Our Growers

Today, 800 growers and 28 packers produce the finest prunes on earth.

‘Our core competency is growing large,
high-quality prunes.’

 

Michael Vasey
California Prune Grower

Red Bluff, California

‘Prunes are Mother Nature at her best. This is her finest work.’

 

Sandra Mitchell
California Prune Grower

Yuba City, California

‘I truly believe in this product. I believe it is a super fruit*, and I’m putting in more acreage little by little.’

 

Nick Micheli
California Prune Grower

Yuba City, California

*Prunes are the only natural, whole fruit to achieve an authorised health claim in Europe. Prunes contribute to normal bowel function when 100g are eaten daily.

‘There’s a lot of tenacity in a farmer’s spirit.’

 

John Taylor
California Prune Grower

Yuba City, California

‘California Prunes are a magical fruit that people just don’t know enough about.’

 

Joe Mitchell
California Prune Grower
Culinary Institute of America trained chef

Sutter, California

‘I grow California Prunes because I really enjoy seeing something productive come from years of work. It feels good. You get pumped up.’

 

Joe Turkovich
California Prune Grower

Winters, California