Customer Feedback

 

We love hearing from our customers--thank you for reaching out to us! Below are just some of the messages we have received over the past few years. We encourage others to reach out if they have any comments, questions, or concerns with our produce. Thanks - The Durst Team

 

I don’t know how it was done, but I got a box of these last week and they were the sweetest, juiciest, softest-skinned beauties I’ve ever had. FABULOUS with avocado. Sure wish I could get some seeds for next year. (I went back to Whole Foods 5 days later to get 2 more boxes but they were all out. BOO HOO! I was heartbroken. How ya gonna keep em down on the farm, after they’ve seen Paree? (or Durst in this case) Whatever you’re doing keep doing it and make sure Whole Foods and other vendors in NY/Long Island are getting your products.

Beth

08/02/21

 
 

Julie

10/22/20

We live in Florida and bought SO many of your Sun Gold’s, from Whole Foods, this year you wouldn’t believe it. We never had them before and absolutely LOVE them. They looked and tasted “just picked,” so they shipped them here fast!

Keep up your fantastic work…it’s greatly appreciated.

 
 

This summer, I tasted the little orange tomatoes, baby pumpkins as my grandkids say, from Savemart. I have always grown cherry tomatoes, purchased them at farmers markets, etc., but the Hungry Hollow orange cherry tomatoes were literally the sweetest and tastiest that I have ever had. I must have returned to Savemart every three days because I was afraid this was a temporary try-them-out period and I wanted Savemart to know they were yummy. I am thrilled to say they remain in the produce department. I found that I didn’t even need to put them in a salad because with a little dressing, I could just have tomato and cucumbers, or tomato and carrots, or tomato and NOTHING!! It may seem silly to be so crazy over a little tomato, in this shift in our lives, I take pleasure in smaller events and appreciate smaller items. Thank you for introducing me to your farm produce and I am checking out what other products Savemart may carry that come from your farm.

“Forever Fan From Fresno”

10/22/20

 
 

Just a note to tell you I love your produce, especially your cherry tomatoes which I purchase at Whole Foods in San Mateo. I am totally addicted to them!! Better than at any farmer’s market. Best to you all.

Alisa

09/30/20

 
 

Your cherry tomatoes are the absolute best!! Thank you so much!!

Dan

09/28/20

 
 

Haley

09/25/20

I just wanted to write in and tell you how incredible your produce is. I am a subscriber of Farm Fresh to You and ALWAYS get the cherry tomatoes from Durst Organic Growers when they are available.

They are consistently the most flavorful, delicious tomatoes I have ever had. I can’t wait to try other produce from your farm because I am certain it is just as incredible.

Thank you again for growing such delicious vegetables!!

 
 

Casey McDougal

09/25/20

I have never had better, more flavorful, juicy cherry tomatoes in my life. I bought some from Whole Foods and just finished my carton this morning. Keep up the amazing work!

 
 

Norma & Tom

09/18/20

I just wanted to let you know how happy I am to have discovered your beautiful and flavorful tomatoes at the Whole Foods market here in Albuquerque. It’s been ages since I have tasted a real tomato. This season my husband and I tried yours at Whole Foods and love them! We go across town to get them, but it’s worth it. Keep doing what you are doing please. Many thanks

 
 

Lena

09/15/20

I just tried some tomatoes from your farm today and had to reach out to say thank you. Being trapped at home [due to the pandemic] has been hard and good food has been hard to come by lately. I appreciate all the work you do to keep us fed. From my family to yours: THANK YOU!!!

 
 

I am a Biology Teacher at Coalinga High School, I strive to teach environmental sustainability and strive to also incorporate it in my personal life as much as possible.

I just want to say thank you for using biodegradable cardboard containers for your organic cherry tomatoes. I was able to bring the container in and show my class an example of a company employing environmentally sustainable packaging which enabled me as a consumer to choose to buy them. I appreciated that! And the tomatoes were so sweet and delicious, as well. Thank you for contributing to a more sustainable life style.

Jennifer

09/16/20

 
 

Just wanted you to know that your tomatoes are delicious! We live in Louisiana and have home grown tomatoes until the middle of July. It has been such a treat to be able to buy your tomatoes and enjoy them after ours are finished. Hope we will be able to get them a little longer. Thanks!

Andrea

09/15/20

 
 

Christine Marciano

08/23/20

Okay don’t laugh. I’m working on a Sunday (ugh), went to the kitchen to grab a snack. I ended up with the whole cardboard bucket of Hungry Hollow tomatoes (I like the yellow ones) and a handful of Wheat Thins. Perfect. So this is a fast note of appreciation for the work that you & your team do. We live in E. Sacramento and buy your product form SaveMart. Super thanks for all you do! You rock. :-)

 
 

Lisa B.

08/16/120

Yesterday, I purchased the best cherry tomatoes I have ever eaten at Whole Foods in West Des Moines, Iowa. So sweet and flavorful. Thank you.

 
 

Francine Sanders

08/16/20

I recently purchased a little carton of “cherry black organic tomatoes” from Whole Foods via Amazon Prime. As someone who normally buys tomatoes during the summer from local farmer’s markets, I have missed the great tomatoes due to shopping entirely via delivery services (due to the pandemic). I tried these tomatoes in my last order and they blew me away! Some of the best tasting tomatoes I’ve tasted, especially for a cherry tomato.

Just wanted to say thank you. In these dark times, even the taste of a great organic tomato can uplift the spirit.

 
 

Snagged some of your very tiny tomatoes (grape, cherry?, unsure) at a Whole Foods in New Orleans by my house. Never thought I would be one of those characters that emails a farm to be like “hey y’all got some [dang] good vegetables!” but here I am - y’all got some [dang] good tomatoes.

Greg Sorensen

08/13/20

 
 

Cemre Gungor

08/10/20

We got a basket of your cherry tomatoes from Whole Foods. I’ve never emailed a farm before on their produce but these were really so good. Thought you should know. Thank you! :)

 
 

Joseph Porter

08/07/20

I love watermelon! All too often I am disappointed by what is available, even during prime season. However, once I tasted your watermelon I was hooked. It reminds me of the watermelon I had as a child growing up in Kansas. I know live in Seal Beach, CA and buy your watermelon at the Gelson’s Mkt in Long Beach, CA. THANK YOU for restoring one of the summertime joys of my youth, YOU are the BEST!!

 
 

Joann Ruskin

08/06/20

I got your grape cherry tomatoes from Good Eggs. I have grown tomatoes myself, I’ve tried vine ripened tomatoes of all sorts, and your grape cherries are absolutely THE BEST tomatoes I’ve ever eaten!!! They have the perfect amount of sweetness and the perfect firm texture. Thank you!

 
 

Karlie Calvert

08/02/20

Hi there! I just picked up your little orange cherry tomatoes at Whole Foods in Chicago and they are the best I have ever had! As a California transplant, I can tell you we don’t normally get produce this good around here. Can you see what you can do about our artichokes? Just kidding, but thank you for the amazing tomatoes! Off to get more!

 
 

Absolutely love the Hungry Hollow organic mixed baby tomatoes. I’ve been buying them weekly from Whole Foods in Brooklyn!! Little nuggets of goodness! Thanks!!! If only they could be available all year round :)

Suzana

07/24/20

 
 

Mel Grant

07/22/20

OMG!!! We just love your produce, especially your Durst tomatoes!!! They are so flavorful compared to other producers. For years my wife and I have complained how zombie-like organic foods have become!! You would expect organic not just to be more healthy but also more flavorful…but most organic produce in stores are tasteless and disappointing. You guys have “nailed-it”.

 
 

Christy Watkins

07/01/20

Just had my first box of these cherry tomatoes…they are amazing and taste just like home grown. Thank you for producing such delicious produce — I’ll keep buying until mine are ripe!

 
 

Laurel Gries

05/12/20

I bought your organic asparagus from my local co op and must say, it was the freshest, tastiest asparagus I’ve had in a long time. Thanks for growing organically, keep up the good work!

 
 

Janet Goff

11/14/19

I live in Washington and am so very grateful to get your wonderful tomatoes all the way up here. They are amazing. I was making a salad tonight and thinking about how amazing your tomatoes are, so I thought I should let you know how much I appreciate all the work that goes into producing them. And, thank you for the paper packaging. I love it!

 
 

Ted Papenfuss

10/25/19

I am sitting here eating a full pint size box of your Sun Gold tomatoes. I discovered them at Monterey Market in Berkeley. This is my fifth box in six days. They are the best tasting tomatoes I have ever eaten!!

I wish you grew them all year but I know that the winter weather around Esparto is coming soon.

 
 

Nicole

10/12/19

I had the best tomato of my life over the summer, and it was from your farm. My mom had a box of your cherry toms on the table, and it was a variety pack of different kinds, mostly orange but some red, too. The round, orange, slightly softer, super juicy ones were the absolute sweetest tomatoes I’ve ever had. I meant to save the seeds but I ate all of them.

 
 

Patrick Reeves

10/5/19

We primarily shop at Whole Foods and one day there were these little tomatoes about 1/2” diameter. I tasted one and YUM. Bought several baskets and a couple days later decided on a salad. But one of the baskets was gone.

My wife rarely eats tomatoes, but SHE decided to try one and then they started to disappear.

I told her, “I am going to the store” and she yells back, “DON’T FORGET THOSE LITTLE TOMATOES.”

But Whole Foods ran out. The ones about 1” diameter taste about the same but no, she wants the little ones.

Seems she “snacks” on them when she opens the refrigerator.

Thank You

 
 

Vicki & Alan Merickel

10/3/19

Just wanted to tell you how much we appreciate your produce. The little cherry tomatoes we bought at the Oakland Whole Foods are just delicious. Thank you for your commitment to organic, sustainable farming. We spend 6 months a year in rural France where we get the most wonderful produce from hard-working, local producteurs. It is great to return to the Bay Area and be able to buy the same quality of produce from families like yours.

 
 

Aileen Harvey

9/26/19

I absolutely love your orange colored cherry tomatoes! I get them at Whole Foods. They’re the sweetest I’ve ever tasted! Even better than from the farmer’s market, which actually surprised me. Had been buying one basket a week and trying very hard to make them last. Then last week, after months of buying them, it occurred to me that I could buy TWO boxes. Duh!!! Now I can eat them with both lunch and dinner. And of course, I love that they’re organic. Wouldn’t buy them otherwise. I, for one, appreciate all that you do in providing delicious, healthy, produce.

 
 

Steve Bouchard

9/21/19

Having some of your incredibly delicious cherry tomatoes today. Thank you for growing such great food. I got them at Whole Foods in Mill Valley. Keep growing, please.

 
 

Sarah Teichner

9/15/19

The Best Watermelon in the USA:

I wanted to let you know that I consider myself an expert when it comes to watermelon! I’ve loved this stuff since I was five years old and, without telling you how old I am now, lots of time has passed.

There are so many things that make it exceptional, but the two that jump out at me are it’s consistently, always crisp, never mealy texture and the other huge thing, of course, is it’s sweetness.

This is the best melon I’ve ever had in the US. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for growing a watermelon that is extraordinary!

 
 

Kelly Look

9/14/19

Our local grocery store, The Market at Edgewood in Palo Alto, carries your little cherry tomatoes. They are divine! And I really just want to give a shout out that I’m so happy to buy them in their little cardboard container vs. a plastic container. Keep it up!

 
 

JR

9/13/19

Best tomatoes I’ve had in a LONG time. Thank you! I mean seriously, who goes on to a website and leaves a comment about tomatoes? That’s how good they are.

 
 

Mij Convery

9/12/19

I pay close attention to packaging. While totally enjoying those tiny little “Hungry Hollow” red tomatoes I examined their little box. It’s so much more visually satisfying than the usual plastic “baskets” and the green pulp boxes. Love the logos and the sun’s rays perforations. I have not yet been able to bring myself to recycling them - they sit on the countertop where I can enjoy them every day. Along with the tomatoes. Far tastier than other cherry-type tomatoes. Thanks very much for the double joy of tomatoes in a delightful little box.

 
 

Eleanor Thomas

9/9/19

I love that you put your grape tomatoes in cardboard boxes instead of plastic :-) We just bought a box of Hungry Hollow vine ripened organic tomatoes from Whole Foods Market and I was so excited that they were not in a plastic box :-) Thanks :-)

 
 

Kevin Carrabine

9/9/19

The early tiny tomatoes — the best I’ve ever eaten. We got them in Seattle maybe a month or more ago; earliest tiny tomatoes of the year and they were so delicious! Thank you for growing such a delicious tomato.

 
 

John Hoffmann

9/9/19

A million “thank you’s” to you for deciding to use packaging that is NOT plastic. today I was browsing Good Earth store here in Fairfax when I came across these Hungry Hollow bite-size tomatoes. Although I bought plenty of tomatoes yesterday already, I liked your packaging so much I bought your tomatoes today anyway. No worries, I shouldn’t have much problem eating all these tomatoes in the next four days…

Thank you again for your forward thinking regarding your packaging.

 
 

Best. Tomatoes. Ever.

I was just eating the last of a small carton of cherry tomatoes, which I bought at Whole Foods here in San Rafael last week. I thought, “These are maybe the best tomatoes I’ve ever eaten. Who the heck grew them? I have to tell them.” (I found your web address on the carton.)

I ALSO greatly appreciate your concern for our planet, as evidenced by the cardboard carton. And from your website, I just learned that you value your workers, too.

THANK YOU from a grateful consumer.

Holly Middleton

8/28/19

 
 

Eleanor Rayl

8/27/19

I bought my first Hungry Hollow cherry tomatoes this week at Whole Foods in Naples, Florida. They were so delicious that I used them twice in my Greek Horiatiki salad! The deep red color added to our enjoyment.

 
 

Louise Sloman

8/22/19

I buy your tomatoes at Whole Foods in Dallas, TX. I choose to shop there and not at another very fine and closer grocery store whenever I need tomatoes because they are, by far, the best tomatoes I have ever eaten. Thank you so much for providing such a delicious treat.

 
 

I grew up in farm country in Wisconsin and was used to eating really good tomatoes, corn, and strawberries. I haven’t had a decent tomato since I left 50 years ago…until I had your organic tomatoes that I found in Whole Foods in Sarasota Florida. They were sweet and delicious and reminded me of how good produce should taste. I hope they continue to sell them here.

Rick Greenspun

8/20/19

 
 

I purchased a pint of your black tomatoes and immediately texted my family and friends to rush out and get them, too. Just bought another pint today! Farming is hard work. You are very appreciated. Thank you for growing such delicious food.

Alexis Yarbrough

8/20/19

 
 

Anonymous

8/18/19

I bought your baby tomatoes at Whole Foods and they were the sweetest, most delicious tomatoes I have eaten since my childhood in Los Angeles, growing up in the 1950’s - when all fruits were vine ripened before picking! It was heaven back then!

 
 

Gretchen Breuner

8/17/19

I was picking up my um-teenth basket of your Durst baby red tomatoes when I realized your website was on the basket. I wanted to THANK YOU for taking such great care in planting, harvesting, packaging and distributing such an amazing product! Today I bought two more baskets of tomatoes, and by the time I got home, I was half way through the first basket. I know virtually nothing of farming or ranching, but as I put each tomato in my mouth, I am grateful for all the steps it took to get your product to my store, Raley’s in NW Reno, NV. Thank you again to your whole team! I have deep gratitude for all your care and efforts!

 
 

Carole Thickstun

8/16/19

Had to stop preparing dinner for a minute to thank you for the awesome little tomatoes I found in Whole Foods Tucson. I’m a gardener myself, and I know how long it takes to pick a pint of tiny tomatoes carefully. Let alone grow them!! Hugs to whoever gathered up the baskets I bought.

 
 

Bob Mayerfeld

8/13/19

Just purchased yellow tomatoes at Whole Foods. They are incredible. Best I have ever had. So good and sweet they defy description. Kudos to you!!!

 
 

Cindy Hepworth

8/13/19

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Durst:

I just finished a small box of your little tomatoes, and as I was breaking down the box for recycling, I was overcome by the desire to thank you for helping find a way around the prevalent, disastrous, use of plastic in our country. The little tomatoes were very tasty and getting rid of the packaging was guilt-free.

THANK YOU!

 
 

Paul Segall

8/8/19

These are the best tomatoes I have ever eaten - spent most of my life in NJ with access to many varieties of tomatoes and whether slicing, grape, cherry, or whatever, I’ve never had such tasty, sweet, tomatoes. Keep sending us your awesome tomatoes. Thanks so much.

 
 

Pat

7/31/19

Just a quick note to say that I picked up a box of your yellow/orange tomatoes at Whole Foods in Cambridge MA a few weeks ago and absolutely loved them. They were so sweet; I was eating them like candy. I went back a few more times to get more until they were no longer available. I can’t wait until your next crop!

 
 

Mary

7/29/19

Thank you very much for growing beautiful and delicious, organic cherry tomatoes! They are truly marvelous and we also are so happy that you provide them in cardboard baskets. We purchased them at Cornucopia Market in Carmel, and hope there will be some more available when we return to the market later this week.

 
 

Wendy Rule

7/26/19

I just wanted to let you know that I bought some of your lovely tomatoes at Whole Foods the other day, specifically because they were packed in cardboard, rather than plastic. Well done for making the change, and hopefully encouraging other growers. And the tomatoes were delicious.

 
 

Betty Kaplan

7/20/19

I am delighted that your organic sweet golden cherry tomatoes have reappeared this summer in my Mollie Stone’s Market in Palo Alto. They are delicious! And wonderful that the beautiful cardboard box containing them is recyclable, but the box is so sturdily made I wish there were some way you could collect them and reuse them. I hate to consign them to being mashed to pulp!

We can’t reuse the boxes, unfortunately, due to food safety concerns. But, we hope that our customers can find a (re)use for them around the house! - The Durst Team

 
 

Dr. Princetta

8/29/17

I am 65; 100% Italian making tomatoes part of my DNA. The Durst tomatoes I recently purchased could very well be the best I have ever tasted.

Thank You

 
 

Jamila K.

8/11/17

Deborah and Jim,

I LOVE your produce so much I had to say thank you! The cutest container ever for those GREAT organic mini cherry tomatoes make me smile! I only reach out to companies that have great products and in your case, great packaging!! I'm having fun reusing the cute little cartons. I'm eating a handful of the tomatoes as I write this. It is hard to save them for my salads, they are so good.

Keep up the good work and thanks to all at Durst.

 
 

Melinda

8/5/17

Dear Durst folks,

My husband and I recently bought a pint of orange cherry tomatoes from Gus's Market in San Francisco.  I am just writing that in addition to enjoying the delicious tomatoes, I really appreciated that they came in a cardboard container as opposed to the green, unrecyclable plastic.

Kudos to you!  It's the little daily things that add up, and I appreciate this detail and will definitely look for your tomatoes again next time I'm at the store.

Happy Summer!

 
 

Claudia S.

7/31/17

Dear Dursts,

At age 73 this is a first:  a fan letter about tomatoes!  

Your Hungry Hollow organic cherry tomatoes purchased at Raley’s Market here in Roseville (Sacramento area) are the best I have had in years. Each one pops with juice and flavor. I originally bought a box because they were on sale and looked good. Today I made a special trip back to the store to buy 3 more boxes because of their superior taste. Another thing I appreciate about them is the thin skins that pop so easily when eaten. It seems that more and more cherry type tomatoes have thick skins and get “chewy”……not what a tomato should be.

The tomatoes are on the counter, in my inherited Waterford crystal bowl, to admire before being eaten…..which happens throughout the day, they are a healthy delicious snack. Looking at them today, I decided I need another trip to the store for a few boxes to roast.

Keep them coming!

 
 

Jacqueline L.

7/26/17

 

Hello Durst Family,

My wife and I bought three pints of your little tomatoes yesterday, here in Venice California, and we LOVE them. They are simply the most flavorful little tomatoes we have ever had. (And that's big praise coming from an Italian!)

Thank you and your farm for such lovely produce!