by Emily Zirkle | Aug 3, 2017 | Road Trip With Rainier
It’s true that life is an adventure and all roads lead somewhere. For most of us, we must have the courage to travel them. For the Zirkle family, the courage to follow new roads has never been a problem. In fact, it was an epic roadtrip more than a century ago that...
by Emily Zirkle | Jul 31, 2017 | Run With Rainier
You’ve heard the old saying, ‘don’t put all your eggs in one basket’. Well, that’s because something could go wrong and you no longer have any eggs. At Rainier Fruit, we try and practice the same principle by diversifying our crops and farming styles. We have apples,...
by Emily Zirkle | Jul 21, 2017 | Run With Rainier
On the surface it doesn’t seem like growing apples and cherries has much to do with running injuries and hypothetically it doesn’t. However, just like there are a host of ailments common to runners, there are also a host of problems associated with growing fruit. In...
by Emily Zirkle | Jul 18, 2017 | Recipes
Who wants a hot breakfast or even cold dry cereal on a warm summer morning? The dog days of summer beg for us to use the fresh foods and flavors that will be the start of sun-kissed days. And we think a creamy smoothie bowl filled with fresh blueberries or cherries...
by Emily Zirkle | Jul 13, 2017 | Boston Marathon
Even though we are almost three months past the Boston Marathon, we don’t forget the experience and neither do the fans or the runners. Fans from around the country continue to contact us after they find our fruit in stores and tell us how much they love it and that...
