Great fitness tips and more in the Berkeley Wellness Letter. January's password is salmon. Check out the hard copy in your fruitcrate the first Monday of each month. FREE for FruitGuys customers. …
We ♥ Fruit
February is American Heart Month. Not just the chocolate-filled, pink-foiled, "Will you be my valentine?" heart month, but the 10-oz …
Are Your Boots Made For Walking?
Regular exercise is great for you, even without any other complicated changes to your daily routine. A Duke University study showed that walking just 30 minutes a day could help you lose weight and …
Yosemite Gold Rush
Prospecting for gold always makes me hungry. Panning for flakes gets me thinking about crispy corn cereal and managing a sluice box always leaves me craving a juice box. It’s been a long time since …
Bees vs. Seeds
Many FruitGuys customers love seedless mandarins and grapes - they've become increasingly popular and even expected. But did you ever wonder how they get the seeds out? There are many varieties of …
A Note on Swine Flu
A few customers have asked about Swine Flu, fruit, and our packing procedures here at FruitGuys. According to the CDC, Swine flu is transmitted primarily through human contact, not food; we have …
FruitGuy Noir
The Case of the Crate on the Web They were standing around the FruitCrate when all heck broke loose. Jane was trying to convince John that "grapefruit" descended from a dinosaur egg-sized fruit-grape …
Myth Buster
By Chris Mittelstaedt On May 12th, 2007, the kids are still awake. My daughter has a quizzical look on her face as she skeptically slides her freshly-lost tooth under her pillow in a legal-sized …
As The Orchard Turns 2
[SCENE: In a box on the back of a farmer's truck on the way to The FruitGuys.] NECTAR: To be or not to be! That is my question. Whether it is better to suffer the branches and soil of an …
Fruit = Intelligence
Fruit is so good that scientists think it may make chimps smarter. "Chimpanzees remember the exact location of all their favorite fruit trees," wrote Matt Walker on Earth News (A BBC.com website). …
Heavenly Angelcots
“They're here! They're here!” The FruitGuys' buyers exclaim as if they were kids and a favorite rapscallion uncle has just pulled up in a convertible Caddy with a trunk load of fireworks. FruitGuys’ …
Back to Suburban Nature
By Chris Mittelstaedt Wayne, PA, June 1981. It’s a hazy and humid gray-blue Saturday, and the summer beetles are whistle-clicking as I push the riding mower backward out from the garage. I’m in …
Cats and Peaches
When my grandfather was in his 80s, weak and suffering through the New Orleans summer heat, a dark yellow cat appeared at his back door in Metairie, Louisiana. The house was raised on cinder blocks …
Good Morning Starshine
Here are two things that I secretly wish sometimes: 1. That interpretative dance was an acceptable way to start a company meeting. 2. That I hadn’t tried to leap from my desk and spin on the …
Junk Food: Tips to Avoid it
Whether you choose fresh fruit as a healthy snack from a natural impulse or are making a conscious health decision, perhaps the craving for some crunchy or gooshy junk food is still there. Even a …
Real Bodies
Here are some startling statistics: two out of five women and one out of five men would trade three to five years of their life to achieve their weight goals, according to the Eating Disorder …
Profile: Johnson Orchards, Ukiah (Mendocino County) CA
Nestled in the Ukiah Valley, sandwiched between the famous Napa Valley and the redwoods of Mendocino County, is Johnson Orchards, a family farm for more than a century and home to some of the tastiest …
Farm Profile: Lehman’s Orchard (Michigan)
Steve Lecklider wasn't always a farmer. He was a professional clarinet musician playing classical music in South Bend, Indiana. Now he runs Lehman's Orchard with his parents, both retired teachers. …
Pumpkins: Not Just for Halloween
By Heidi Lewis While the glowering Mr. Jack O' Lantern will certainly do some face-melting in the next week or two, inspiring investigation by the budding entomologists in your family, there is …
Highlight from the November Wellness Letter Wellness Tips: Just a Little Bit of Sugar
As part of your FruitGuys subscription, we provide you and your employees online access to UC Berkeley's Wellness Letter, the newsletter of nutrition, fitness and self-care. It translates leading-edge …
