there was no such thing as office fruit delivery. Most workers powered up with a steady stream of vending machine candy bars and strong black coffee. But that all changed in …
The Best Assortment of Fruits for Heart Health
A vibrant, varied diet is a cornerstone of cardiovascular health, and fruits play a starring role. Packed with essential vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and fiber, these natural wonders can …
Small Farm Grants Made Big Impacts on These 20 Farms
Many small-scale farmers want to rebuild their soil, support their local pollinators, or share more environmental education with their communities—but a lack of funding holds them back. That’s where …
