As the final late-spring frost rolls off the Fort Valley Plateau, the air smells a little sweeter and Georgians’ smiles get a little bigger because this is a clear indicator of the arrival of peach season. This energy runs through the 1,400 acres of trees on Pearson Farm, located in the heart of Peach County, GA. From May through August, the arms of these trees are weighed down with plump peaches waiting to be picked by farmhands or young hooligans using the farm as their summer playground. In this exact spot is where Stephen Rose sunk his teeth into a sweet Georgia peach and gleefully let its sweet, sticky contents dribble down his 7-year-old chin. Some years later, as Stephen laid his head in Nashville, he began to dream of those Georgia peaches.
Stephen tells tales of growing up visiting Pearson Farm — located only five miles from his childhood home and owned by friends of the family — and shares sweet memories of summertime and peach ice cream. “I wanted to bring a piece of my hometown to Nashville,” Stephen says from his home in East Nashville, where he raises his 18-month-old daughter and works the magic behind The Peach Truck, a 4-year-old company he founded with his wife, Jessica. Beginning in 2012, Stephen and Jessica loaded up their 1964 Jeep Gladiator, now fondly known as The Peach Truck, with Pearson Farm peaches and brought the best peaches in the country — according to Stephen, Jessica and everyone who tries them — to Nashville. And, with that, his dream of bringing Fort Valley to Nashville was a reality and their business was born.
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originally published on styleblueprint.com
