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Farm Focus: Jose Sandoval

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Meet Jose Sandoval.  If you’ve enjoyed any of the goodies that come out of our Farm Kitchen, please thank Jose.  He’s our Farm Kitchen Manager and well loved on the farm. Jose grew up in Michoacan, Mexico and came to…

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Brix and Your Fruit

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For those new to our CSA this season, you may not have heard us use the term Brix. Brix is the ratio of Total Soluble Solids (TSS) to water in solution and is used within the industry to measure the…

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Farm Focus: Thirsty Trees

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It’s July and all our systems are operating at full tilt. Out in the Orchard our Tree Team is busy harvesting at maximum capacity. Our Ground Team is busy with several important jobs. Among them, our compost is being built…

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Farm Focus: Cardboard Shredder Update

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We are very pleased with our recent acquisition of our new cardboard shredder. We started shredding cardboard with it about 6 weeks ago and are very happy with the results. At this time, we are shredding about 1,050 lbs. of…

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Summer Pick & Jam

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