date:Aug 20, 2012
omthefarm.com helps her reach fig lovers outside of those areas, particularly in the nation's midsection, Simone Gladwin said.
It fills a niche that I as a fig shipper can't reach on my own, she said.
While figs are widely popular in other parts of the world, particularly around the Mediterranean and Middle East, relatively few U.S. consumers know their pleasures.
Because of that, and their highly perishable nature, major supermarket chains and big box retailers seldom carry them.
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