OUR STORY
Raised on the Ranch
Bianca Kaprielian grew up on her family’s multigenerational farm.
Her childhood in Reedley, California, was one of dusty rides in a pickup truck, surrounded by trees and the aroma of peaches, plums, and nectarines. She filed in the packing house to learn office operations and spent hours helping out in the field, soaking up harvesting lessons and the San Joaquin Valley sun.
Becoming a Buyer’s Seller
Growing up in the San Joaquin Valley was filled with dusty truck rides and California sunshine. Though Bianca left home to pursue her education and a career in documentary filmmaking, she couldn’t stay away long. She returned to California to complete the CASFS apprenticeship at UC Santa Cruz and launched her career in produce buying.
Although she loved serving as a buyer for an organic wholesale company and a major grocery retailer, coming back to the family farm and working with family ignited her commitment to her roots.
Spreading the Sunshine
At the end of the 2016–17 winter season, the produce marketing company that managed Bianca’s family’s sales pulled out of the region.
Bianca’s dad had fruit to move and called his daughter for help. This was the opportunity she had been waiting for.
A Dream Takes Root
In 2017, Bianca and CJ Buxman founded Fruit World to celebrate and carry on their family legacy of sustainable farming practices and good stewardship of the land.
Fruit World has grown since then! We now grow and sell organic and conventional citrus and organic grapes, cherries, apricots, pomegranates, persimmons and dry farmed tomatoes.
Fruit World is all about peak-season pickings, flavor-packed produce, and keeping family farming thriving into future generations.
