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Farm Focus: Composting to Save the Planet

An excerpt from Cheryl Angelina Koehler’s excellent article on Frog Hollow’s compost program in this month’s Edible East Bay – Composting to Save the Planet. To read more please see their print magazine or edibleeastbay.com  Illustation by Lila Volkas lilavolkas.com

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Recipe: Blood Orange Buttermilk Poundcake

Recipe Source: WhiteOnRiceCouple.com Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups (220g) all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon kosher or sea salt 1/2 cup (113g or one stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 cup (200g) sugar finely grated zest of 2

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Fruit and News of the Week: February 16th

THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Ruby Grapefruit The Grapefruit is said to cross between the Jamaican sweet orange and the Indonesian pomelo, first documented in 1750. Ruby grapefruit was an accidental discovery of a red Sundance Organic, Oceanside, CA fruit growing on a pink grapefruit

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Farm Focus: Pepper Planting Time!

This week at the farm, we finished planting all of our summer tomatoes and peppers. We are growing a range of varieties, from huge, yellow heirloom tomatoes to fiery orange Habanero peppers. Our choices also include unique tomatoes like striped Green Zebras, Japanese Black Trifeles, sweet

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Salmon with Fennel, Bell Pepper and Olives

Recipe from Martha Stewart Ingredients: 1 navel orange 1 large bulb fennel, cored and thinly sliced, 1/4 cup fronds reserved 1 yellow bell pepper, thinly sliced 2 tablespoons olive oil 4 skinless salmon fillets (4 to 6 ounces each) Salt

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    Via Food52

    Ingredients:

    4 oranges
    1 lime
    1 cup granulated sugar
    Lemon lime seltzer water

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