<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> Stockton, CA</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Jordan Okumura<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">04.22.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The California Cherry season has kicked off for OG Packing and the crew at Grower Direct Marketing, LLC. The company is in the second week of harvesting its exclusive California Grown hothouse cherries that are vibrant, sweet and full of flavor.<img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/hl_grower_direct_apr_2013_BODY_01.jpg" alt="images042213" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The field team has put in thousands of hours to develop the orchards and produce a crop strong enough to bear its brand “GDM — Golden Standard,” according to a press release.<img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/AE9D9E94-D83A-4C91-9718-46DF271F69BD.jpg" alt="images042213" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">“We are very excited to get our product into the marketplace and for our customers to be able to offer the first California Cherries to their customers,” says Jim Hanson of Grower Direct Marketing, LLC. “Retailers looking to other countries to bring excitement to their fresh produce offering can now look right here in their own back yard.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Grower Direct markets fresh cherries, blueberries, walnuts, and apricots from California, the Northwest and Chile. The company also distributes Mexican and Peruvian asparagus.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p> <a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.growerdirect.net" target="_new"> Grower Direct Marketing </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
