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Fruit and News: Week of July 8

Suncrest Peaches A Slow Food Ark heritage variety, the Suncrest has all the old-fashioned taste of days gone by. Its a truly memorable peach whose firm but juicy flesh provides a real eat-over-the-sink experience. Gently tapered, the Suncrest has hardly

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Member Spotlight: Kitchen Gadget Girl and Urban Homesteader

Kitchen Gadget Girl and Urban Homesteader, Gudrun from Menlo Park shares her story with us. Gudrun, from Menlo Park has been a Happy Child CSA member for three years. Eating locally and sustainably has become an integral part of her

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Recipe: Roasted Plums

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Fruit and News:Week of July 2

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Red Top Peaches The big, bold Red Top lives up to its name and is almost fully blushed red over yellow. One of the first freestone varieties of the season, its flesh is consistently firm and sweet.

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Recipe: Grilled Chicken & Sausage with Peaches, Olives, and Fresh Herbs

A perfect recipe to make your July 4th meal delicious, unique, and memorable. Send us your tried and tested recipes! If we publish them in the newsletter, we’ll send you a bag of our granola in your next box. Ingredients

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  • Recipe: Pork Chops with Apples and Onions

    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…

  • Farm Focus: The Buzz with Bees

    Spring is synonymous with blooming flowers and where there are blooming flowers there are bees! And while most people think  of European honey bees, we  w…

  • 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…

  • Farm Focus: Jim Churchill of Churchill-Brenneis Orchard

    Jim of Churchill-Brenneis Orchard, never imagined himself becoming a farmer, though he grew up walking through friends orchards on weekend trips from LA. His pa…