Root Instinct

06/12/2025

New creation coming soon since jelly was too messy to take hiking.

12/06/2024

When life gives you lemons, use them to lower the pH of your fruit preserves. Remember, your fruit jelly must have a pH lower than 4.6 to prevent botulism.

08/28/2024

One year ago today, we delivered our first case of jelly. Now you can find us across Northern California. Thank you to all of our retailers and customers for helping us achieve this milestone!

05/30/2024

🍊 +🌵 = 😋

Do we really need to say more about our Prickly Pear Jelly with Orange?

05/14/2024

Here are some newly germinated seed sprouts of our next generation of plant strains.

05/09/2024

You can find our prickly pear jelly at stores all over Northern California. Go to rootinstinct.com/shop to see where.

05/01/2024

Our founder, John, shared some of his photographs from a visit to the renowned Luther Burbank Home and Garden in Santa Rosa. As an esteemed botanist and horticulturist, Burbank successfully cultivated over 800 novel plant strains and varieties, meticulously selecting for desirable traits. Notably, sixty of these varieties were cacti, which served as a pioneering inspiration for the development of our own strains of opuntia.

04/27/2024

You can now find us at in Chico! Make sure to stop by S&S Organic Produce and Natural Foods for their Spring Pop-up, where you'll get the opportunity to sample our prickly pear jelly.

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Location: Horseshoe Lake, Chico, CA

04/27/2024

We look forward to sampling our jelly at this event!

Our pop up is right around the corner! 😃 We are so excited to have an amazing assortment of vendors join us! We hope to see you this Saturday 11-4!
Live music, product sampling, tons of raffles, artisanal products, acupuncture and more!
Power In The Flower, Chico Community Acupuncture, Sierra Nevada Cheese, Natures Way, Equal Exchange, Grace Family Tie Dye, Baki Salt & live music by Chris Schadt 🎶

04/25/2024

We are excited to announce that our prickly pear jelly is now available in Yuba City at . You can also find our products at their Chico location, .

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Location: Upper Bidwell Park, Chico, CA

04/21/2024

This time of year, the farm is filled with wildflowers, including our state flower, the California poppy.

04/16/2024

You can now find us in the seaside town of Trinidad!

Take a break from exploring the scenic beaches along the California Coast and grab a jar of Prickly Pear jelly at the gift shop.

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