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Recipe: Becky’s Apricot Conserve

Ingredients 5 lbs Apricots 1 1/2 lbs sugar 1/3 cup lemon juice *apricot pits Supplies Paring knife Scale Measuring cups Citrus reamer & fine meshed strainer Large, wide, shallow pot Wooden or metal spoon Ladle Funnel Lids and jars Colander

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Fruit and News: Week of June 17th 2013

This Week’s Fruit Golden Sweet Apricots A smaller apricot that makes up for whatever it lacks in size with its rich flavor. Though we may bake pastries featuring other varieties, the Golden Sweet is our variety of choice for our

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Farm Focus: Yerena Farm

If there ever was an exemplar story of the American Dream, Yerena Farms is one of them. The Yerena family came to the United States in 1968 from Jalisco, Mexico. Poli Yerena, the current patriarch of the family, was 17

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Recipe: Pan Roasted Chicken Salad with Apricots

Ingredients 3 thick boneless chicken breasts Salt and Pepper 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard 3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill 2 tablespoons honey 1 garlic clove, minced 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 4 thick slices rustic bread,

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Farm Focus: In the Orchard with Farmer Al

Going for a ride through the Orchard with Farmer Al on his golf cart is always a treat. Every ride I learn something new about our farming system and see some things of great beauty. On our last ride I

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    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…