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Fruit and News of the Week: Sept 8th

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THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Emerald Beaut Plums A freestone plum, the Emerald Beaut is a delicate green that turns golden with a hint of a blush. It has a firmer texture than the Santa Rosa with a crisp almost crunchy mouthfeel. One of

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Farm Focus: Meet Partner Farm – Abounding Harvest Mountain!

Abounding Harvest

The lovely avocados in this week’s box are from our friends at Abounding Harvest Mountain Farm.  We include fruit from their farm throughout the fall and winter months, so an introduction is in order.  AMHF is located at 1,200 feet

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Recipe: Noodle Salad with Frog Hollow Asian Pears

This recipe comes to us from our friend Mario at Cookin’ the Market for more recipes check out: http://cookinthemarket.org/ Ingredients: 1 portions of thin Rice noodle 2 tbsp. chives, minced 1 cup sliced Napa cabbage, sliced thin 1 whole Asian pear,

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Fruit and News of the Week: August 18th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Summerset Peaches Bright yellow with hardly no blush to speak of, the Summerset is a freestone that boasts a bold flesh that has a strong peach flavor. Sweet and juicy but with a tart, acidic bite, it

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Farm Focus: Meet Marlene

marlene

 Marlene came to us from outside of Portland, Oregon where she was on the production team for a CSA farm. Her interest in agriculture began shortly after college during her time as an AmeriCorps and Civilian Community Corps volunteer, which

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    Via Food52

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    1 lime
    1 cup granulated sugar
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