Beck Grove

Location:

Fallbrook, California

Certification(s):

CCOF

Beck grove and LaVigne Enterprises were founded in 1994 when Robert Beck and Helen Beck abandoned Los Angeles to pursue a more healthy lifestyle in a beautiful rural area in north San Diego County. They converted a neglected avocado farm into an abundant grove, producing 15 different fruit crops, all of which are 100% organic and biodynamic. Their grove is devoted to less-mainstream fruits, including kumquats, persimmons, cherimoyas, minneolas, and blood oranges.

Recognizing how much fruit gets wasted, Helen Beck created La Vigne Enterprise which uses fruit that would be thrown away to create delicious sauces, conserves, condiments, purees and powders.

At Beck Grove, they have seen first hand that growing organically and biodynamically creates fruit with dynamic and vibrant flavors. The quality of the soil and its nutrients make a great difference in the flavor of the fruit. Robert and Helen only use natural fertilizers and traditional organic farming methods to enrich their land. It gives them a great feeling of accomplishment when they hear that their fruit - even though it may look like others - has a quality and taste that leads consumers not only to want more, but to experiment with new textures and tastes.

Robert and Helen are proud to contribute to the organic agriculture movement and giving people a healthy alternative.

www.lavignefruits.com

PDF:

Beck Grove.pdf

Crops:

Blood Oranges, Cherimoyas, Kumquats, Lime, Minneolas, Persimmons

Our Growers Are Our Heroes

We got into this business because we wanted to help small scale organic farmers here at home gain access to the larger commercial marketplace, and to ensure their families and communities thrive. Over the past decade or so, we have endeavored to do this, step by step, with over ninety B.C. farms.

Our hearts still belong to the small scale growers. We have visited dozens of farms in B.C., working with growers to see them move to larger and more financially sustainable operations.

We feel encouraged by the impressive increase in consumer demand for organics and local. We also acknowledge that we might not be able to grow all our own food year round. Even more so now, as our climate changes, no harvest is a safe bet.

So over the years, we have extended our relationships with small scale farmers to include farms down the Pacific Coast, through Washington, Oregon and California, then on to Mexico and South America. Together, this network of growers keep us all fed year round. And for this we are grateful.