HMC Farms’ Harold McClarty Talks Boosting Grape Consumption

You could say that Harold McClarty has grapes running through his veins. Table grapes, that is, not the wine type. Back in 1887, his great grandfather purchased the land where McClarty later grew up and, exactly a century later, founded HMC Farms. Today, the Kingsburg, California-headquartered company has grown from the original 40 acres to one of the largest grower-shipper-packers of tree fruit and table grapes in the world, with growing locations across California and Chile.

Harold McClarty to be Honored With an Award of Distinction at UC Davis

Harold McClarty, a fifth-generation California farmer who built the international tree fruit and grape-growing business HMC Farms, will be honored October 4 with an Award of Distinction from the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CA&ES).