American-owned distributor FANCY FRESH FARMS partners with small family farms in Mexico

April 7, 2013 - PRLog -- Mexico’s FANCY FRESH FARMS—which provides turnkey, door-to-door distribution of both conventional and certified organic U.S. Grade 1 / U. S. Fancy fruits and vegetables exclusively to the U.S. market— is leasing tracts of prime farmland to supplement available produce, particularly during high-demand seasons. The American-owned company harvested its first crop in January and is initially focusing on seeded and seedless watermelons, Roma tomatoes, and Fancy mangoes.

“This program is a win-win for everybody,” says FANCY FRESH founder and president Troy Bachmann, an Oregon transplant who has lived and worked in central Mexico for almost 20 years. “It guarantees income to farmers who would not be able to plant because of the rising price of premium seeds. And it guarantees us a supply of the highest-grade produce at competitive prices when demand is off the scale during the winter months. Meanwhile, we will continue to buy directly from the best of Mexico's small family farms that are already in production.”

FANCY FRESH provides the U.S. market with direct access to Mexico's thousands of small family farms located in one of the richest agricultural districts in the world. The company has created its own standard of personalized service by using its own field agents to locate the best crops and its own crew to hand-pick, pack and ship each order, all in the same day, based on each buyer's requirements.  

Among the factors behind its success, FANCY FRESH is one of the few American-run distributors actually located in Mexico, making it possible to physically track the progress of crops and monitor individual farm’s safety procedures and growing practices. And even the pickiest of buyers are often surprised by the company’s exacting quality standards, established by Bachmann, who previously built and sold the world’s premiere commercial fly tying operation.  Called Fly H2O, the company was renowned for its innovative patterns, each one hand-tied with machine-like precision by a staff personally trained by Bachmann himself.  Fly H2O shipped product to 26 countries and contributed 200 jobs to the local economy.

For more information about FANCY FRESH FARMS, go to www.fancyfreshfarms.com, call 877-219-5540 or email troy@fancyfreshfarms.com.