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THIS WEEK’S FRUIT
Summerset Peach
The Summerset matures into a very large peach, some weighing in at more than two pounds! Bright yellow with hardly no blush to speak of, the Summerset is a freestone that boasts a bold flesh that has a strong peach flavor. Sweet and juicy but with a tart, acidic bite, it makes for a nice contrast as a follow-up to the extremely sweet Cal Red. The Summerset has a nicely firm texture that freezes well and is a favorite of ours to bake with.
August Fire Nectarine
Elegantly shaped and rich in flavor, with deep red skin and warm orange flesh.
Red Seedless Grapes
Firm, large, and sweet the Flame Seedless are one of the most popular varieties in North America. Enjoy these out of hand or try them in green salads, chicken salads, or fruit salads. Grapes can be enjoyed from the counter within a few days of receiving your box or refrigerated to enjoy them further into the week.
Emerald Beaut
A freestone plum, the Emerald Beaut is a delicate green that turns golden with a hint of a blush. It has a firmer texture than the Santa Rosa with a crisp almost crunchy mouthfeel. One of our most hardy fruit, the Emerald Beaut just gets sweeter and sweeter without losing texture as it ages.
Hosui Asian Pear
The Hosui is popular in both Japan and in California. They have a rougher, thicker skin than the Shinseiki with flesh that while still crunchy has a more melting mouthful, making the texture combination when eaten out of hand spectacular. Very juicy and sweet with a milder pear taste, their round shape and beautiful golden hue make them ideal for presentation with a distinctively Autumnal feel.
A NOTE FROM FARMER AL
Dear CSA Members,
This amazing agricultural landscape, known to most as Brentwood, is truly a Garden of Eden. Fruits and vegetables grown here abound in diversity, quantity, and quality unmatched by any other region in California, or in all of America, for that matter. Brentwood farmers could possibly provide the entire population of the bay area with their fruit and vegetable needs if the food system were to be locally organized.
That is a big vision! And it is embraced by BALT, the Brentwood Agricultural Land Trust, its board and its staff, led by its Director Kathryn Lyddan. Their work, personal efforts really, is foundational on three fronts:
1. Protect the land-BALT has already secured easements on over 1000 acres of prime farmland here in the Ag Core with another 1000 acres pending.
2. Empower the farmers-
a. With marketing opportunities
b. Support from improved regulatory changes
c. Provide land access and other opportunities for beginning farmers.
3. Educate the local Community
a. This includes educating local government agencies both county and
cities, regarding the valuable services that farms and farmers provide local
communities, betyond just the food they grow.
b. BALT is working with other non-profit organizations to expand ways farms and farmers can survive and succeed on the land.
Please join Frog Hollow Farm in giving your support to BALT in any way you can, either financially; or subscribing to BALT’s bi-annual newsletter by visiting www. brentwoodagtrust.org.
Thanks for your support,
