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Recipe: Moraga Pear Pie

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Contra Costa County has a rich history of pear cultivation. “This blue ribbon recipe comes from 82 year-old Jean Podell who won Moraga, California’s pear recipe contest.” via The Splendid Table   INGREDIENTS: 1 unbaked prepared pie shell for open-face…

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Farm Focus: Switching Gears for Stone Fruit Season

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The last few weeks there has been a palpable change on the farm as we switch gears for summer stone fruit season. You can feel the excitement in groups of people huddled around the box of the first cherries coming…

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