date:Aug 20, 2012
t's very difficult for the children and grandchildren of farmers to follow their parents and grandparents into the industry.
By giving them direct access to consumers, we feel we can really help these hard-working American farmers.
Among those are Tonetta Simone Gladwin, owner of Passion Fruit Farms in Merced and who calls herself the Fig Lady.
A third-generation fig producer, at this time of year she ships pallets of the sweet, ripe fruit to major metropolitan markets around the country. But Fr