Customer Stories

November 12, 2024

Many wine drinkers take pride in knowing what goes into their favorite bottles, where the grapes were grown and how they were processed. For whiskey aficionados,…

October 30, 2024

When Ed Seus wrote his name on a slip of paper and dropped it into a pickle jar, he had no idea that his life would…

September 30, 2024

In a sun-drenched valley near the U.S.-Mexico border, palm trees wave in the breeze and pickup trucks line the parking lot at a pecan nursery that…

July 25, 2024

The journey of an almond from a sunny California orchard to a grocery store shelf often begins at a family-owned operation like Travaille and Phippen in…

May 10, 2024

When Robert and Rusti Silacci were getting ready to settle down and retire, they hatched a plan to launch an estate winery near California’s Central Coast….

November 8, 2023

Mary Gillis was seven years old when her family purchased a farm in southern New Mexico, determined to carve out a niche growing chile peppers, onions…

November 6, 2023

Conventional cattle ranching wasn’t profitable in West Marin County. That’s why the Poncia’s changed their business model.  About 60 miles northwest of the Golden Gate Bridge…

October 12, 2023

A few miles off State Route 79 in Temecula, California, lies a 12-acre patch of paradise known as Robert Renzoni Vineyards. This Riverside County vintner has…

September 26, 2023

When making decisions on the farm, some operators will consider their impacts on the next generation, or even two generations down the line. Few are as…

August 24, 2023

What goes into the bag of fresh cherries you see at your local grocery store? If they’re from California, they may well have been grown, packed,…

July 5, 2023

Few ingredients can breathe life into a homecooked meal like fresh herbs. Cilantro, basil, parsley, or mint are tasty additions to a meal, but they often…

June 21, 2023

Emma McCaulley was a culinary student set on becoming a pastry chef when she took an internship at a goat dairy on Maui. She fell in…

April 20, 2023

A thick fog is draped across the hills above Napa Valley, oak and madrone trees emerging and fading from view in the ethereal spell of morning….

March 28, 2023

It’s a crisp February day in Lodi, California. A blanket of fog covers hedgerows of olives at Coldani Olive Ranch as the rising sun bathes the…

March 16, 2023

On a frigid and clear February morning, cattle are huddled together for warmth, exhaling trails of vapor into the crisp Colorado air. Aside from a temperature…

January 23, 2023

Data-driven results. It’s how Triangle H stands out from the herd. In the heart of prime beef country in southwest Kansas, a family-owned cattle feeding operation…

January 11, 2023

Head through southwest Kansas in the summer and you’ll find yourself driving down ruler straight roads under a vast and deep blue sky. Here in an…

December 5, 2022

Nestled at the foot of Taylor Mountain in Santa Rosa, California, is a small organic farm that is breathing new life into the land while sustaining…

November 16, 2022

Along a dusty gravel road off a stretch of highway in Hilo, Hawaii, sits Green Point Nurseries. This Big Island flower grower has been in business…

September 14, 2022

It’s a hot August morning in western Kansas, and feed trucks are already making the rounds at Poky Feeders. This Scott City feed lot holds 100,000…