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Recipe from Taste of Home Ingredients 1 cup cut fresh asparagus (1-inch pieces) 2 tablespoons cider vinegar 2 tablespoons canola oil 2 teaspoons honey 2 teaspoons minced fresh parsley 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1 cup cubed cooked chicken…
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Recipe: Asparagus, Apple & Chicken Salad
Posted in Recipes Tagged with: Apples, Asparagus, asparagus season, easy recipe, farm to table, fresh, late spring, local, Organic, seasonal, seasonal recipe, spring, week night cooking
Fruit of the Week: May 8th
Fruit of the Week: Sweet Ann Strawberries JW Farms, Watsonville, CA The Sweet Anne is a fairly new variety, created in 2005 to grow in the coastal climates like Santa Cruz County. Sweet Anns are usually big, conically-shaped berries with…
Posted in Newsletter, Uncategorized Tagged with: avocados, Bay Area, Bay Area CSA, caifornia grown, community supported agriculture, CSA, farming, Mandarins, Organic, pixie, strawberries, tango
Farm Focus: Meet Estaban Martinez from JW Farm!
When I asked Estaban how long he’d been farming, his reply was “all my life”. His father came to the US from Jalisco, Mexico. In Mexico his father worked for Riverside Farm which grew produce for import to the United…
Posted in Blog Tagged with: Bay Area, California, California Certified Organic Farmers, east bay, farming, Organic, Organic Farming, organic strawberries, south bay, strawberries
Fruit of the Week: April 24th
Navel Oranges Olson Organics, Lindsay, CA California Navel Oranges are considered to be the best Navels for eating out of hand. They have a thick skin that is easy to peel, are seedless and have a meaty and sweet flesh…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: Apples, Bay Area, california citrus, community supported agriculture, CSA, east bay, farming, golden nuggets, Navel Oranges, Organic, Pink Lady, south bay, tango mandarins
Farm Focus: Peaches
I am currently reading a book called the “Golden Peaches of Samarkand”, by Edward K Schafer, all about the historical importance of peaches, specifically in the T’sang Empire in China. The information is vast, but I thought I’d share with…
