The big barn in the back of Bee Heaven Farm is where a lot of things happen. In the winter, a packing line for CSA shares is set up in its large open space. Then in summer a slightly different packing line is set up to sort and box organic avocados from the Bee Heaven grove.
Trees in the Bee Heaven grove are loaded with fruit.
Periodically through the summer, Farmer Margie delivers pallets of freshly-harvested large green Donnies and red-skinned Hardees directly to the Whole Foods Market Florida warehouse in Pompano Beach, where they are distributed to area stores the very next day.
Cleaning and grading avocados.
Because the barn is a certified organic packing house, from summer through fall, local grower Murray Bass backs in trailer loads of his organic avocados to pack there. His crew cleans, sorts and boxes avocados all day long.
Filling boxes to be sold under Uncle Matt’s brand.
Then pallet loads of his avocados are taken over to the Florida City State Farmers Market Facility, where they are kept in a large drive-up cooler. Big rigs from Publix and Whole Foods can back in easily to the loading docks to pick up their orders. Look for Murray’s avocados sold under the Uncle Matt’s brand!
Unloading pallets of Uncle Matt’s avocados at the Florida City market.
Redland Rambles 