Subscribe to Our Blog FeedThat isn’t a lofty statement, you know — being the “largest family-owned organic farm in California.” The proof is in the numbers, though, for one Lakeside Organic Gardens, a virtual empire of organic produce unlike anything you’ve ever seen, and they’ve only been around since 1996. Want to Know Just How Big Lakeside Organic Gardens Is?… Read more »
Posts Categorized: fruit
Get Your Organic Tomatoes Here at Tomatero Farm
We’ve been touting so much about the organic fruits of California (and California organic farms, as a whole!) — let’s give out some love for those organic vegetables, namely the tomato (even though that’s still a fruit). They’re especially known for their organic vegetables, and some fruits, but you can only guess what the name… Read more »
2 Top Organic Fruits the Sundance Natural Foods Company Brings to the Kitchen
When you think of fruit, upping the ante of health, quality and goodness almost requires the word ORGANIC. And that’s the namesake of one Sundance Natural Foods Company, a leader in California organic foods and the organic market. You don’t expect anything less from the top marketer of organic citrus as well as an organization… Read more »
Getting Good Grapes From Drake Larson Farm
Grapes? You heard right. Organic grapes, for that matter, and that changes the game for wineries as well. Yes, you can drink wine (already healthy in moderation), but now get the quality of organic homegrown fruit with the grapes from Drake Larson Farm and many other California organic farms for you to explore. But Just How… Read more »
2 Top Secret Weapons for Homegrown Organic Farms’ Product Innovation and Produce
One look at this family-owned farm — Homegrown Organic Farms — and you’ll know right away that you’re not just dealing with a few hundred acres here. This group isn’t just about family, but collaboration to ensure food safety, organics and abundance of the highest quality in fruit and produce since 1998, and here’s the first… Read more »
Here’s Why Cal-Organic Farms Feels Good for You
You might’ve already seen a decent listing of California organic farms right here. If that’s the case, more power to you, but perhaps you’d like a little more depth in one of the oldest farms in California supporting sustainability, freshness and reputation for organic foods, and that’s this little place: They’re Called Cal-Organic Farms And… Read more »
4 Best Berries Ever Eaten at Driscoll’s
For those living under a rock and not even knowing what a kumquat is, Driscoll’s happens to be the quintessential California grower of berries, and for good reason — they have, in fact, been doing what they do for over 100 years. Hard to imagine? Sure, but when family’s involved, it’s not as far-fetched as you think…. Read more »
Well-Traveled Produce
When I made plans to go camping last weekend, I also planned to skip my Friday organic produce box delivery — because who wants a fridge full of fresh produce when you’re a hundred miles away, floating on a blow-up raft and lazily admiring your lakeside campsite? I logged in to my account and was… Read more »
The Joy of Duty
Every summer, I can count on two things like clockwork: the arrival of a jury duty summons and the arrival of wild plums. Sitting here in a crowded assembly room at the Alameda County Superior Courthouse, waiting to be selected for jury duty, all I can think… Read more »
Sharing the Harvest
“Why did you plant two?” I asked my neighbor when I came over to help pick “pear apples” from one of her two huge and overburdened Asian pear trees, which stand just six feet apart in her sunny back yard. “Because I wanted to put up a hammock between them,” she said, “but they got… Read more »
