A Day With Kiwis

Have you ever wondered where all the fruit that comes to your table comes from, what process it has to go through?

It may not be something you think about often, but it's important and interesting to know where these foods that are part of our lives come from. Kiwi Berry Organics is an agricultural property located at 145 Pipon Rd Danville, PA. This wonderful farm will dazzle you with its beautiful landscaping filled with a seemingly endless amount of kiwi trees. The warehouse has a large entrance that is used for loading and unloading product, and to the left of the entrance is the maintenance tools area, In the center of the warehouse is the packing line where all of the product is packed, on the right side is the lobby and the coolers that are used to store the product, the lobby has a few chairs to wait in before entering the office, the office is in the back where you can meet the owner of the place.

David J. Jackson has been in business for 9 years and his goal has always been to provide his customers with the highest quality products and the best possible treatment, "For me the customer will always come first, because thanks to all the people who support me I have been able to grow my business" David has created a company with a great atmosphere of respect and kindness among all those who work there, he likes to talk a lot with the people who come to the place and always give new and old customers kiwi to taste.

He says that once some old friends came to visit him with their little son and he welcomed them with a great euphoria "Hello, how are you, it's been a long time" while hugging them a little tightly "it's a pleasure to see you again" with a little nostalgia and happiness.

"It's good to see you too," replied the couple with the same joy.

"And who is this little guy," asked David with a big smile on his face?

"He's Cameron, say hello son," said the mother, "he's a friend of the family".

David asked them in a helpful manner "would you like to try what we harvested this morning" and the excited couple answered "yes, it's been a long time since we've had kiwi".then Davis went to get some fresh kiwis and gave them to the boy but he looked disgusted when he saw the kiwi.

David with a curious tone asked him "do you like kiwifruit", and the boy with his head shaking sideways said no. David replied "how will you know if you like it if you don't try it" with a little encouragement so that the boy would change his mind.

Then the boy bit into the kiwi with a bit of disgust, and then with a very surprised look he looked at his parents and the parents asked him "do you like it", and the boy with a smile moved his head up and down.

Then David happily said to the child "See, you just had to try it, I'm so glad you liked it", and that's one of the reasons why he likes this job, to generate emotions with the things he does, to create more smiles with his product and to keep improving every day.

Beyond being an exotic fruit like the kiwi, you will be surprised to know that its process is similar to that of other fruits; To begin with, all the workers report at 7:00 a.m. to start the day, those who are in charge of cutting the kiwi from the trees have to wear comfortable clothes that give them more freedom of movement to be able to cut better and it is also recommended that they wear a cap or hat because they have to spend 6 to 8 hours under the sun to cut the kiwi and a pair of gloves to avoid mistreating the kiwi, and when they are equipped they proceed to go with baskets for harvesting.

To know if a kiwi is in perfect condition you must check if it is ripe, if it has black spots or any strange deformation, and after verifying that the fruit is in perfect condition proceed to gently remove the fruit from the branch and then put it in the basket, as it fills your basket.

Then there is a person who is in charge of transporting the collected kiwifruit with a forklift to the warehouse where the packing process begins. 5 that is filled with 25 to 30 kiwis approximately, it takes 12 of these to fill a box and 156 boxes are needed to fill the pallet that is used to load the truck that will be responsible for distributing the kiwifruit and so is the whole process that passes the kiwi to get to your table, is similar to other fruits but for this farm is something more special, is a lifestyle that daily workers strive every day to give you the best possible quality in their kiwifruit.