Our Farmers

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.

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.

At JSM Organics, farmer Javier Zamora grows organic berries, vegetables, and flowers on a 200-acre, certified organic farm. Javier grew up in Mexico and has a deep appreciation for the land. He uses eco-friendly practices like planting cover crops to prevent erosion, feed the soil through nitrogen fixation, and increase biodiversity.

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.

Jack Pandol, a third-generation California grape grower, founded Grapery in 1996. His vineyards in Kern and Tulare counties grow delicious table grapes, including unique varieties like Gum Drops ®, Moon Drops ®, and Cotton Candy ®.

Fruit World is a woman- and LGBTQ+-owned company that markets and sells fruit grown by more than a half-dozen family farms in California’s Central Valley. One of them belongs to CEO Bianca Kaprielian’s family! We love sharing Fruit World’s organic and conventional citrus, grapes, stone fruit, pomegranates, persimmons, and more.