Winter is the time of year to keep ourselves extra healthy. The citrus season is picking up and Satsumas are in peak flavor with incredible healthy benefits. Try Earl’s favorite Satsuma smoothie recipes.

Earl’s Thanksgiving Tool Kit has everything you need to help your holiday planning go smoothly! From Earl’s Thanksgiving Checklist, to Pre-Cut and Holiday Herbs order forms, Sweet Potato, Hard Squash and Mushroom Guides to our full line up of Nuts, Seeds and Dried Fruit. Earl’s Sales Reps are available to help create beautiful displays to increase sales, answer any questions, springboard ideas, and generally offer support.

Wild River is a 3rd generation family farm in the outskirts of Marysville, California. Founded by the Noland Family, they farm on 400 acres in the flood plain of the Yuba River and Feather Rivers, which flow from the Sierras into the Sacramento Valley. They grow Kiwis, Fuyu Persimmons, Plums and Pluots, Satsuma Mandarins.

From our frame of reference Side Hill Citrus Satsumas from Lincoln, in the Sacramento foothills have the perfect mix of sweetness, tartness and low acidity, with very little pulp, no seeds and taste like they are melting in your mouth. 

Sweet potatoes are commonly seen labeled as yams, when in reality they are most likely sweet potatoes. Many years ago the U.S. government decided to label sweet potatoes by their color to make things easier. The creamy white flesh ones are labeled sweet potatoes and the orange fleshed ones are sometimes labeled yams.  The USDA requires that sweet potatoes labeled as yams also be labeled as sweet potatoes. Chances are likely that you are buying sweet potatoes regardless of what the label says. Are you still confused?

Now is the season to roast Chestnuts! Chestnuts are a sweet fleshy nut with a starchy texture and a low fat content. Add them to your Thanksgiving stuffing, mash them like potatoes or try adding them to Japanese rice for a fall favorite. Open for links to recipes.

It is that time of year when many California growers transition their wet veg operation, think lettuces, leafy greens, broccoli, cauliflower and celery, from the cooler areas of the Central Coast and Salinas Valley down to the warmer regions in the California desert, Imperial Valley and Yuma, Arizona. Find out what that means for quality in the coming months.

Quince has very hard and bumpy green/yellowish skin that looks like a cross between a pear and an apple. But beware! Do not try to bite into it like an apple, the tart and astringent flesh demands to be cooked before eating.

October is Fair Trade Month. Earl’s Organic offers Fair Trade Bananas year-round. Buying Fair Trade products ensures that farm workers enjoy sustainable wages, safe working conditions and improves their community by collectively investing in social and business projects. $1 per every box of Coliman Bananas purchased goes to the Fair Trade Premium. Every purchase matters!