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Recipe: Orange Balsamic Chicken

  Ingredients 4 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (about 1 1/2 lbs) Coarse salt and ground pepper 1 tb extra-virgin olive oil 2 tb balsamic vinegar 1 unpeeled orange, cut in 8 wedges 1 tb unsalted butter Preparation First, preheat oven

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Week of September 26th, 2011

Fall Fruit!

In This Week’s Box Warren Pear, Frog Hollow Farm Fuji Apples, Frog Hollow Farm Hosui Pear, Frog Hollow Farm From Farmer Al Dear CSA Members, SLOW MONEY That’s the title of the book. It’s also the name of the movement

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Week of March 21st 2011

CSA Box filled with apples, oranges, tangelos, avocados, and a jar of olive oil.

So, I just finished commiserating with my friend Bill Denevan, the apple grower from Santa Cruz, and he told me a couple of war stories about years past like this one.

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Week of March 14th 2011

CSA box with apples, oranges, tangelos, avocados.

Our second annual Blossom Festival was a big success, with good weather and great “bee” talks by our honeybee beekeeper, Alan Hawkins, and our native bee specialist, Marissa Ponder from UC Berkeley.

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Event: 2011 Blossom Festival, March 13th

A closeup photo of two blossoms in full bloom.

We joyfully invite you, your friends, and your family to join us here at the farm on March 13th for our annual Blossom Festival!

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