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Farm Focus: The Berkeley Urban Bee Lab

SaraUrbanBeeLab

Our food system is in trouble.  Farming has become increasingly more difficult. Many factors are causing farming to become increasingly more difficult including, climate change, an increasing need for bee keepers and bee pollinators, and a drastic decrease in the

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Fruit and News of the Week: March 7th

The Frog Hollow Green House

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Hass Avocado En Divina Luz, Temecula, 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. Fuerte Avocado

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Fruit and News of the Week: February 29th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Hass Avocado Del Ray Farm, Riverside, 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. Fuerte Avocado

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Farm Focus: BALT Blast

Farmland Protection and Climate Change California farmers grow over 40% of the nation’s fruits and vegetables and more then 95% of the nation’s artichokes, almonds, apricots, kiwis and walnuts. However, while California is the nation’s breadbasket, we have not protected

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Recipe: Orange and Honey Glazed Pork Chops

from Martha Stewart Ingredients 2 oranges (1 zested and juiced, 1 cut into 8 wedges) 1/4 cup white-wine vinegar 3/4 cup honey, preferably orange blossom Salt and pepper 4 bone-in pork chops (about 8 ounces each, 1 inch thick) 5

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  • 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…