Issue: 172

June 2024

June is Here!

Catch the Citrus Wave™ this summer here at the Ranch! June kicks off a summer full of fun! June brings the summer solstice—the longest day of the year! This month, we also get to celebrate our father figures and so much more! Join us for Limoneira fun all summer long!

Limoneira's Latest

Our Catch the Citrus Wave™ campaign is in full swing! Our campaign brings back our fan-favorite summer citrus characters, relaxing and having fun under the Limoneira sun. They're featured all over our graphics and our packaging!

Our thrilling giveaways are back as well! Check out our social media pages, particularly our Instagram, @limoneiraco, to see all the fun and exciting prizes you can win this summer!

Limoneira's Legacy

Harvest at Limoneira is flourishing like our beautiful orchards! The Santa Paula City Council voted unanimously to allow an additional 550 homes to be built in our housing development. This addition not only adds much needed housing to Ventura County's housing market, but it also has a positive impact on the Santa Paula community. We at Limoneira know that investing in our community is of the utmost importance and it is an incredible honor to form a part of this long-lasting legacy in the community!

To read more about this addition, check out this article written by our very own Betsy Blanchard Chess: Limoneira's Legacy of Community Building

Limoneira Avocados

Limoneira loves to grow and grow some more! We proudly announce our latest addition to Santa Paula agriculture, planting 227 acres of avocados at the Olivelands Ranch. To put things into perspective, this initiative equates to 91 baseball fields, 172 football fields, or a staggering 3.3 million surfboards!

Dan Grant, Field Representative for Brokaw Nursery, reverberates the enormity of the undertaking, emphasizing, "This marks the largest avocado planting in Ventura County since the 1970s⁠."

We love it when Limoneira history and Ventura County history overlap!

People of Limoneira

Mark Palamountain, an integral part of our Limoneira family, has been appointed to the Board of Directors at VM Agritech Inc. Mark has served over the past 12 years as CFO and Senior Director of Agricultural Operations. Mark will be working with VM Agritech to accelerate Curezin adoption globally post-US EPA approval. Congratulations Mark, we know you will excel in this new position!

TASTI Summer Goodness

Nothing is as refreshing as some delicious lemonade, but why not take your classic lemonade to the next Limoneira® level! This summer, try a frosted lemonade, guaranteed to be a scrumptious treat after a day of summer play! You will need:

🍋 1/2 cup freshly squeezed Limoneira® lemon juice

🍋 1/2 cup sugar

🍋 2 cups water

🍋 6 cups vanilla ice cream

🍋 Sliced Limoneira® lemons, for garnish

1.     Mix Limoneira® lemon juice and sugar together in a pitcher until the sugar is fully dissolved. Add water to dilute and chill.

2.     In a blender, add lemonade and ice cream. Blend until smooth and divide among 3 cups. Garnish with slices of Limoneira® lemon and serve.

Thank you to @delish for this TASTI recipe!

Sustainability

Fun under the summer sun requires hydration, hydration, hydration! Growing citrus in the summer's sweltering heat is as rewarding as it is challenging. It's no secret that at the center of the difficulty is water. Nurturing a thriving orchard requires a deep understanding of irrigation management. ⁠

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With over 131 years of sustainable growers, Limoneira is a pioneer in generationally sustainable orchard management. Our experts must consider the citrus tree densities, capillary water rising from the water table, crop evapotranspiration rates, and diverse irrigation regimes. Limoneira integrates cutting-edge research into its generational orchards by staying at the forefront of agricultural innovation. ⁠

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"By reducing irrigating duration and increasing frequency of scheduling, we have been able to increase our efficiency while reducing total water use on ranches with updated irrigation systems."⁠ - Myles Shoemaker, Irrigation and Land Development Manager.

Fragrance of Limoneira Citrus

Unlike many other fruits or vegetables, lemons are exclusively harvested by Limoneira's skilled workers. Due to their delicate nature, irregular shape, and deep nesting within trees, lemons pose a challenge for machines to detect and harvest without causing damage to the fruit or the tree itself. Moreover, the soft and easily bruised skin of lemons necessitates a gentle touch during harvesting, further complicating mechanized harvesting methods.⁠ Our skilled workers spend their days in the thick of our fragrant orchards, ensuring you get the very best citrus!

Winner of the Month

In this wonderful month of June, Martha Martinez from Ventura, CA—you are our winner! Congratulations Martha! Thank you for following along with all the Limoneira fun. We have so much more in store next month, so check back in July to see if YOU will be our next winner!