Mar 23, 2016

Van Groningen & Sons adds organic watermelons to line

Van Groningen & Sons, Inc. of Manteca, California will be adding organic seedless and organic mini personal size watermelons to their spring lineup shipping from the Imperial Valley of California. Harvest will begin around May 10 and will continue through June.

These two organic items is the latest addition to Van Groningen & Son’s line of conventional melons including seedless and seeded watermelons, mini personal size watermelons, cantaloupes and honeydews. They will also be adding a few new varieties of conventional mixed melons including orange flesh honeydew, galia, hami and canary melons.

“2016 will be our inaugural year starting with any organic items and we are very excited to introduce these two items to our customers” said Ryan Van Groningen, sales manager for the grower-shipper. “Though organics might not take a lot of the market share in the melon category, select consumers are asking for these organic melons at the retail level and we are happy to support our retail partners with these products”.

To learn more, visit the Van Groningen & Son’s website.