California Love LOCAL FARMS & FAMILY PRODUCERS

With the widest selection of organic produce in Southern California for over 40 years, Mother’s is your organic produce destination. Bringing Orange County and Los Angeles residents the best organic fruits and vegetables does not just happen overnight. Through years of vetting, forming, and maintaining relationships with local farms and family producers, we are able to bring you the best of the best. With summer in mind, we wanted to share one of our amazing partners that supplies us, and ultimately you, with fresh picks of the season”.

This season, Peterson Family Fruit is supplying Mother’s with delicious stone fruits. The Petersons are rooted in their land- having lived in the same place for four generations, they have no plans of moving. Vern began farming at the age of five, out in the field, grading cannery peaches besides his father. The entire family pitched in, as that’s just how the family farm worked.

Carrying on the 100-year tradition, growing delicious stone fruit is natural to the Petersons. The family farm is located in the heart of the Central Valley, in a small Swedish town called Kingsburg. Vern grew up working alongside his father in the orchards. Through that season, he learned life-long lessons, working hard and learning from his mistakes. The love of life and a love for people was instilled in Vern by his father—an enduring trait he still reflects to this day. Catch the glimmer in his eye and the wide smile across his face.

Now Vern, along with his son Erik, farm a variety of organic tree fruits including peaches, plums, and nectarines— a family tradition passed on to the next generation. Beyond the work, the Petersons care for their people, genuine and whole—in all they do. Vern and his family work hard, using organics to enrich the world around them, both in their fruit and through the people. The family also raises organic chickens, using their waste for fertilizer on the farm— a symbiotic relationship that naturally boosts farming operations. Mother’s is proud to partner with Peterson Family Fruit this season!