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US: Save orange growers & save money
Save money, buy local and help area farmers. It's called the Inland Orange Conservancy, and the program is paying off for shoppers, schools, and citrus growers, who say they can't make survive selling only to grocery stores.
"It's just gotten worse and worse and worse," said Bob Knight, a fourth generation orange grower from Redlands. "That's why you see a lot of farms and groves that are present in Southern California just disappearing."
He says for every dollar in orange sales made at the supermarket, local growers only get to keep one to two cents. To save his groves, Knight found customers in the community from school districts, including Palm Springs Unified, to families across the Inland Empire.
"It's kinda a win-win," said Tami Murdica who buys oranges for Palm Springs Unified and for herself. "There's a lot of farms closing down. This helps them out, and it helps us out."
Murdica says the taste of the area oranges sold her.
"They just have a much better flavor..fresh picked, right off the tree," she described.
She says orange consumption has tripled at the school district since she started buying through the program.
If you join the Inland Orange Conservancy, it costs $185 for the entire year, or $75 for a season, which lasts 12-13 weeks. Each week, you get 2, 5lb bags of citrus. The math comes out to around 30 cents/orange, about half the price of an orange in the supermarket.
Right now, there are 1,200 families across the Inland Empire participating in the program, over the year. This is the first season, it's offered in the Coachella Valley. Pick up happens every Saturday at the Palm Greens Cafe, 611 South Palm Canyon Dr.
Source: kpsplocal2.com
Save money, buy local and help area farmers. It's called the Inland Orange Conservancy, and the program is paying off for shoppers, schools, and citrus growers, who say they can't make survive selling only to grocery stores.
"It's just gotten worse and worse and worse," said Bob Knight, a fourth generation orange grower from Redlands. "That's why you see a lot of farms and groves that are present in Southern California just disappearing."
He says for every dollar in orange sales made at the supermarket, local growers only get to keep one to two cents. To save his groves, Knight found customers in the community from school districts, including Palm Springs Unified, to families across the Inland Empire.
"It's kinda a win-win," said Tami Murdica who buys oranges for Palm Springs Unified and for herself. "There's a lot of farms closing down. This helps them out, and it helps us out."
Murdica says the taste of the area oranges sold her.
"They just have a much better flavor..fresh picked, right off the tree," she described.
She says orange consumption has tripled at the school district since she started buying through the program.
If you join the Inland Orange Conservancy, it costs $185 for the entire year, or $75 for a season, which lasts 12-13 weeks. Each week, you get 2, 5lb bags of citrus. The math comes out to around 30 cents/orange, about half the price of an orange in the supermarket.
Right now, there are 1,200 families across the Inland Empire participating in the program, over the year. This is the first season, it's offered in the Coachella Valley. Pick up happens every Saturday at the Palm Greens Cafe, 611 South Palm Canyon Dr.
Source: kpsplocal2.com
Publication date: 3/4/2010
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