Sunset Ridge Fine Fruits

03/21/2026

Support local farms ✌️🥦🥬🧅

Dear Friends,

As many of you know, over the past two years we made a difficult change to our CSA policy by limiting the number of holds members could place on their boxes. At the time, we were experiencing an unsustainable number of paused shares every week, which made it difficult for us to plan harvests and impossible to maintain the steady income that we need to keep running.

We’ve also heard from many of you that flexibility matters. Life happens; travel, busy weeks, and the ability to pause a box can make the difference between staying in the CSA or stepping away. So we’ve been wrestling with the question: how can we bring back more flexibility while still keeping the farm financially viable?

Our answer is a community challenge - The 50 Member Challenge. If you commit to the CSA as one of these new members, we will bring back unlimited holds for everyone. With a few more members, we can then afford to have more boxes on hold each week and offer more flexibility.

The most powerful way to support this effort is simply to spread the word. Tell your friends, neighbors, and coworkers about the CSA. Word of mouth is still the number one way people discover the farm. And remember our referral program, where if a CSA member refers a friend, they receive a free CSA box, with the new member also receiving a $10 credit on their account.

If you’d like to lock in current 2025 pricing, you can purchase a 6-month CSA (or longer) credit before the change takes effect. This helps the farm with early-season cash flow while saving you money.

Another option, if you need to pause your share, you can donate that week’s box to our Community Supported Financial Assistance Program, which helps provide fresh food to needy families in our community.

This CSA has always been a community effort. For 30 years, the farm has survived because members believe that local farms matter. As a source of high quality food, community building, and strengthening our local economy. If we can grow CSA membership by 50 households, we’ll happily bring back the flexibility so many of you have been asking for. Fingers crossed, and stay tuned for updates about how this campaign is going.

Thanks for your support!

www.mountainbountyfarm.com

02/14/2026

Happy Valentine’s Day loves! Only two weeks left until we close up shop 💘 come get ‘em while they last!

02/10/2026

A moment for my beloved Valentine Pomelo 💘

These beauties are starting to get that red color & are sweet as can be! Now available in the farm shop for Valentines Day & the Lunar New Year 🧧 ❤️

01/23/2026

There are a lot of new faces around here so hello & welcome to Sunset Ridge! 👋🏼

We are a small family farm located in Newcastle, Ca. Our store is open seasonally from November through February and we offer a wide variety of organic citrus and other local products. We also offer u-pick! Because our farm is small with limited parking, a reservation is required for u-pickers & 1 car is permitted per reservation. Visit gotmandarins.com to book! Walk-ups are not availabe for u-pick; however, you can buy fruit in our farm store 🍊

We currently have organic tango mandarins, Washington navels, Eureka lemons, Meyer lemons, Red Flame grapefruit, and very limited quantities of the Cara Cara pink navel. We are officially at the tail end of our season and we expect to close at the end of February 💘 Thank you to all you wonderful people for supporting local farms like us! 🤙🏼

01/21/2026

It’s u-pick mandarin season!🍊

Now is the ideal time of year to go mandarin picking and one of the best spots for u-pick mandarins near Sacramento is Sunset Ridge Fine Fruits in Newcastle.

➡️ Sactownsupermom.com has the best winter activities near Sacramento for kids.

Sunset Ridge Fine Fruits details -
🍊 Reservations for u-pick are required
🍊 🆓 Reservations
🍊 All fruit is $2/lb
🍊 Sampling is not allowed in the orchard but the farm provides samples before you head out for u-pick
🍊 Mandarin season starts in November and lasts through February (or early March)

Current citrus varieties right now in January:
🍊 Clementine Mandarins
🍊 Tango Mandarins
🍊 Blood Oranges
🍊 Cara Cara Pink Navels
🍊 Navel Oranges
🍋 Eureka Lemons
🍋 Meyer Lemons

Mandarin picking is a really fun winter activity that gets kids outdoors and they’ll love plucking mandarins right from the sprawling orchard.

📍 Sunset Ridge Fine Fruits | 7825 Fox Hill Ln, Newcastle, CA
⏰ Open daily during the season from 9am-5pm
🚘 30-40 min drive from Sacramento; 10 mins to Auburn

01/19/2026

Year of the Fire Horse 🔥🧧🎊 Sunset Ridge & In Between Art Studio are partnering to offer traditional gifts to honor the Lunar New Year. & what a year it will be. Beautiful hand painted artwork & calligraphy cards by & along with sweet organic mandarins as a symbol of good fortune. Celebrate this year of bold energy, freedom, independence, and perserverance. Offered now through February, until supplies lasts ✌🏼

01/03/2026

For those of you who didn’t catch Good Day Sacramento, my little farm girl was on the news! I think she nailed it. Satsumas may be coming to a close for the year but the blood oranges, pink navels, and all our other citrus varieties are ripening up nicely and ready to pick. Open 7 days/week except holidays! Reservations required on the weekends🍊🪣

12/14/2025

12/06/2025

Get that freshly squeezed goodness before it’s gone!🍊💦 we are juicing fruit today & it tastes like heaven. It is beautiful and foggy here at the farm and we are loving every minute of it. Store is open until 5 PM everyday. Lots of local goodies that make for great gifts this holiday season! Mandarins, lemons, butternut squash, raw walnuts, & flavored pistachios to name a few. Come on by!