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Fruit for Week of April 15th 2013

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This Week’s Fruit Hass Avocados Eco Farm, Rainbow,CA Creamy in texture, nutty in flavor, with a small to medium seed. The Hass skin is easy to peel and darkens from green to purplish-black as it ripens. You can tell it

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Recipe: Warm Millet Salad with Roasted Tangerine and Fennel

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Ingredients 3 Murcott tangerines 2 medium fennel bulbs 6 tablespoons olive oil, divided ¼ cup orange juice, divided 3 tablespoons lemon juice, divided 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard, divided 1 tablespoon light brown sugar 1 cup millet 2 cups water 1

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Week of February 28th 2011

CSA Box filled with oranges, apples, avocados, tangerines, and grapefruit.

Things are really moving now…. We’re actually seeing fruit on some early varieties! The Apache apricots have fruit, as do the Honey Rich apriums. And our newest addition to early harvest varieties is the Super Zee peach, which also already has fruit.

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Week of February 22nd 2011

A citrus-heavy CSA box filled with oranges, tangerines, apples, and two avocados.

It is a beautiful day here on the farm. To the west is Mt. Diablo, covered in snow and towering 4500 feet over the vast central valley.

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