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I recently paid a visit to the Luther Burbank Home & Garden in Santa Rosa and thought I would share a little bit about the botanist who helped put northern California agriculture on the world map. Burbank was born in…
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Farm Focus: Luther Burbank
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Farm Focus: Meet Hoover Ranch
We are excited to introduce you to our new egg partner Hoover Ranch! Brothers-in-law Steve Hoover and Brent Miller started their certified organic pastured egg ranch about two years ago. The 600 acre ranch is located in Bethel Island, a…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Agriculture, Bay Area, Bay Area CSA, California, certified humane, delivery, eggs, Organic, Organic Farming, pastured eggs
Farm Focus: Stone Fruit 101
Well, stone fruit season is finally here and we thought it would be fun to share some info about what stone fruit are and how to take care of them! What is a stone fruit? Stone fruit, also known as…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Agriculture, Bay Area, Bay Area CSA, california farming, california rare fruit, farming, fruit care, nectarins, northern california, Organic Farming, peaches, Plums, stone fruit, storing stonefruit
Fruit & News of the Week: June 19 2017
This Week’s Fruit: Santa Rosa Plums Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Santa Rose plums are famous for their beautiful dark skin, yellow flesh and are delicious eaten fresh or canned. This variety was developed by Luther Burbank in, you guessed…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Agriculture, Bay Area, Bay Area CSA, bay area farmer, Berkeley, Brentwood, California Certified Organic Farmers, community supported agriculture, CSA, easy bay CSA, farming, Intergrated Pest management, IPM, Nectarines, Oakland, orchards, Organic Farming, organic orchards, Palo Alto, peaches, Plums, San Francisco, San Jose, south bay CSA, summer, summer fruit
Farm Focus: Carbon Sequestration
Global warming is a hot topic, both literally and figuratively. It is complex and impacts each one of us. Though complex, most climate scientists agree that human activity has caused certain gases, such as carbon, to be released into our…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Agriculture, atmosphere, CalCAN, California, carbon, carbon trading, chemicals, climate, Compost, cover crop, emissions, food system, gas, global warming, greenhouse, healthy, healthy soils initiative, legislators, Microbes, regulators, senators, sequestering, soil, tax
