California Pears Celebrate Sac Farm-to-Fork Month
California Pears Celebrate Sac Farm-to-Fork Month
California pears are grown only 22 miles away from Sacramento, America's Farm-to-Fork Capital. California pear farmers take pride in caring for their land and supplying the country with fresh, sustainably grown pears. We visited one of these pear farmers, Chuck Baker, in his orchard along the Sacramento Delta. Take a look at this video captured in Chuck's beautiful orchard: The … [Read more...]A Sweet And Nutritious Start To The Day
A Sweet And Nutritious Start To The Day
California pears add the sweetness we crave while offering the nutrition our body needs. California Bosc pears are the star of this Pan-Fried Honey Pears with Ginger Einkorn crafted by Erin Alderson of Naturally Ella. This dreamy recipe is the perfect mix of flavors and textures that satisfies the palate, and it incorporates nutrient dense ingredients that will keep us energized … [Read more...]A Delicious Start To Pear Season
A Delicious Start To Pear Season
A satisfying and refreshing recipe that perfectly accompanies the start of California pear season! At last California pear season has arrived! Most years you can expect to celebrate the start of pear season with a bang (fireworks that is) because the first pears in the USA are typically harvested around July 4. A late cold snap this Spring pushed back harvest a couple weeks, but the wait is over. … [Read more...]A Legacy of Learys
A Legacy of Learys
Dennis Leary, or as he calls himself the “current” Dennis Leary, is the third of his name to farm pears along the banks of the Sacramento Delta. Growing up, he always knew he’d become a pear farmer. As his parents’ oldest son, he was expected to take part in the family business, and luckily for Dennis, this was a business he enjoyed. The … [Read more...]A Visit To A California Pear Orchard
A Visit To A California Pear Orchard
Experience artisan farming and combining the beauty and freshness of California pears! Tucked in a community just thirty minutes outside of Sacramento is one of 60 California pear farms, Greene & Hemly Orchards. The fifth-generation pear farm hosted Erin Alderson of Naturally Ella for a complete experience of their day-to-day operations as well as a tour of the orchards where their pears … [Read more...]Meet The Farmers Who Bring You California Pears
Meet The Farmers Who Bring You California Pears
Today’s California pear farmer is, more often than not, part of a farming family who has been growing pears in the Golden State for generations. Currently, there are approximately 60 pears farmers growing pears in California - many farming on the same land their forefathers planted in decades past. Pear trees live long, productive lives, California pear orchards average between 30 … [Read more...]Chiles Wilson: Doing a Job He Loves
Chiles Wilson
Doing a Job He Loves
Chiles Wilson grew up on his family’s farm along the Sacramento River. From a young age he helped irrigate pears, corn and other row crops, but it was not until he took a summer job at All State Packers that he knew he wanted to work in the farming industry for the rest of his life. At the age of 19 Chiles replaced … [Read more...]Peter Johnson: Family Farming with Purpose
PETER JOHNSON
Family Farming with Purpose
Together Peter, his brother Steve, and mom Susie Johnson, run the Johnson Family Ranch. The fifth generation Johnson family is tilling the same land their great great grandfather settled in the 1880s along the upper banks of the Russian River in California’s Ukiah Valley. [Read more...]Scully Packing Company: The Family that Grows Together
SCULLY PACKING COMPANY
The Family that Grows Together
In 1960 when Phil Scully was attending college, he began working as a fieldman for Gerber Products Company. He handled a variety of crops Gerber sourced from the west coast including pears, apricots and peaches. The job offered Phil his first taste of what would eventually be a lifelong career … [Read more...]