Sunrise Dryers
Custom Drying Fruits and Vegetables
Who We are
Our Background
20 years ago, Jim Samuel saw fruit going from fresh pick to landfill. He knew someday that there would be a market for imperfect fruit to be dried. Fast forward to 2022 and his sons took his dream and made it a reality when they took over a former Sunsweet Prune yard in Colusa to dry fruit to his families exact needs
What We Do
We take customers needs and custom dry fruit to their exact standards. By taking over an existing dry yard we have two fruit dippers and up to 72 tunnels that allows us to dry multiple types of fruit year round. Most fruit yards can only dry one fruit at a time; we can do more. Just ask!
Our Team
We were blessed to bring a team on to run our yard that has been in the fruit drying business for over 30 years. By bringing in an experienced team, we are able to not only hear a customers needs, but fulfill them by using 3 decades of drying experience to produce perfect fruit every time.
THe Dry Yard
Jake Samuel
CEO, Sunrise Fresh
Jake is a 3rd generation cherry grower. He runs both Sunrise Fresh and Sunrise Dryers. He runs point on financials and building the company. He grew up helping pick cherries and over time and learned each step from the generations before him to lead our team into the future.
Case Samuel
VP, Sales
Case handles sales for both Sunrise Fresh and Sunrise Dryers. He handles the logistics of fruit from packing sheds to the dry yard. From farms to the dry yard. He helps ensure that all buyers have quality fruit on time.
Nicolet Weber
Dry Yard Manager
Nicolet has been involved in plant operations for 15 years in almonds and walnuts before she came to us in 2024. She handles all of our onsite logistics, drying schedules and R&D at the yard.
