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While most of the farm is busy ramping up for stone fruit, the veggie farmers have been spending the last few weeks transplanting all 1100 tomato plants out into the field. We started a couple months ago with tomato seeds…
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Blog posts and other snippets relating to our CSA community.
Farm Focus: Tomatoes!
Posted in Blog Tagged with: californ, canning, conzerve, greenhouse, ketchup, Organic Farming, pruning, saucing tomatoes, summer, tomatoes, vegetable farming, vermi-compost
Fruit & News of the Week: May 15, 2017
This week’s fruit: Brooks Cherries Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Brooks Cherries are the total package. Beautiful deep red color, perfect tart/sweet balance & great texture! Fuji Apples Cuyama, New Cuyama, CA Fujis are a cross between Red Delicious and…
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Farm Focus: Meet Estaban Martinez from JW Farm!
When I asked Estaban how long he’d been farming, his reply was “all my life”. His father came to the US from Jalisco, Mexico. In Mexico his father worked for Riverside Farm which grew produce for import to the United…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Bay Area, California, California Certified Organic Farmers, east bay, farming, Organic, Organic Farming, organic strawberries, south bay, strawberries
Farm Focus: Saying Goodbye to Kelsey
Farewell Kelsey We are very sorry to be bidding farewell to Kelsey, our Outreach Coordinator. We are, however, happy that she’ll be pursuing a career in food and nutrition after her departure. This August Kelsey will be returning to school…
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Farm Focus: Peaches
I am currently reading a book called the “Golden Peaches of Samarkand”, by Edward K Schafer, all about the historical importance of peaches, specifically in the T’sang Empire in China. The information is vast, but I thought I’d share with…
