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Fruit & News of the Week: July 24th 2017

This week’s fruit: Elegant Lady Peaches Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Elegant Lady peaches are well named with a beauti- ful balance of sweet and acid along with a brilliant red color. These firm, round, freestone peaches are perfect grilled

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Recipe: Arugula Salad with Lemon Chicken & Nectarines

Arugula Salad with Lemon Chicken & Nectarines Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts 10 cups baby arugula 1/4 cup fresh basil, sliced into ribbons 3-4 nectarines sliced Juice of 1 – 1.5 lemon(s) to taste Extra Virgin Olive oil to taste salt

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Farm Fucus: Our Wheat Is In!

Our Wheat Is In!   Rachel, our farm assistant, has been busy since her arrival in May researching how to handle processing the 16 acres of wheat we’ve grown. Since this is our first foray into wheat, we decided to

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Fruit & News of the Week: July 17, 2017

This Week’s Fruit: Zee Lady Peaches Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Renowned horticulturist Floyd Zaiger is responsible for many of our favorite varieties, and the Zee Lady is another Zaiger gem. The Zee Lady is a good sized peach that’s

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Recipe: Pluot and Avocado Salad

Pluot and Avocado Salad from Food 52 Ingredients: 2 medium ripe Avocados 5 medium sized ripe pluots 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro 1 small clove of garlic several pinches sea salt 1 medium lemon A few glugs of olive oil

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