After raising seven children of their own, Clazien and John Smit provided a group home for boys for 12 years. Most stayed for three to four years, and the boys were paid to help in the orchards. The first boy to graduate from college recently called Clazi A northern California couple, dissatisfied with their returns from a commercial packing house, has found success in marketing without a middleman—not an easy feat when you grow 160 acres of tree fruit and table grapes. It takes planning and coordination, but John and Clazien Smit of Linden, with the help of their sons […]