Grandma’s Boysenberry Pie

Happy Saturday! Today we decided to get a little more personal with you and delve into some memories. We asked our Social Media Guru (and home cook), Scott Hancock, to think back to a time when his love of food and cooking really got started. He was happy to reply =) “I grew up in…

A Berry Happy Mardi Gras!

Welcome, Mardi Gras 2017! We’ve been waiting for you to arrive, and we’re ready to take you by storm! We’ve all got our family traditions that we celebrate with on Fat Tuesday. It could be a special dinner out, drinks and appetizers with friends, or a cozy family night by the fire. One of the…

How Berry Much Do You Know?

How Berry Much Do You Know?   Happy Saturday!   Yes, we know school’s out for the week, but we decided to give you a little test anyway.   (Don’t worry, it should be a snap for you =)   Just how much do you know about our favorite subject? (That answer is easy, berries…

Some Berry “Punny” Fun

Happy Saturday! With all of the gloom and doom on the news these days, we thought we would shake up the blog today and try to give you an even bigger smile than usual. Here at HBF we treasure the value of a sense of humor and making each other laugh. After all, it was…

Berry Good From the Inside Out

As we’re sure you noticed, we got ourselves in a bit of a pickle a few weeks ago: our site got hacked!   We immediately shut it down to protect you, our valuable customers, and went to work to undo the damage.   (We are proud to announce that the site is back up, stronger…

The Kiwi Berry: So Cute and Berry Packed With Flavor

Did you know that for a few months every single year you can buy and serve fresh Hurst’s Kiwi Berries? Yes, you read that correctly, kiwi berries. Not quite kiwi, and not quite all berry, these delicious treats are a relatively new crop to the HBF Crops, and they have been thrilling taste buds around…

A Berry Big and Diverse Family

Is everyone’s summer coming to a successful wrap up? Did you get everything done that you had planned? Family vacation was taken and lifelong memories made? However your summer is coming to and end, we hope it was one for the record books. And speaking of books, school has started everywhere, so we thought we’d…

Let’s Go Behind the Scenes

Summer is in full swing and so is blueberry picking and harvesting! Last week we took a trip to one of our fields in Sheridan, Oregon and met up with HBF Co-owner and grower Mark Hurst for an action packed day of picking and packing! A few fun facts from the day (yes, this was…

“Pesticide” Doesn’t Have to Be a Bad Word

How many of us have gardens in our backyards? Don’t you just love the feeling of the soil in your hands, and even better yet, the satisfaction of bringing fresh produce straight from the garden to your table? But there’s always one problem every gardener faces: pests that love to attack. Which brings up the…