
Farmington Fresh LLP, located in Stockton, California
is a grower partnership, a worldwide produce distributor,
grower, packer, and shipper of high quality apples,
cherries, and pears. We are dedicated to marketing &
shipping perishables worldwide and occupy the world’s
largest cold storage, receiving, and shipping facility
located on an airport. The company is comprised of a
group of San Joaquin County growers, anchored by the
Rajkovich, Brocchini, Podesta families, and the M&R
Company. Collectively, they have over 100 years of experience
as Grower/Packer/Shippers in the fertile fields and
orchards of California’s Central Valley.
At Farmington, we pride ourselves as being progressive
in our methods, while sticking to the conservative practices
we as family farmers were brought up with. As we strive
to be leaders in the industry, we are dedicated to food
safety and compliance with State and Federal regulations.
The Farmington Fresh, Runway, Hy-Flyer labels are something
that we take pride in packaging, we want to be known
for marketing healthy nutritious fruit to the consumer
worldwide.
From the abundant orchards and fertile fields of California’s
Central Valley, as well as carefully selected growers
from the rest of the Golden State and Pacific Northwest,
our goal is worldwide produce distribution of exceptional
quality that is synonymous with the Farmington Fresh
name.
Food Safety and the “Cold Chain”
Food Safety is a serious issue in the produce industry,
and one that we at Farmington Fresh do not take lightly
in order to provide wholesome, products to the consumer.
The keystone of handling any perishable product for
distribution is Food Safety and maintenance of the cold
chain. Perishable shipments require constant temperature
be maintained throughout the entire handling process.
This is of paramount importance in regards to food safety.
All parties handling our product are guided by our values
of integrity and honesty while they have all gone through
a strict training program, which is both HAACP compliant
as well as with in the FDA guidelines. We ensure our
programs safety with independent third party audits.
Grower Community
Consumers and retailers alike want to be able to depend
on high quality, and safety of the products they purchase.
We at Farmington work very closely year round with our
grower network to ensure the highest quality in our
fruit. Both domestic and export product is delivered
with the highest quality standards in mind. All of the
procedures that we have in place here at Farmington
with regard to grower programs for safety and quality
control are built toward a common goal for delivery
of the best product to you the end user. Working with
our growers closely and diligently is the best way to
ensure this.
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