December brings many celebrations including Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and the Dongzhi Festival. But my favorite is the lesser-known winter solstice. This day marks the shortest day (and longest …
Cherries
Cherries are tasty and delicious but also a super food – researchers have found that cherries may help you sleep better, avoid jet lag, and possibly lessen the symptoms of arthritis and gout. The …
Skillet Potatoes and Peppers
Recipe by Rebecca Dienner for The FruitGuys INGREDIENTS 2–3 Yukon gold potatoes 1 green bell pepper, diced 1/2 cup onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 tablespoons vegetable …
How to Resolve a Customer Crisis
(Reprinted from Chris Mittelstaedt’s column, "Eureka," on Inc.com.) Every business makes mistakes. What you do next is the difference between losing customers forever and gaining lifelong …
Simple Beet Salad
Recipe by Rebecca Dienner for The FruitGuys INGREDIENTS Beets, 2–3 large or 4–6 small, trimmed and well cleaned ½ cup onion, thinly sliced (yellow, white, red, or green) 2 tablespoons …
The Bright Sunshine of Citrus
The Season of the Navel Orange, Grapefruit, and Mandarin By Heidi Lewis The bright sunshine of citrus has begun streaming in! Although ostensibly citrus is available year-round, a series of citrus …
20th Century Asian Pear
The 20th Century (or Nijisseiki) is an Asian pear discovered in 1898, Matsudo City, Japan. This green-yellow pear has become one of the most widely grown Asian apple pears in the world and has …
Nonni’s Minestrone
Adapted by Pia Hinckle for The FruitGuys INGREDIENTS 2 bunches of kale (or other hearty greens) 8 small potatoes (or 5 big), scrubbed and cut into 1-inch cubes (peel if desired) 4 carrots, …
Hale’s Apple Farm
In Fall, you can’t miss the explosion of roadside color that is Hale’s Apple Farm as you drive along Route 116 just north of Sebastopol, CA. The riot of piles of brilliant gourds can cause the unwary …
The Big Soup: Minestrone
By Pia Hinckle In Italy, there are as many ways to make minestrone (literally “big soup”) as there are ways to make pasta. Each region has a variation, and each town has a local twist inspired by …
The Bank Scam That Hit My Business
Reprinted from Chris Mittelstaedt’s column Eureka on Inc.com FruitGuys founder Chris Mittelstaedt explains how hackers got into his company's bank account--and how not to let it happen to …
How to Sit Less at Work
You don’t have to qualify as a couch potato to be sitting too much. Most of us spend at least half of our day sitting: at our desks and computers, at meetings or in classrooms, in cars, on transit, …
Apple Russeting
Shakespeare and his contemporaries called these gems “leather-coats.” The Victorians prized them for their look, texture, and taste, and often depicted them in works of art. And lucky for us, russeted …
Roasted Root Veggies with Fresh Herbs
By Rebecca Dienner for The FruitGuys INGREDIENTS Two-three cups root vegetables in 1-inch dice (potatoes and sweet potatoes, scrubbed, peels left on; beets and celeriac, scrubbed and peeled) …
Survival Skills Every Entrepreneur Needs
Reprinted from Chris Mittelstaedt’s column Eureka on Inc.com Technology can make your job easier. But when something goes wrong, you need basic business instincts to back you up. Remember the Air …
7 Deadly Management Sins
Reprinted from Chris Mittelstaedt’s column Eureka on Inc.com How to identify--and root out--your worst human instincts before they infect your team. If there's one thing that's consistent across …
GMO Labeling Initiative
The FruitGuys supports California’s Prop 37, the “Right to Know” GMO (genetically modified organism) labeling initiative. This issue is important to Americans everywhere, not just in California. Yes …
The Fall Finish Line
Image courtesy of Good Humus Produce, Capay CA by Jeff Main of Good Humus Produce, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop OK. Can we finally stop and say summer is finished? We have crossed what …
Braised Kale & Turnips
INGREDIENTS 3 Tablespoons butter 1 lb turnips, trimmed, peeled, halved, cut into ¼-inch wedges 1 Tablespoon garlic, minced 2 cups vegetable stock One bunch raw kale One teaspoon …
Where Does My Fruit Come From?
The FruitGuys buys the best produce we can find from small and local farms whenever possible. Our regional hubs across the country allow us to create local networks of farms and produce wholesalers so …
