Did you know in Spanish culture it’s considered good luck to eat grapes at midnight on New Year’s Eve? Las Doce Uvas de la Suerte (The Twelve Grapes of Good Luck) is a Spanish tradition dating back to the late 1800s. This tradition involves eating a grape with each bell strike at midnight on December […]
“Grapes For Schools” website and social media accounts focus on increasing children’s access to healthy and delicious fresh fruit Kingsburg, CA – July 2, 2018 – HMC Farms is excited to announce the launch of a new school-focused website at http://www.grapesforschools.com, as well as new Facebook and Instagram accounts to support the “Grapes […]
It’s finally hot here in the San Joaquin Valley! Temperatures in the upper 90’s and low 100’s put us much closer to our normal weather pattern. Lunch Bunch® grape harvest in Mexico and Coachella is winding down and we are waiting for the harvest to start in our own vineyards. Harvest timing looks about week […]
Summer is almost here! Schools are finishing up and kids are getting ready for Summer Break! Here at HMC Farms in addition to harvesting the great tasting Peaches, Plums and Nectarines from our own orchards, we are working with our growers in Mexico and The Coachella Valley in California to pick only the sweetest grapes […]
Tree Fruit Below are variety pictures taken on 5/4/2010 of product at their current maturity, along with estimated start dates for early season tree fruit. Peach Spring Flame 20 – 5/15 Nectarine Zee Fire – 5/24 White Peach Spring Snow – 5/31 White Nectarine Arctic Star – 6/5 Black Plum Flavorosa – 6/1 Red […]