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3 Rules for Storing Strawberries & Cherries Wash as you go. Wash strawberries & cherries only before eating them. This is important for two reasons. Fruit are like sponges, so once wet, they soak up every bit of moisture, making…
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Recipe: Cherry & Strawberry Storage
Posted in Recipes Tagged with: Bay Area CSA, cherries, eating seasonal, farm to table, freezing, fresh, fruit, fruit csa, homemade, Organic, Organic Farming, organic strawberries, Smoothies, strawberries, whole 30
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 and News of the Week: April 4th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT: Hass Avocado Churchill, Ojai, 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. Pink Lady Apple Cuyama,…
Fruit and News of the Week: May 12th
THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Honey Rich Apriums Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA An Aprium is a cross between an apricot and a plum. Both the Aprium and the Pluot were developed by Floyd Zaiger outside of Modesto, CA using the “low…
Posted in Newsletter Tagged with: apriums, cherries, Honet Rich Apriums, Organic, Organic fruit, strawberries
