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Fruit and News of the Week: July 5th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Suncrest Peaches Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A Slow Food Ark heritage variety, the Suncrest has all the old-fashioned taste of days gone by. Its a truly memorable peach whose firm but juicy flesh provides a real

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Farm Focus: Spotted Wing Drosophila

In 2008, California’s farms were struck by a plague – the Spotted Wing Drosophila. For the first time this little creature took flight over the contiguous United States. In it’s wake, it left millions of dollars of crop damage. First

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Recipe: Peach Almond Muffins

adapted from zenbelly.com Ingredients 3-4 ripe peaches 3 eggs 1/4 cup orangutang safe palm shortening such as Spectrum brand or butter 3 tablespoons honey 1 1/4 cup almond flour 1/2 cup arrowroot flour 3 tablespoons coconut flour 1 teaspoon baking

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Fruit and News of the Week: June 29th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Suncrest Peach Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood A Slow Food Ark heritage variety, the Suncrest has all the old-fashioned taste of days gone by. Its a truly memorable peach whose firm but juicy flesh provides a real eat-over-the-sink

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Farm Focus: June BALT Blast

Last month we introduced you to the Brentwood Agricultural Land Trust (BALT).Frog Hollow Farm is located in the Brentwood farming region, surrounded by 12,000 acres of rich Delta soils with a perfect climate for orchards and row crops. However, as

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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…