These are folks raising a funny-looking fruit that’s been around nearly 700 years but only in the U.S. for a couple of decades. Maybe the strange look and texture of the kiwi fruit has discouraged you from trying it. But Jason Shoultz discovered kiwi farmers in California are working hard to overcome your fear of this fuzzy fruit.
Did you know: In the early 1900s, New Zealanders developed a national taste for the fruit formerly known as the "Chinese gooseberry." They gave it its new name, more precisely, their native bird, the Kiwi, did to which the fruit bears a certain resemblance.
