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Imagine yourself at Frog Hollow Farm leisurely strolling through the orchard that is now full of growth and new life. Off in the distance, you hear what sounds like a machine gun going off, but as you approach the noise a…
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Blog posts and other snippets relating to our CSA community.
Farm Focus: An Italian Note from Kristin
I was lucky to spend two weeks of March in Italy. While there, I learned about the culture of food in Italy, and this made me question how societal values around food develop. Is it possible for food movements, like…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Community, food access, food culture, Italy, quality, seasonal eating, trendy
Farm Focus: Meet Kelsey!
We are so happy to welcome Kelsey Long, our new Outreach and Engagement Coordinator, to Frog Hollow Farm. Kelsey hails from Houston, Texas and moved to the Bay Area about 3 years ago. Previous to joining us, Kelsey was an…
Farm Focus: From Conventional to Organic
In February 2016, we started the process of converting 20 acres of land from conventional to organic. As many of you know, we recently purchased land and planted 20 acres of new peach trees. The new 20-acre plot has been…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: biodiversity, certified organic, conventional, cover crop, pesticide, restore, soil health, three years
Farm Focus: UC Berkeley Urban Bee Lab Part 2
In the past seven years, the Berkeley Urban Bee Lab has helped Frog Hollow seed 20 acres of our farm with over 500 individual plant types. They have successfully grown the population of native bees on our farm from 20…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: bees, biodiverse, pollinator pathway, pollinators, surrounding landscape, urban
