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Featured Farm: Fruit World

Fruit World is famous for its extraordinary Sky Ranch Mandarins, a clementine grown on farmer Bianca Kaprielian’s grandfather’s ranch, which sits atop one of the area’s tallest foothills and is named for its sweeping views of the San Joaquin Valley.  “The topsoil is less than two inches and then solid granite, with a very high mineral content,’ Bianca explains. “The

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Stems and Leaves on My Plate

There is a scene in The Jerk where Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters are eating at a “fancy French restaurant.” After they splurge on “fresh” wine (“This year! No more of this old stuff!”), Martin looks down in horror at his wife’s plate. “Don’t look down, don’t look down!” he says. “Look up! Just keep your eyes up and keep

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Profile: Chaffin Family Orchards

Oroville, CA – Oroville is a gold rush town in Butte County, CA.  Oro means gold in Spanish, and during the Gold Rush prospectors stampeded over the area in a greedy frenzy.   When Del Chaffin came to the area, he was looking for riches of a different kind—a valley where he could grow crops year-round. Del bought land from

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There’s Gold in Them Hills

For those getting on of our fruit mixes, you will notice these little easy-peel mandarins nestled amongst a variety of fruit. At The FruitGuys we treasure all the various fruits over the seasons – the Gold Nugget is the last lucky charm on the string of mandarins that take us from November to June. These Gold Nuggets are from Tangerine

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