First Fruits Organic Farms

First Fruits Organic Farms First Fruits Organic Farms is a family farm owned and operated by the Kris and Kevin Kropp families.

Located on the Western Slope of Colorado, our mission is to provide the freshest and most delicious fruit and products to our customers.

12/05/2025

Hand painted orchard wood ornaments for ! Check them out at their holiday market tomorrow and Sunday in at the . Each slice is from trees that produced fruit for years; a small piece of history hanging on your tree!

Big pear harvest day on the farm today! 🍐 This year we purchased a neighboring orchard that was set for housing developm...
08/14/2025

Big pear harvest day on the farm today! 🍐

This year we purchased a neighboring orchard that was set for housing development. Purchasing this orchard — conserving the land as organic orchards rather than the land becoming new housing — is big win for preserving Paonia’s rich fruit farming heritage. The orchard has serious acreage of ancient pear trees, as well as some exciting newly planted high density apple blocks. Other acreage will be replanted with peaches in coming seasons. The property also has much needed large scale cold storage infrastructure and other useful structures that we’ll put to use.

But today was about the pears. A 20 man crew is harvesting literal tons of pears from the old but still productive Bartlett pear blocks. Here are some photos and videos from this morning’s harvest at our new orchard 🍐🍐🍐

Fresh, rosy apricot leaves and mountain views from the orchard this morning 🍑🏔️
05/17/2025

Fresh, rosy apricot leaves and mountain views from the orchard this morning 🍑🏔️

Here’s an orchard update! We’ve been busy combatting frost, chipping away at pruning 100 acres of fruit trees, planting ...
05/10/2025

Here’s an orchard update!

We’ve been busy combatting frost, chipping away at pruning 100 acres of fruit trees, planting new cherry trees, applying nutrients, deterring pests, running wind machines and heaters, netting crops, some grafting, getting irrigation systems running for the season, + all the other odds and ends that come along with keeping a fruit farm biz rolling.

After some frosty spring months, our crops are looking great across the board. Even apricots will need to be thinned. Bees did their pollination job and little fruits are growing quickly across the orchards. 2025 is shaping up to be a great season at First Fruits!

Harvest should begin mid June 🍒
We’ll be at our regular line up of farmers markets, fruit will be plentiful for partner farms’ CSAs, farm stands will be stocked, fruit will be available locally in Paonia, and wholesale will be flowing. Fruit quantity and quality should be great this season. You can always message this account to check on what’s coming out of the orchard, and to purchase our fruit at volume big or small.

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Paonia, CO
81428

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