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Blog posts and other snippets relating to our CSA community.

Farm Focus: The Berkeley Urban Bee Lab

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Our food system is in trouble.  Farming has become increasingly more difficult. Many factors are causing farming to become increasingly more difficult including, climate change, an increasing need for bee keepers and bee pollinators, and a drastic decrease in the

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Farm Focus: BALT Blast

Farmland Protection and Climate Change California farmers grow over 40% of the nation’s fruits and vegetables and more then 95% of the nation’s artichokes, almonds, apricots, kiwis and walnuts. However, while California is the nation’s breadbasket, we have not protected

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Farm Focus: Last Week was a Great Week for Frog Hollow!

We were gifted with 10 days of warm, breezy weather that dried the ground sufficiently to plant all 20 acres of new peach trees. With all hands on deck, we completed the job in 4 days. That amounts to 1,000

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Farm Focus: Farewell Molly

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After almost three years with our CSA, Molly, our amazing Outreach Coordinator is heading on to new adventures. We are very sorry to see her go but are happy to support her transition into other endeavors. Aside from having awesome

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Farm Focus: El Nino

The big news here at the farm is El Nino. It is not new news that it is raining, but this rain has big repercussions for our work at the farm. We’ll start by saying that we are obviously thrilled

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Recent Posts

  • 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…