From the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, another peer reviewed article showing that a diet that incorporates tree nuts can sigificantly reduce the risk of heart attacks….. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1200303 and further reported here… http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324338604578326160736614012.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLE_Video_second Pecans should be a constituent of everyone’s daily diet. Eat more pecans, live longer! Written on Tuesday, 26 February 2013 09:22…

The Floodplain of the Nueces River; Massive Tree Death Progressing Pecan trees are heavily dependent on a constant source of water to produce full, good tasting nuts. Deprive the tree of water at various times of the year and you get small leaves, small nuts or empty, hollow shells. There are no shortcuts when it…

Tropical Storm Hermine moved through South Texas early on Tuesday morning, September 7th. We are very fortunate that the storm passed to the east of the orchard, and the heavy rain and winds did not materialize in either RGO orchard. The original projected path of the storm would have passed right over the Crystal City,…

These perfect strands of flowers are called catkins.  These are the structures that produce the pollen on the pecan tree, and they are the first new growth to appear in the spring. Pecan trees are covered with catkins, and this allows the wind to carry pollen from tree to tree, fertilizing the female flowers. Pecan…

We are happy to update our customers that you can now enjoy our organic pecan pieces in a new breakfast cereal from Natures Path. The cereal, Flax Plus Maple Pecan Crunch, is a combination of toasted flax flakes and granola made with organic maple syrup and organic pecan pieces. It tastes as good as it…

Recently, Rio Grande Organics helped to organize a community cleanup day…and boy were we surprised by the number of people who turned out to pitch in!!On February 23, 2008, over a hundred people gathered in the small town of Quemado, TX to pitch in and help cleanup the town. We filled up two garbage trucks…

Every so often, a season on the farm ends with the general agreement that “we won’t see a season like this past one perhaps ever again in our lives…..” Our Crystal City orchard received over fifty inches of rain during the growing season; on average we receive twenty one inches of rain during the entire…

People often ask us what it takes to grow pecans organically. One of the first subjects that an organic pecan grower has to master is an understanding of the insects that attack the pecan tree and the young nuts. First shown is a nut that has been growing on the pecan tree for about six…

Many people are under the impression that winter is a time of rest for pecan farmers…..the reality is that it just may be our busiest time of the year! It is now late March, and our pecan trees have not yet started to put out their new leaves, a process we call ‘bud break’. The…

It’s harvest time in Crystal City, and Rio Grande Organics gears up to get the precious pecan crop harvested before any weather disasters strike. Check out how our harvest season gets under way as our tree shakers move into action. This machine clamps ahold of the tree, and uses a powerful hydraulic engine to shake…