Our program
YEAR-ROUND MELONS
Thanks to flexible and diverse growing locations, Legend Produce supplies cantaloupe year-round to customers throughout the US.
We grow domestically from May through November by transitioning between Yuma (AZ), Maricopa (AZ), and San Joaquin Valley (CA) as the weather changes.
Between December and May, we import melons from Central America to ports nation-wide.
Brawley CA, Yuma AZ, San Joaquin Valley CA, Central America
MELON SEASON 2023
Legend Produce – 2023
We are off to a great season for melons domestically including the beautiful exclusive variety-Origami cantaloupe.
The domestic melons are beautiful right getting ready to be harvested in Brawley, CA and Yuma, AZ in May. We are thrilled to see the current production of the fields and are anticipating a strong season from this region.
Only the highest quality melons are grown and shipped to our customers across the country. We ensure only the freshest melons make it into our boxes and onto your tables.
We are here to discuss our programs and help you with all your melon needs.
AZ sales office 480-275-6767 / KY sales office 859-360-0025.
Every one of our team-members in both offices are here to help navigate you through our cantaloupe melon programs.
Imports from Central America: Dec-May
Domestic Season May-Oct
OUR HARVESTING TEAMS
Harvest crews are an integral part of our business, they decide what melons will ultimately ship to our customers. Only the best crew members work with Legend Produce because we know quality matters. Many of our crew employees have been working with us since the beginning. We provide a great agriculture working environment and take care of our team members valuing their work ethic, dedication and hard work and are excited to see them return each season in AZ and CA.
FOOD SAFETY
We have all our ranches, facilities and harvesting crews third party audited annually using the GFSI standard. PRIMUS, USDA, CCAB, FDA, USDA, GLOBAL GAP. We are FSMA ready and provide continuous training on all food safety and security programs.
Legend Produce is constantly researching and implementing new food safety technology to ensure we are in providing the best quality and safest melons to our customers.