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Week of January 2nd, 2012

Posted on January 6, 2012 by jeff

Pink Lady Apples, Clementine Oranges, Blood Orange, Kiwi, Warren Pears

[box_list] Warren Pears & Pink Lady Apples; Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Clementine Oranges, Blood Oranges; Olson Family Farms, Kingsburg, CA Hayward Kiwi– Chiechi Farms, Gridley, CA [/box_list] From Farmer Al Paradigm Shift Dear CSA Members– 2012 Will (could) be…

Posted in Articles, Newsletter, Recipes Tagged with: blood oranges, Compost, Hayward Kiwis, Olson Famiy Farms, Paradigm, pink lady apples

Week of April 11th 2011

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Kimi Owens

CSA Box filled with oranges, apples, avocados, kiwis, tomatoes and a lime.

My worst fears have come true. Our apricot blossoms went from snowy white and beautiful to black and ugly.

How to slice an orange

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Kimi Owens

Three blood oranges in a row on a wooden railing with the farm in the background.

I’m a fan of easy to peel citrus, which is why I love mandarins and tangelos. For any of the more stubborn citrus to peel, I simply use my trusty ceramic paring knife.

Posted in Articles, How to Tagged with: blood oranges, Citrus, How To, knife skills, Navel Oranges, oranges, valencia oranges

Week of February 14th 2011

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Kimi Owens

CSA box filled with oranges, apples, avocados, and a small bag of dried plums.

Last week while visiting Pleasanton CSA member Jon Harvey at his mountain cabin on Lake Serene near Truckee, he loaned me the book Water Consciousness

Week of February 7th 2011

Posted on February 8, 2011 by jeff

CSA Box filled with oranges, apples, avocados, and a grapefruit.

Farmer Al, Becky, and Family are all taking a much deserved vacation this week. Farmer Al’s newsletter will be back next week, meanwhile I have some CSA updates for you.

Recipe: Pork Chops with Apples and Onions
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
Spring is synonymous with blooming flowers and where there are blooming flowers there are bees! And while most people think of European honey bees, we w…
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…