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Fruit and News: Week of March 18th 2013

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This Week’s Fruit Hass Avocados Las Palmalitas, Carpinteria, CA Creamy in texture, nutty in flavor, with a small to medium seed. The Hass skin is easy to peel and darkens from green to purplish-black as it ripens. You can tell

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Week of January 30th, 2012

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In This Week’s Box [box_list] Navel Oranges, Fuerte Avocados, Olsen Organic Farm, Lindsay, CA Meyer Lemons, Tarocco Blood Oranges, Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Kiwis, Chiechi Farms, Gridley, CA Fuji Apples, Cuyama, New Cuyama, CA Satsuma Mandarins, Twin Girl, Yettem,

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Week of December 26th, 2011

CSA Week of December 26th

[box_list] Warren Pears, Red Pears, & Bosc Pears, Pink Lady Apples; Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Clementine Oranges, Olson Family Farms, Kingsburg, CA Fuji Apples, Cuyma Farm, New Cuyama, CA [/box_list] Dear CSA Members– It’s the LAST week of 2011.

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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 April 11th 2011

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.

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