Our Farmers

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 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.

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.

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!

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.

Lagier Ranches is a small family farm that grows, packs, and ships fresh organic fruit. Husband-and-wife farmers John and Casey Havre grow delicious citrus, cherries, and grapes. Casey has been farming since she was just 16 years old! The Havres also use their fruit to craft products like lemon juice and raisins.