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Fruit and News of the Week: Sept 14th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Pomegranate Native to the regions of Persia and the Western Himalayan range, pomegranates have been cultivated for several millennia. When sliced open a beautiful array of jewel-like seeds are displayed. The aril is the colorful casing that surrounds

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Fruit and News of the Week: August 31st

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THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Summerset Peach The Summerset matures into a very large peach, some weighing in at more than two pounds! Bright yellow with hardly no blush to speak of, the Summerset is a freestone that boasts a bold flesh that

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Fruit and News: Week of August 17th 2015

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT  Cal Red Peach The beloved Cal Red is in a class by itself and is the “Oh my God” peach! A relatively new variety and a California native, the Cal Red was bred by University of California botanist

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Farm Focus: Get Your Freeze On!

sliced peaches and bagged peaches

We still have plenty more stone fruit coming your way but now is a good time to start thinking ahead to January and beyond when you really start craving the taste of our peaches and nectarines.  We freeze our fruit

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Recipe: Crimson Salad

Thanks to our friend Chef Mario Hernandez for this lovely recipe. Ingredients Serves 2 8 oz. of any red leafed greens (we used an heirloom variety red spinach) ½ cup raspberries, washed and dried 1 cup of mixed variety plums

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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…