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Fruit and News of the Week: November 4th

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THIS WEEK’S FRUIT   Pink Lady Apples 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

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Farm Focus: A look inside Frog Hollow’s Olive Oil

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  With the olive harvest fully underway, olive oil is on our minds these days. Our oil is made in the Tuscan style and is considered “New World Tuscan”. There are hundreds of olive oils available in the United States

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Fruit and News of the Week: Oct 28th

This Week’s Fruit Pink Lady Apples 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,

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Farm Focus: Halloween

Halloween by Trevor McLeod As a special treat for you on this Halloween week, we’re offer up a little spooky farm poetry.   Teeth for corn in yellow molars. Green-leaved ears entwined. Stalks of husks for backbones. Layers wrapped in

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Recipe: Candied Pear Ghouls

  Ingredients 4 medium ripe pears 4 popsicle Sticks 1(14 ounces) package caramels 1/4 cup water 1 pound white candy coating disks 1 tablespoons and 1 teaspoons shortening, divided 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips 1/4 cup orange candy coating  

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    1 lime
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