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Farm Focus: Tomato planting and heirlooms

Closeup view of a rich red heirloom tomato with smaller green striped tomatoes in the background

Our crew was busy last week putting 850 tomato starts into the ground. Farmer Al is always up to something new on the farm, and the addition of tomatoes to our crop has been exciting.

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Week of January 23rd, 2012

Happy Child CSA Week of January 23rd

In This Week’s Box [box_list] Navel Oranges, Fuerte Avocados, Olsen Organic Farm, Lindsay, CA Meyer Lemons, Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Algerian Clementine’s, Abounding Harvest, Los Gatos, CA Kiwis, Chiechi Farms, Gridley, CA Pink Lady Apples, Cuyama, New Cuyama, CA

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Week of January 9th, 2012

Tiny Trees newly planted

In This Week’s Box [box_list] Warren Pears & Shinko Pears, Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Navel Oranges; Olsen Organic Farm, Lindsay, CA Navel Oranges (larger type) Purity Organic, Kerman, CA Hayward Kiwi– Swanson Berry Farm, Davenport, CA [/box_list] From Farmer

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