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Fruit and News of the Week: August 19th

This Week’s Fruit Cal Red Peaches  The beloved Cal Red is in a class by itself and is the “Oh my God” peach! A relatively new variety and a California native, the Cal Red was bred by University of California

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Farm Focus: From Blossoms by Li-Young Lee

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Hope you enjoy Li-Young Le’s lovely poem, From Blossoms From blossoms comes this brown paper bag of peaches we bought from the boy at the bend in the road where we turned toward signs painted Peaches. From laden boughs, from

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Recipe: Peach Crumble

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Ingriedients 3 ripe peaches sliced 1 cup flour 1 cup old fashioned oats 1 cup brown sugar 2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional) 3/4 stick (6 TBSP) cold unsalted butter,cut into small pieces Preparation Preheat oven to 350F. Toss

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Fruit and News of the Week: August 12th

This Week’s Fruit O’Henry Peaches The O’Henry has the flavor, size, and crimson blush that makes for a truly memorable peach. It’s elegantly pointed shape slices to an attractive heart shape for striking presentation. Our O’Henry harvest overlaps briefly–a few

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Farm Focus: Camping Out with Stroller Hikes

Photo by Maya Everhard

It was a beautiful day in Santa Cruz county last week when we headed to the Bravo Ranch to join the folks from Stroller Hikes for a day of camping. For those of you not familiar with this awesome organization,

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    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

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  • 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…