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THIS WEEKS FRUIT Pink Lady Apple A cross between the Golden Delicious and Lady Williams, the Pink Lady is a crisp and juicy apple with a tart finish. Pink skins and a creamy white colored flesh that resists browning makes this an…
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Farm Focus: Can the Soil Save Us from Climate Change?
This is a great article written by cuesa.org‘s Brie Mazurek as a follow up to the panel discussion and book reading Can the Soil Save Us from Climate Change? by Kristin Ohlson. Frog Hollow’s Farmer Al was a panelist in the discussion. Enjoy…
Farm Focus: Food Waste
There is growing attention on the topic of food waste in sustainability and food security circles. It’s estimated that 40% of the food grown, distributed, and sold in the United States is wasted. In our own sunny California, it’s estimated…
Posted in Blog, Newsletter Tagged with: Climate Change, Compost, food security, food waste, sustainability, value-added products
Farm Focus: Making Way For New Trees!
Changes are a foot in the orchard. This past September our Ground Team was busy pulling out 400 O’ Henry peach and Fantasia nectarine trees. The trees we removed weren’t producing very well due to disease. We have ample…
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Farm Focus: Thirsty Trees
It’s July and all our systems are operating at full tilt. Out in the Orchard our Tree Team is busy harvesting at maximum capacity. Our Ground Team is busy with several important jobs. Among them, our compost is being built…
