My youngest son took a bite of an apple the other day and scrunched his face like he had just sucked on a sour candy. Being only three, he opened his mouth, stuck out his tongue, and dropped the piece …
The FruitGuys Ramps Up Hunger Relief With Food Connect Group
Hunger and food insecurity affect every corner of our society, and they’re often closer to home than we realize. No one can thrive on an empty stomach, yet sadly 47 million people in the US are facing …
Goodbye Valencias, Hello Navels! A Quick Orange Update
Why did the orange stop? It ran out of juice! Bad toddler jokes aside, our supply of Valencia oranges really is slowing down. We source Valencias for our boxes from late spring through summer, …
Manage Employee Stress With Relaxing Microbreaks
If you’re an HR professional, then you probably know how it feels to watch an employee teeter on the brink of burnout. It’s a scary feeling—but you can help prevent it. I know because putting that …
5 Ways to Celebrate National Fruit at Work Day
Tuesday, October 1, 2024, is—drumroll please—the 10th annual National Fruit at Work Day! This niche but momentous occasion is your opportunity to celebrate the joys of eating fruit at work. Why …
Behind the Scenes at Brittany’s Bees: A Small Farm Grants Story
Farming is an exercise in patience. On average, it takes three years for a new fruit tree to bear fruit. Even fast-growing vegetables, like spinach and radishes, typically need at least 25-30 days to …
Farmer of the Month: Tyler Hollenbach of Subarashii Kudamono
Every spring, the AsaJu Asian pear trees in Subarashii Kudamono’s orchards release a shower of delicate white petals. The falling flowers reveal tiny pears the size of marbles—and that’s when the real …
How Small Farms Are Putting Their 2024 Farm Grants to Work
Supporting small farms is a major part of our mission at The FruitGuys. We source fruit from independent farms for our fruit boxes whenever we can, and we also award farm grants every year through The …
The ‘Why’ Behind The FruitGuys’ 100% Satisfaction Guarantee
Sit back and relax, because it's time for a little FruitGuys fairytale. 'The Princess and the Pomme' There once was a princess who lived in a tall, tall castle on the Isle of Man-hat-tan. Every day, …
Low-Sugar Office Snacks: How Rip Van Is Changing the Game
In 2017, business partners Rip Pruskin and Marco De Leon walked into a factory in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, with smiles on their faces. They were there to flip the ceremonial switch on the production …
Employee Health and Wellness Tip: Stop and Listen to the Bugs
“What’s that noise?” My 8-year-old son asks. It’s almost pitch black as we walk across my in-laws’ front lawn in rural West Virginia. It's 9:30 p.m. and we’re in a holler (a narrow valley between …
Farmer of the Month: Clair Kauffman of Kauffman Orchards
Kauffman Orchards in Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, turns out super-sweet Saturn donut peaches, glossy Ruby Queen plums, and crisp Ginger Gold apples every year. But Orchard Manager Clair Kauffman is a …
August Apples in Season From West to East
I hope you’ve enjoyed these last few months of peaches, nectarines, and plums because their summer season is starting to wind down. We’re still seeing lovely stone fruit for the moment, but August …
Savory Apple Tarts: A Gravenstein Apple Recipe
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 …
How to Stop Emotional Eating: Tips From a Nutritionist
About fifty percent of us are emotional eaters: people who turn to food not only when hungry, but when bored, lonely, or stressed. This is not a healthy approach to eating. An August 2004 report from …
Supporting Local, Small Farms Can Help Change Our Food System
Helen, my wife's late grandmother, loved the Christmas holiday growing up. It wasn’t the presents that made it special. (Her family lived in rural West Virginia during the Depression and could rarely …
What Does Organic Mean?
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 …
Wait, When Is Grape Season? Your California Update
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 …
Want Healthy Snacks for the Office? Try Cooper Street
When Max Surnow was a kid, his family left Michigan every summer for their cabin in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. He and his brother Sam spent days mountain biking at the foot of Sunset Peak and hiking …
Ask a Farmer: FAQs About Gravenstein Apples
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 …
