Monthly Archives: December 2014

Fruit and News of the Week: December 29th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Tarocco Blood Orange 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 and

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Farm Focus: Marlene Shares Experience from the National Young Farmer’s Conference

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Earlier this month, I had the pleasure and privilege of attending the National Young Farmers Conference at the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture in New York. It was a three day whirlwind of learning, networking, and celebrating good food.Stone Barns is an amazing nonprofit farm just

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Recipe: Blood Orange, Pomegranate and Elderflower Sorbet

photo credit: Taste of Home

Ingredients: 4 medium blood oranges 4 medium navel oranges 1 cup pomegranate juice 2 tablespoons St. Germaine Elderflower liqueur Blood orange slices and pomegranate seeds 2/3rds cup sugar Preparation: Start by grating 1 tablespoon blood orange peel and set aside.

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Fruit and News of the Week: Dec 22nd

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Tarocco Blood Orange 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 and

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FARM FOCUS: 18 Reasons Food Lit Book Club

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  Are you a self proclaimed food nerd? If so, you’ll be excited to meet fellow CSA Member Heather Knappe! Heather is a long-time member of our CSA program. She is also the organizer of 18 Reason’s Food Lit Book Club. Meeting every month since 2009, the Food Lit Book club discusses the latest and

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    Pork Chops with Apples and Onions
    via Martha Stewart

     
    Ingredients:
    6 bone-in pork chops (loin or shoulder), cut 3/4 inch thick
    Coarse salt and fres…

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  • Fruit & News of the Week: April 9, 2018

    This Week’s Fruit:
    Minneloa Tangelos
    Twin Girls Farm, Dinuba, CA
    The Tangelo is a cross between a mandarin and grapefruit. Its skin is easy to peel and its f…

  • Recipe: DIY Orange Soda

    Via Food52

    Ingredients:

    4 oranges
    1 lime
    1 cup granulated sugar
    Lemon lime seltzer water

    Method:

    Zest the oranges and the lime and add all o…

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