Visit to the Central Valley to see Griffith Farms and Suntreat - Feb 2014

Michael Jacobus and I had an amazing opportunity to visit Griffith Farms and Suntreat in the Central Valley.  Griffith Farms is the donor of all our amazing citrus trees we have onsite and they offered to show us around their orchards and packaging plants to get a first look at the operations.

It was an amazing day seeing how efficient the process of growing a fruit to selling it all over the world has become.  We essentially followed the path of an orange from tree to truck and it was pretty fascinating to see the intricate designs used to make everything hum and fall into place.

Washing after harvest

 On its way to being sorted

Machine sorts fruit by weight

QC check

Packaging into boxes

Tape being added

On its way to distant destinations!

Tree nursery

SUMO variety