Bob Knight

Farmer Bob was a cog in the global food system as a grower for and manager of a Sunkist packing house, but now with his wife, Aki, and daughter, Anna, he stewards Old Grove Orange, which focuses on direct-to-market channels.  Old Grove grows 81 acres of citrus, vegetables, blackberries, and flowers, all nestled around a namesake block of 107-year-old grandmother orange trees in southern California.  Old Grove has been an engine of small farm innovation: kicking off with farmers markets from the mid-70’s, starting one of Socal’s earliest CSA’s, pioneering farm-to-school, and creating one of California’s first local food hubs.   Each year Farmer Bob meets with about 13,000 of his school-kid customers, 35 at a time, to talk about farming and how eating lots of fruits and vegetables can give you superpowers…