The Heart and Soul of Legend Produce
It’s all melons all the time at Legend Produce Company. The company, which was started in 1999 by partners Barry Zwillinger and Pat Tucker, is currently the largest supplier of cantaloupe in the U.S. Not only do they grow and ship melons from the major cantaloupe ...
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Meet the Farmer: Bill Colace
Meet the Farmer: Bill Colace
Around the country, most farmers are celebrating another harvest and looking forward to the fallow winter season. However, at Five Crowns Marketing, located in the Imperial Valley in very southern California, the last crop of cantaloupes will not be harvested until mid-October. ...
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Meet The Farmer: Berj Moosekian
Meet The Farmer: Berj Moosekian
Berj Moosekian followed his family into the California cantaloupe business. Since 1915, V.H. Azhderian & Company has been growing and shipping from California’s the San Joaquin Valley — but as Berj tells it, the story spans more than 100 years and two ...
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Meet the Farmer: Garrett Patricio
Meet the Farmer: Garrett Patricio
Garrett Patricio started his career as a certified public accountant and a lawyer in San Francisco and Fresno, but found his calling when he went to work for his family’s business, Westside Produce.
Garrett was one of three young hires brought on in 2005 to help ...
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Meet the Farmer: Alec Smith
The California Cantaloupe Honest to Goodness Blog is planning a series of posts to introduce cantaloupe lovers to the people who grow their favorite fruit.
When we called cantaloupe farmer Alec Smith, of Turlock Fruit Company in Central California, he picked up the phone and the first thing he said was ...
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