judysfarah

On a sunny Friday morning in a residential neighborhood in Fair Oaks, a group of men and women armed with ladders, fruit pickers, gardening gloves and about a dozen wooden boxes get to work. They’re busy in the backyard, surrounding two mature grapefruit trees. One by one, they either pick the ripe fruit by hand or pluck it with the telescopic metal picker. Once they fill a box, it’s carried to the flatbed of the truck parked in the driveway. They’re volunteers from the Food Bank Farm of...

The biggest food drive of the year for our community is coming up to help our neighbors in need.

There’s a new spot for you to buy fresh-picked vegetables and it benefits a good cause at the same time. The charming Food Bank Farmstand...