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“La Ventosa” (Español)

January 19, 2018

Frente Frío del Este de Estados Unidos Genera Viento en los Huertos de Mango Oaxaqueño Mientras que la mayor parte de la industria ha sido consumida por las frías temperaturas de México (debidas al frente frío de la temporada), que a menudo cubren a México en esta época del año viajando desde el norte (llamada “norte” por los locales), nosotros nos preocupamos más con el fenómeno de viento que actualmente ocurre debido a este frente frío en nuestros huertos de mango, en Oaxaca.

“La Ventosa”

January 18, 2018
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How an Eastern US Cold Front Spawns Wind in Oaxacan Mango Orchards While most of the industry has been consumed by Mexico’s cold temperatures from the seasonal, southern traveling cold front, often blanketing Mexico this time of year, (nicknamed norte by southern Mexicans), we are more concerned with the wind phenomenon currently happening outside our mango orchards in Oaxaca, a dynamic outcome of these cold fronts. 

Organic Ataulfos Prepare for Picking!

January 5, 2018
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2018 Promises To Be a Sweet & Fruitful Season Our last winter crop update, published mid-November, gave us an overall positive outlook on the upcoming Mexican mango season. Ample rains had arrived in perfectly timed step and quantity, and the various stages of production from our southern regions of Oaxaca and Chiapas had progressed nicely. Good pollination and decent flowering occurred, flower drop was normal, and the fruit was transitioning desirably into the fruit set and elongation phases.

Winter Crop Update – Southern Mexico

November 19, 2017
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Crespo organic mangoes thrive with perfectly timed, ample pre- season rains Predictions for 2018 are popping up everywhere this time of year and we are jumping on that trend by forecasting healthy production for the southern Mexican producing regions of Chiapas and Oaxaca.

What The Blush?

August 18, 2017
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Secret blush notes of the Sinaloa Keitt Mango   Mangoes continue to surprise and delight me. They are a lot like people. Whenever I think I know something about them, they prove me wrong. Things that grow are complex by nature, and taking a cookie cutter approach to defining them always fails. As I proceed on my mango-centric food education mission, I have a responsibility to admit when I am wrong and when I too am guilty of being “scripted” along the way.

Thai Sweet Green Mango

July 5, 2017
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Mamuang Kiew Sa Wei In my current life surrounded by mangoes, I meet countless mango lovers who fell head over heels  through their excursions around the globe. (I personally discovered mangoes as a little girl in Nicaragua.) The mango embodies flavors of nostalgia, awakening the feeling of those far off exotic places with every bite. The most devout members of this mango lover tribe seem to be those who discovered mangoes while in Thailand. These mango lovers have tasted mangoes with a more dynamic richness and more stages of ripeness than anywhere else in the world. They also seem to be the only mango connoisseurs that know the sweet green mango!