Time is certainly hopping right along, isn’t it? Blink, and three months have gone by! Easter is here and it’s time to celebrate with a mouthful of chocolate, a scavenger hunt for the munchkins and a feast with the family. We are taking a few days off after finishing up with the sale, resting up… Read more »
Cha-Cha-Chia! Yes, those tiny little black seeds you see exploding in popularity around you and being touted as a “superfood” are the same seeds you may have grown in the terracotta animals back in the day. Did you know the microgreens you garnered from your little pet are also edible, tasting similar to alfalfa or… Read more »
Love is in the air! February is the month of romance, caring and showing affection and appreciation for the great people in our lives ~ whether that be in an intimate relationship, among family and friends or even your child’s favourite teacher. Romance connects us to something larger than oneself; relationships become more than the… Read more »
As 2015 comes to a close and our anticipation of Santa’s arrival looms, we have shut down operations at the Rancho warehouse. The whole team is off on various adventures, most in search of rest and relaxation and time spent with their families. Heaven only knows they’ve put in a lot of hours over the… Read more »
It feels like only a handful of days have passed when I said to myself, “I can’t believe it’s already 2015!” Now here we are, rolling right up on 2016 and I have no idea where the past eleven months have gone. It is absolutely true what they say: the older you get, the faster… Read more »
Last week we caught up with the ladies and had a rundown of what their upcoming season will look like. We haven’t forgotten the men and this week is their turn to tell us their stories! We’ve got three men on the sponsorship roster this year: 1. Ryan Leech, an elite mountain bike enthusiast, yoga… Read more »
With the winter ski season in full swing and most of the fast-moving Rancho season under our belts, we thought it was high time we caught up with some of our sponsored athletes! While most of us are starting to bundle up, dread the darker, colder mornings, light the fireplaces and drag out the hot… Read more »
As we are currently in the midst of the many Harvest Events which take place throughout BC and Alberta each November, I find myself thinking about those early days in Alberta, back when we called them Truckload Sales. In those years, we had only two major Harvest Events, each held in large workshops on Mennonite… Read more »
Since the conclusion of the 2015 wholesale ordering in September, we’ve been busy preparing for our annual Harvest Events. Our dedicated team have been spending their days receiving and packaging this year’s bounty, all in our Armstrong warehouse. Each fall we bring the freshest and highest-quality products direct to the consumer in various communities in… Read more »
GROWTH and PRODUCTION In the early 1930s pistachio trees were planted as an experiment in the arid climate of California. A decade of research and breeding resulted in one particularly hearty variety, named Kerman. Commercial cultivation of pistachios expanded across the Central Valley of California by the 1960s. Today there are more than 100,000 acres… Read more »
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