About Us:

Lone Star Family Farm was founded in 2013 but the story goes back a little further than that. In 2009, Josh and Ashley Ritchey, began growing and selling watermelons and cantaloupes to grocery stores in the Lubbock, Texas area. They grew their produce on the only land that was available for leasing at the time - development lots that were for sale inside the city limits of Lubbock. After a couple of years of growing watermelons and cantaloupes and facing various challenges, the Ritcheys began exploring ways to cut down on harvest labor.