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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Yellow Wall Farm

Santa Cruz, California

Allen and Judy Rose Hasty grow organic peaches, pears, apples, persimmons, citrus, vegetables, and more on a tiny family farm in Santa Cruz. Though their crops cover just under three acres, they have big flavor! Keep an eye out for their rare varieties.

Hand reaching into a container of yellow apples

Gowan Orchards

Philo, California

The Gowan family has grown heirloom apples in Mendocino County for six generations—since 1876! They use organic and sustainable practices to raise their fruit, and as of 2022 had eighty-four apple varieties in their orchard, including several rare ones.

Earthseed Farm

Sebastopol, California

Earthseed is an organic, women-owned, and BIPOC-owned farm. Its team uses eco-friendly permaculture methods and Afro-Indigenous practices to grow Asian pears, persimmons, apples, blackberries, raspberries, and more.

Devoto Gardens & Orchards

Sebastopol, California

Stan started farming apples in 1975. Since then, he has planted over ninety varieties, plus flowers and wine grapes! We’ve added his Sebastopol Gravenstein apples (an endangered heirloom variety) to our annual Gravenstein Apple Box since 2006 to help Stan save it from extinction. Stan and his team pick their organic apples by hand for the best quality and flavor.

Appleseed Farms

Sebastopol, California

John Kolling farms more than 100 acres of organic apples at Appleseed Farms in Sebastopol, California. He specializes in growing Gravenstein apples—an endangered heritage variety listed in the Ark of Taste. The FruitGuys celebrates Gravensteins each year in our Gravenstein Apple Box!
Two smiling farmers, one man and one woman, in front of fresh fruit at a farmers market

Ferrari Farms

Linden, California

Ferrari Farms is a third-generation family farm in Linden, California. The Ferrari family takes pride in growing flavorful organic cherries, apples, and walnuts without synthetic herbicides or pesticides. To protect the environment, they power their packing facility almost entirely with solar energy.

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