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We are excited to introduce you to our new egg partner Hoover Ranch! Brothers-in-law Steve Hoover and Brent Miller started their certified organic pastured egg ranch about two years ago. The 600 acre ranch is located in Bethel Island, a…
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Farm Focus: Meet Hoover Ranch
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Agriculture, Bay Area, Bay Area CSA, California, certified humane, delivery, eggs, Organic, Organic Farming, pastured eggs
Farm Focus: Meet Rachel Sullivan!
Meet Rachel Sullivan! Rachel joined Frog Hollow in April as our new Farm Assistant and we are excited to have her! Rachel is a Berkeley native who grew up alongside her family’s artisan baking business. The art of baking, marketing…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: bay area farm, community supported agriculture, farmer, Farmer Al, farming, Frog Hollow Farm, Frog Hollow Farm CSA, Organic Farming, soil science
Farm Focus: Feeding Our Compost
At Frog Hollow, we don’t have cattle like TomKat ranch, but we have our own systems to sequester carbon and regenerate our soil. We use our farm resources to add a diversity of microbial life to our soil through our…
Farm Focus: Stone Fruit 101
Well, stone fruit season is finally here and we thought it would be fun to share some info about what stone fruit are and how to take care of them! What is a stone fruit? Stone fruit, also known as…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Agriculture, Bay Area, Bay Area CSA, california farming, california rare fruit, farming, fruit care, nectarins, northern california, Organic Farming, peaches, Plums, stone fruit, storing stonefruit
Farm Focus: Switching Gears for Stone Fruit Season
The last few weeks there has been a palpable change on the farm as we switch gears for summer stone fruit season. You can feel the excitement in groups of people huddled around the box of the first cherries coming…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Apricot, apriums, Bay Area, Bay Area CSA, California, california farming, cherries, community supported agriculture, contra costa county, east bay, growing, irregation, mulch, orchard, Organic, Organic Farming, peaches, Plums, Pluots, stone fruit season
