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Last week, was hot and dry, but that is hardly news in the Capay Valley in July. The fact that our field crews come to work every day in that sometimes too-hot weather, picking tomatoes and melons is also hardly newsworthy, but we do actively appreciate it. A lot of lifting, carrying, bending, stacking and attention to detail passed over this farm last week — and every week of the year it seems.
Maria picking cherry tomatoes
One event that does stand out is that Full Belly acquired a brand new box truck to carry our produce down the road to market. The truck arrived on Friday to join our already impressive fleet of five. We often have two trucks and sometimes three on the road, usually driving down our two-lane state highway starting out in the wee hours of predawn. We need at least another two trucks on hand to be loaded at the end of the day, ready for the round-trip to Sacramento, or the Bay Area. [Read more…]
