With agriculture dominated by mega-producers, it’s reassuring to find a favorite product packaged and distributed by a local family business. One example: Fruitwood Orchards in South Jersey, which provides honey, both bottled and bulk, to Weavers Way.
The story starts in 1951, when Gloria and Everett Wright planted 110 acres of fruit orchards in Gloucester County. To pollinate their crops, they made the then-novel decision to set up beehives on their farm in addition to relying on wild bees. Other farmers, seeing their success, soon asked the Wrights to do the same for them.