There is more to fruit than meets the taste buds. The vitamins, phytochemicals, and fruit acids that make fruit so healthy can also be effective ingredients in homemade beauty products, natural …
Tales from Lutzka’s Lyft, Part 2
Lutzka Zivny drives for Lyft, an app-based ride-sharing service in San Francisco. She’s been collecting the inspiring, funny, touching, and sometimes bizarre conversations that occur in her minivan …
Clock In and Eat
The Lunch Lady is not dogmatic about breakfast. The Lunch Lady believes that if you eat breakfast and it works for you – i.e., you are maintaining your weight and health – that’s awesome. And if …
How can I tell when my stone fruit is ripe?
Q: How can I tell when my stone fruit is ripe (or ready to eat)? A: To protect stone fruit during delivery, such as peaches, plums, nectarines, and apricots, we send it to you on the slightly …
Why You Should Eat Like an Italian
Do you enjoy homemade tomato sauces, olive oil, berries, and salads fresh from the garden? If so, you might already be eating the Mediterranean way. Unlike many other diets, the Mediterranean …
Smart Snacking at Work
I recently made a simple change to my workday eating routine that has helped me achieve my weight goals—and improved my life. Before, I had been congratulating myself on how disciplined I was about my …
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Today’s strawberry, Fragaria ananassa, with its large, practically perfect berries is the culmination of selective breeding going back centuries to when strawberries were tiny, rare, and found only at …
Tales from Lutzka’s Lyft
We begin an occasional series chronicling life in various workplaces. In this edition, we hear from Lutzka Zivny, who drives for Lyft, an app-based ride-sharing service, in San Francisco. She’s been …
Modern Office Coffee Culture
Oh coffee, is there anything you can’t do? You taste great. You enhance our productivity at work. And you may even be a veritable health-giving elixir that could stave off Alzheimer’s and reduce the …
Off the Grid
Perched above a sandy cove, 80 miles from a paved road in any direction, we set up our camp. It was a simple layout—a cord strung between two rocks for a clothesline; stones circled up for the fire …
Naked Lunch
The mason jar—that humble, old-fashioned glass canning jar—has taken the place of the bento box as the latest lunchtime accessory. And why not? Using a quart-size jar as a container for salad is a …
Watermelon Radish 3 Ways
Watermelon radishes are gorgeous, and perfectly delicious just as they are! They have a nice crunch and a clean taste with just a little kick. Here are a few simple ways to enjoy them: As an …
Perspectives on Drought Part 1: Alexis Robertson of Skyelark Ranch
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 …
2013 GoodWorks
Each year, The FruitGuys GoodWorks program supports people, projects, and good health from the field to the table, and 2013 was a record year for giving. In keeping with the long-held tradition of …
Is it true that The FruitGuys is not offering vegetables anymore?
Q: Is it true that The FruitGuys is not offering vegetables anymore? A: After five years of providing the best mix of excellent organic produce that we could find each week, we have decided to …
California’s Bitter Drought
Image courtesy of NOAA California Governor Jerry Brown declared on January 17, 2014, what farmers and ranchers have known for some time -- the state is in a drought, possibly the worst one in …
Seeing Red
Valentine’s Day may have been co-opted by greeting card companies, chocolate makers, and the romantic love-crowd, but there are so many different kinds of love that I’d argue for a more inclusive …
Eat Fruit & Be Happy
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 …
Potato Sorrel Soup
Recipe courtesy of Red Wing Farm INGREDIENTS 2 cups potatoes, small dice or slices 2–3 cups sorrel leaves, washed and roughly chopped 2–3 cloves garlic, peeled 2–3 tablespoons butter …
Easy Applesauce
Recipe by The FruitGuys INGREDIENTS Apples Water Sugar (optional) Cinnamon (optional) PREPARATION For each apple used, add 2–3 tablespoons water and 2 pinches of ground …
