Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Awe Sum Organics is soon bringing Southern Hemisphere grown organic pears to the U.S.
The firm partners with PAI Argentina to source organic pears are grown in the Rio Negro Valley, David Posner, CEO and founder of Awe Sum Organics said in a news release.
PAI has been growing organic pears for more than 20 years, according to the release.
“Most of PAI’s organic pear production is Fair Trade certified, which means a portion of the purchase price for all of PAI’s Awe Sum Organic Fair Trade labeled organic pears goes back to the communities in the Rio Negro Valley of Argentina where our pears are grown and packed,” Posner said. “These funds are sent directly to a social responsibility program established for PAI’s workers and their communities. Fair Trade USA certification guarantees fair wages and safe working conditions.”
This season, the release said Awe Sum Organic’s bartlett pear supply will run from the beginning of March through mid-April, with the addition of red bartlett starting in mid-March and continuing through mid-April. Abate fetel pears are expected to reach both coasts by the end of March and run through mid-May, according to the company. D’Anjou should arrive starting in the beginning of April and continue through the end of June.
The company’s autumn bartlett will arrive starting in mid-April and run through the end of June.
Organic bosc pears will be start in mid-April and ship through early June, while forelle pears will reach both coasts in early April and run through May, according to the release.
