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Fruit and News of the Week: Oct 21st

Fruit This Week: Pink Lady Apples A cross between the Golden Delicious and Lady Williams, the Pink Lady is a crisp and juicy apple with a tart finish. Pink skins and a creamy white colored flesh that resists browning makes,

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Fruit and News of the Week: October 14th

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Fruit and News of the Week: Pomegranate Native to the regions of Persia and the Western Himalayan range, pomegranates have been cultivated for several millennia. When sliced open a beautiful array of jewel like seeds are displayed. The aril is

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Farm Focus: Gearing Up for the Fall Harvest Festival

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The farm is a buzz this week with all of our preparations for Oct 13th Harvest Festival. We couldn’t be more excited to host our second annual Fall Harvest Festival. As it’s still a new tradition, we are happy to

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Farm Focus: Prepare A Pear Recipe Contest!

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For some good old fashioned fun and to embrace the scrumptiousness our pears lend to prepared food, we are sponsoring the Prepare A Pear recipe contest! Last fall, Mark Bittman urged New York Times readers to reconsider the pear for

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Recipe: Pear Lavendar Popsicles

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Thanks to Seas ‘N’ Lies Ice Pops for this delightful recipe. If you are an East Bay member, look for them! Ingredients 4 Large Warren Pears peeled (The softer and sweeter the better, so let them ripen up!) 1.5 cup

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  • Fruit & News of the Week: April 9, 2018

    This Week’s Fruit:
    Minneloa Tangelos
    Twin Girls Farm, Dinuba, CA
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  • 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…

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