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Posted on April 3, 2018 by Lael Gerhart

This week’s Fruit: Minneloa Tangelos Twin Girls Farm, Dinuba, CA The Tangelo is a cross between a mandarin and grapefruit. Its skin is easy to peel and its flesh is a deep orange, tender and juicy with a rich and…

Fruit & News of the Week: March 5th 2018

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Lael Gerhart

This Week’s Fruit: Minneloa Tangelos Twin Girls, Dinuba, CA The Tangelo is a cross between a mandarin and grapefruit. Its skin is easy to peel and its flesh is a deep orange, tender and juicy with a rich and sweet…

Fruit & News of the Week: February 19th 2018

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Lael Gerhart

Fruit & News of the Week: January 12, 2018

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Lael Gerhart

This week’s fruit: Minneloa Tangelos Twin Girls, Dinuba, Ca The Tangelo is a cross between a mandarin and grapefruit. Its skin is easy to peel and its flesh is a deep orange, tender and juicy with a rich and…

Farm Focus: Why We Prune

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Lael Gerhart

While you might think winter is a slow time on the farm – you’d be surprised. Winter is full of projects we don’t have time to do during the busy fruiting season. One of the biggest tasks during the fall…

Recipe: Pork Chops with Apples and Onions
Pork Chops with Apples and Onions
via Martha Stewart

Ingredients:
6 bone-in pork chops (loin or shoulder), cut 3/4 inch thick
Coarse salt and fres…
Farm Focus: The Buzz with Bees
Spring is synonymous with blooming flowers and where there are blooming flowers there are bees! And while most people think of European honey bees, we w…
Fruit & News of the Week: April 9, 2018
This Week’s Fruit:
Minneloa Tangelos
Twin Girls Farm, Dinuba, CA
The Tangelo is a cross between a mandarin and grapefruit. Its skin is easy to peel and its f…
Recipe: DIY Orange Soda
Via Food52

Ingredients:

4 oranges
1 lime
1 cup granulated sugar
Lemon lime seltzer water

Method:

Zest the oranges and the lime and add all o…
Farm Focus: Jim Churchill of Churchill-Brenneis Orchard
Jim of Churchill-Brenneis Orchard, never imagined himself becoming a farmer, though he grew up walking through friends orchards on weekend trips from LA. His pa…