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Farm Focus: Thinning Season is Here!

Imagine yourself at Frog Hollow Farm leisurely strolling through the orchard that is now full of growth and new life. Off in the distance, you hear what sounds like a machine gun going off, but as you approach the noise a

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Recipe: Blue Cheese & Strawberry Avocado Toast

from With Salt & Wit Serves 2 Ingredients: 4 – 1/4 inch slices of whole grain baguette 1 small avocado Dash Salt and Pepper 4 small strawberries, thinly sliced 2 tablespoons blue cheese crumbles Method:  Place the baguette slices on

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Fruit and News of the Week: April 4th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT:  Hass Avocado Churchill, Ojai, CA Creamy in texture, nutty in flavor, with a small to medium seed. The Hass skin is easy to peel and darkens from green to purplish-black as it ripens. Pink Lady Apple Cuyama,

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Farm Focus: An Italian Note from Kristin

Tasty food in Italy!

I was lucky to spend two weeks of March in Italy. While there, I learned about the culture of food in Italy, and this made me question how societal values around food develop. Is it possible for food movements, like

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Recipe: Shaved Apple and Fennel Salad with Frisee and Swiss

Shaved Fennel and Apple Salad with Frisee and Swiss

from our own Chef Anna Serves 2  INGREDIENTS: 1 apple, shaved or sliced thinly 1/2 a fennel bulb, shaved or sliced thinly 1 1/2 cups of frisee or other bitter green 1 oz Swiss cheese, cut into small cubes Salt

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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…