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THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Tarocco Blood Oranges Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A beautiful orange to deep red flesh is revealed when you slice open a Tarocco. The flesh of the blood orange is firmer and more dense than an orange…
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Fruit & News of the Week: February 27th
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: articles, atmospheric river, bravocado, Brentwood, California, Climate Change, crack, cuyama farm, dams, Drought, dry up, engineer, extreme weather, federal funding, flood, Frog Hollow Farm, fuji apple, hass avocado, hydrologists, Lindsay, Moro blood orange, Navel Orange, new cuyama, Olson Organics, Oroville Dam, pink lady apple, politicians, politics, resources, river, ruby grapefruit, san diego, San Joaquin Valley, scientist, SF Chronicle, storm, structures, sundance, tarocco blood orange, underground aquifers, warm temperature, water, water resource manager, water storage, Yolo bypass
Farm Focus: Soil as a Carbon Sink
Courtesy of the fine folks at CalCAN With climate change, scientists predict that California will experience more weather extremes that will put a huge strain on our community and on agriculture. Farmers and ranchers are among the first to experience…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: carbon, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, Compost, cover crops, Drought, emissions, erratic weather, greenhouse gas, heat waves, pest pressure
Farm Focus: A New Hope for Cherries
Next we’ll be picking Rainer cherries. Our harvest this year, sadly like those of the past two years is very meager. But we’re feeling blessed to have as much as we do. Cherry orchards all over the state of CA are experiencing…
Farm Focus: Food Waste
There is growing attention on the topic of food waste in sustainability and food security circles. It’s estimated that 40% of the food grown, distributed, and sold in the United States is wasted. In our own sunny California, it’s estimated…
Posted in Blog, Newsletter Tagged with: Climate Change, Compost, food security, food waste, sustainability, value-added products
Fruit and News of the Week: March 24th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Navel Oranges California Oranges, Springville, CA California Navel Oranges are considered to be the best Navels for eating out of hand. They have a thick skin that is easy to peel, are seedless, and have a meaty…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Avocado, Climate Change, Drought, Farmer Al, Frog Hollow Farm, Hayward Kiwi, oranges
