Summer School Food Program Success: 8,000 Students Fed at Kern High School District
It’s July 2026, and Kern High School District’s summer nutrition program is in full swing. Cars of students and their families line up in a makeshift drive-thru to pick up boxes of fresh produce that will keep the kids fed for the next two weeks. One by one, they pull forward and pop their trunks […]
Meet a Farm-to-School Grower: Leo Diaz of Bonita Farms
Ask Farmer Leo Diaz of Bonita Farms why he loves working his fields in Southern California, and his voice lights up with excitement. “What keeps me going is the satisfaction of knowing I’m able to provide fresh fruits and veggies to communities,” he told The FruitGuys. “They’re getting healthy produce, those healthy vegetables, to their […]
Best Practices and Tips for Food Safety in Schools
Peek into one of The FruitGuys’ facilities on a day when pre-cut produce arrives, and you’ll see our operations team in full secret service mode. A temperature-controlled truck pulls up to the loading dock, and they jump into the back to check the temperature of the truck and the sliced produce inside. Then, they rush […]
The FruitGuys Shares Fresh Fruit at School Farmers Market
Have you ever handed a shiny red apple or bright pink dragon fruit over to a child and watched their little face light up? On October 18, The FruitGuys Fruit Buyer Miguel Robles was lucky enough to do just that. He set up a booth for The FruitGuys at Twinhill Elementary School in Riverside, California, […]