Farm Fresh approaches the 2026-2027 season of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) hungrier than ever before.

After a historic franchise-best fourth-place finish in last season’s All-Filipino Conference, the Foxies are embracing a “one level up” mindset coming into the Invitational Conference.

Farm Fresh is one of the six teams that have earned spots to the internationally flavored season-opening contest unwrapping on Monday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

The Foxies will be taking on defending champion PLDT, the Jaja Santiago-Minowa-reinforced Creamline, Nxled and foreign teams Est Cola of Thailand and Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam.

“A new journey and a new battle for us,” veteran winger Ara Galang said.

“Also, we’re going up against international teams and we expect a different type of competition this time. But we’ll give our best every time and work as a team,” she added.

The Foxies primed up for their first Invitationals appearance in two years with a fruitful run in the pre-season PVL On Tour Showdown.

They won back-to-back games to wrap their three-match stint in the province-hopping competition, sweeping Nxled in Tubod, Lanao del Norte before outlasting Capital1 last week in Victorias City, Negros Occidental.

Farm Fresh is gunning for a better finish after a winless campaign in 2024. The Foxies skipped last year’s edition and gave their spot to sister team ZUS Coffee.

“I think this is a huge opportunity for our team to test our teamwork and chemistry,” decorated outside spiker Ces Molina said.

“Happy that our whole team will get to experience playing against international players, the best players from other Asian countries,” the former Alas Pilipinas standout added.

Farm Fresh squares off with Ho Chi Minh City on Monday at 6:30 p.m.