The LaPierre Family harvests their blueberries by hand in Zillah, Washington. Now harvesting large, firm Draper blueberries with outstanding flavor through July!

A Thai sweet green mango (Mamuang Kiew Sa Wei) is one of the only varietals worldwide that is sweet when green.

Temperatures over the past week reached over 100 degrees in many growing regions including Salinas Valley and Bakersfield. The heat affects our food production, putting not only the plants and fruit at risk but the people harvesting our food.

You may be familiar with the sweet, crisp carrots from Sunrise Organic Farms, or recognize their label on the boxes. But as always, there is plenty more to see when you look deeper: our latest visit with the farmers highlighted their personal touch – a story of family, community, and innovation, of the hard work and good humor needed to make it as farmers in this era.

Rhubarb is very weather dependent and needs a summer temperature of 75° or below for maximum production. Once the temperatures reach 90° or above the plant will start to wilt. The season runs from late March until the end of June. 

Now is the time to get excited, build displays and promote mangos! Mango Mania is at the height of consumer demand, better known as SUMMERTIME! In the heat of the summer, while orchards are most copious, MANGO MANIA frenzy ensues!

Figs love the hot days and warm nights and are grown mainly in the central valley around the Fresno/Madera area to up north of Sacramento in Corning.  

Dwelley Blenheim apricots have a sweet rich flavor, low acid and a smooth texture.

The Peterson family has been farming stone fruit in California’s Central Valley since 1893. Following the generations before them, father-son duo Vern and Erik Peterson are passionate about being good stewards of the land and what it provides. Together, they carry on the 100-year family tradition of organic farming, growing some of the most flavorful Regenerative Organic Certified peaches, plums, apricots and nectarines.