Peace River Packing Co

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Peace River provides professional caretaking services for co-op members and other growers in the Central Florida area. The services we provide are grove development, pesticide and fertilizer application, irrigation management, and general grove maintenance.

Peace River Packing Company was founded in 1928 when a group of Fort Meade citrus growers decided to pool their resources and build a packinghouse of their own. Over the past 80 years, Peace River has carried on and persevered through many challenges to become a critical component of the local economy.

We are a family-owned and operated producer of fresh citrus from our location in historic Fort Meade, Florida. Since 1928, our business has grown by harvesting and packing premium oranges, tangerines, and grapefruit for customers across the globe.

In recent seasons, Peace River has produced more than 1,000,000 cartons of fruit and we foresee additional growth in our future. At the same time, we are still a small company at heart, dedicated to keeping our core mission of producing the finest quality fresh fruit for our customers.

Picking fruit safely and at peak maturity is critical to deliver the highest quality product to our customers. Unlike bananas or avocados, citrus fruit do not ripen off the tree; instead, the flavor of the fruit is essentially the same as the day it was harvested. To have the best tasting orange, tangerine, or grapefruit, you must pick at season's peak. This requires a combination of skill, science, and good ole farmer experience!

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