Meet Yarel Gonzalez, a 15 year employee at FirstFruits Farms. Two years ago, Yarel accepted the seasonal opportunity to print and process all of the bin tickets and labels that go out into the orchards during harvest. She is responsible for printing and distributing an estimated 292,000 labels this...
Meet out receiving department. During harvest, our yellow semi-trucks can be seen moving fruit that was on our trees in the morning, to our warehouse once it is picked. Forklift drivers will then unload the trucks and move that fruit into cold storage the same...
Today is preschool graduation day at New Horizon Early Childhood Education Center. The center was established in 1988 for the purpose of affordable and quality childcare for our working families. It is located next to our warehouse, giving parents the relief of having their children...
FirstFruits Farms and Community lives by the philosophy of servant leadership. One of the most essential characteristics of servant leadership is the ability to listen to those you serve. In the 1990’s, after listening to employee concerns about their children not having a safe place...
There is something amazing about these group photos. As I took them, I was astonished to see how many people were gathered together. It was a moment of reflection to think about teamwork and our company value of “community, everything in the cosmos is connected”....
Paul Esvelt, Director of Operations, introduced himself to our Summer Interns last Friday. He asked about their future plans and encouraged them to stay in the apple industry. Whether their interests are math, science, sales, or their passion is more aligned with helping people, there...
Cherry season is in full swing at Prescott Orchard of FirstFruits Farms! We are currently picking our Rainier cherries and estimate finishing our first pass in the next couple of days. Weather permitting, Orchard Team Supervisor RC Perez said, “We will have to wait...
Last Friday was orientation day for our summer interns. Our group of interns consist of children of FirstFruits employees, age 16 and 17. They will be placed in various departments of FirstFruits Farms including Day Camp, Day Care, Maintenance, Receiving, Refrigeration, IT, etc. While it...