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Fruit and News of the Week: November 2nd

THIS IS FRUIT Warren Pear Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA This is Frog Hollow Farm’s signature pear and for good reason. Too difficult to grow for most farmers, it’s never caught on commercially but, Farmer Al has never shied away from putting

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Farm Focus: A Poem – To Autumn

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To Autumn by William Blake O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stain’d With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath my shady roof; there thou may’st rest, And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe, And

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Recipe: Roasted Pumpkin and Pomegranate Salad with Pumpkin Seed Oil Vinaigrette

From Tastebook Ingredients: 3 cups pumpkin, cut into 1-inch cubes 2 t. extra-virgin olive oil 1/4 t. salt 1/4 t. pepper 6 cups mixed winter salad greens 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds 8 tsp lightly toasted pumpkin seeds 1/4 cup crumbled

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Fruit and News of the Week: October 25th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Warren Pears Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA This is Frog Hollow Farm’s signature pear and for good reason. It has a great origin story, discovered by Thomas Oscar Warren growing naturally outside a post office in Hattiesburg, MS. Once

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Farm Focus: Farwell Marlene

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It is with heavy hearts that we will bid farewell to Marlene this week. Marlene has been heading up our vegetable garden for the last year and a half. Though she thought she’d be putting down roots in the Bay Area, her wanderlust has caught

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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…