The FruitGuys Farm-to-School Program

Our Farmers

We proudly source more than 40 percent of the produce for our Farm-to-School Program from local California farms! Many of our farm partners are from multi-generation farming families, and several are women, BIPOC, or from other marginalized communities. 

The FruitGuys has been building long-term relationships with California farms since 1998. 

Below, you’ll find the stories of just a few of our many farm partners. We’re proud to call these folks our friends, and to work with them to bring your students the freshest, healthiest, most beautiful fruits and veggies around.

Farm Stories

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King Fresh Produce

Dinuba, California

King Fresh’s story goes all the way back to 1933—the year that young farmer Dee Wilson left Oklahoma behind to become a California farmer. Today, King Fresh Produce grows grapes, cherries, pomegranates, and citrus fruits on more than 4,000 acres in California’s San Joaquin Valley and beyond.

Rocking Chair Farm Markets

Kingsburg, California

Blake and Lisa Carlson have grown stone fruit on their family farm in Kingsburg since 1984, and many of their workers have been with them since the beginning. They’ve supplied The FruitGuys with juicy nectarines, peaches, and plums since 2007.

Olson Family Farms

Kingsburg, California

The Olson family has farmed in Kingsburg, California, for an impressively long time—since 1889! The Olsons have used organic practices since day one (since before we even used the word organic!) and today their farm grows at least seventy-five varieties of certified organic stone fruit, including peaches, plums, apricots, and nectarines.
Family in the orange groves, kids holding fruit

Kings River Packing

Sanger, California

Kings River Packing dates back to 1853 when farmers William and Mary Hazelton settled in California’s Central Valley. Eight generations on, the family is still growing, packing, and shipping organic and conventional citrus, including fun varieties like Raspberry Oranges ® and Minneola tangelos.
Kingsburg Orchards team in the orchard

Kingsburg Orchards

Kingsburg, California

Kingsburg Orchards is owned and operated by a fifth-generation farming family. They partner with other farmers to grow, pack, and ship more than 200 varieties of apples and stone fruits (including white nectarines, apple pears, and apriums—a plum/apricot hybrid) in California’s San Joaquin Valley.
Family of farmers standing in an orchard

Bee Sweet Citrus

Fowler, California

Founded by fruit sellers Jim Marderosian and Alan Derderian, the folks at Bee Sweet Citrus have been busy as bees packing and shipping California citrus since 1987. Bee Sweet supplies sweet-tart delights like oranges, lemons, grapefruits, and mandarins year-round.

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