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This week’s fruit: Rich Lady Peaches Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Rich with both color and flavor, the Rich Lady peach is a superb yellow-fleshed semi-freestone developed by Floyd Zaiger, acclaimed plant breeder, of Zaiger Genetics. Ruby Diamond Nectarines Frog…
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Fruit & News of the Week: June 26th 2017
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Bay Area, biodiversity, california agriculture, carbon sequestration, coastal california, Community, community supported agriculture, grass fed beef, orchards, Organic Farming, perrennial grasses, regenerative agriculture, regenerative faming, soil health, soil regeneration, sustainability
Fruit & News of the Week: June 19 2017
This Week’s Fruit: Santa Rosa Plums Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Santa Rose plums are famous for their beautiful dark skin, yellow flesh and are delicious eaten fresh or canned. This variety was developed by Luther Burbank in, you guessed…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Agriculture, Bay Area, Bay Area CSA, bay area farmer, Berkeley, Brentwood, California Certified Organic Farmers, community supported agriculture, CSA, easy bay CSA, farming, Intergrated Pest management, IPM, Nectarines, Oakland, orchards, Organic Farming, organic orchards, Palo Alto, peaches, Plums, San Francisco, San Jose, south bay CSA, summer, summer fruit
Fruit & News of the Week: June 12th 2017
This Week’s Fruit: Stella Cherries Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Stella cherries are dark almost to the point of being black and slightly smaller than the big, bold Bing.These are the last variety of cherry for the season. Gold Dust…
Posted in Articles, Newsletter Tagged with: apricots, Bay Area CSA, california weather, cherries, community supported agriculture, CSA, Nectarines, orchards, Organic Farming, peaches, rain, stone fruit, stone fruit farming, summer
Fruit & News of The Week: November 14th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Fuyu Persimmons Milleans Farm, Lodi, CA The Fuyu has a crisp texture with a rich honey sweet flavor. They have a beautiful orange to red hue when ripe, often with tiny brown speckles on the skin. They…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Anna, Apples, Becky, cuyama farm, fuji, fuyu, holiday season, Milleans farm, oranges, orchards, persimmons, pomegranates, Thanksgiving, Twin Girls Farm, valencia
Week of January 9th, 2012
In This Week’s Box [box_list] Warren Pears & Shinko Pears, Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Navel Oranges; Olsen Organic Farm, Lindsay, CA Navel Oranges (larger type) Purity Organic, Kerman, CA Hayward Kiwi– Swanson Berry Farm, Davenport, CA [/box_list] From Farmer…
Posted in Articles, Newsletter Tagged with: Farmer Al, Kiwi, Navel Oranges, new trees, olsen organics, orchards, planting, Shinko Pears, Warren Pears
