California

Jams

The Bay Area’s June Taylor sources local, organic, and often rare fruits for her handmade, small-batch preserves, including jams, butters, and syrups. Unusual June Taylor fruits include Meyer lemons, damson and greengage plums, Astrachan apples, Seville oranges, white nectarines, and quince.

Fruit

The San Diego area’s La Vigne Fruits is certified both organic and biodynamic and grows citrus fruits — kumquats, Meyer lemons, limes, minneolas, blood oranges — and persimmons, too. The company sells fresh fruit by the box as well as a variety of unique preserved items: persimmon leather, frozen kumquat puree, dried kaffir lime leaves, and Moroccan Lemon Preserves (to name but a few).

This content is from the Local 50 collection by Culinate staff.