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Week of January 31st 2011

CSA Box filled with oranges, apples, lemons, an avocado, and a pomelo.

To make strong headway into our goals of creating a stronger community and connection between the farm and our members, we are looking for volunteers to form a CSA advisory board.

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Week of January 24th 2011

Photo of the CSA box filled with oranges, pears, apples, and an avocado.

Last week I was delighted to attend the annual Board of Directors retreat of the PCFMA. This year it was held in Monterey on historic Cannery Row.

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Week of January 17th 2011

CSA box filled with clementines, oranges, kiwis, apples, and pears.

On Tuesday the 11th, I visited with Rebecca Klein of Lafayette who is creating a wonderful new vision for CSAs and for connecting schools and churches with local farmers for their food needs. Her CSA site is located at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette.

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Week of January 3rd 2011

CSA Box filled with satsumas, kiwis, apples, pears, and an avocado.

Happy New Year! We hope you and your loved ones spent some quality time together to celebrate the holidays!

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Week of December 27th

White field bins full of just picked apples that are green with a red blush.

The wet weather continues to hit us here in Brentwood, which keeps us from our winter work of pruning the trees for next year’s harvest. The rain also takes away the chilling hours I mentioned in last week’s newsletter.

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