Frecon Farms, in southeastern Pennsylvania, is as rich in history and community as it is in apples and stone fruits. Founded in 1944 by Richard S. Frecon and his wife, Martha, the orchard started as …
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Got Bees at Work?
In 2015, the side lot next to The FruitGuys headquarters in South San Francisco was a gravelly, unused, weed-infested strip of land. Today it’s abuzz with activity, transformed into a cozy home for a …
A Fruitful Year of Giving
Since the company’s inception, giving back has been part of The FruitGuys mission. In 1998, we started donating fresh produce to local charities to provide healthy food to those who might not …
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 …
Farmers on Food Safety
By Judith Redmond of Full Belly Farm, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm ShopWhen I first heard the term “food safety” I knew that even the term itself was a problem, representing an approach to …
Subsidizing Big Ag
Small Farms Left Out of Farm Bill By Charlene OldhamWhen the first “farm bill” was created in the late 1930s to help family farms, horses and hand plows were as common on farms as Model …