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Durst Organic Growers

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Farming with Heart By Heidi Lewis The main ingredient in good vegetables, says farmer Jim Durst, is soil: “Feed the soil, and the soil will feed the plants." Jim and his wife, Deborah, have been …

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Ruesch Century Farm

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Organic cranberries are grown using only natural methods on this Wisconsin farm, proud home of the world's smallest organic cranberry bog!

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Hale’s Apple Farm

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Apple growers like Dave Hale, owner of Hale's Apple Farm in Sebastopol, CA, are an endangered species these days.

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The Fall Finish Line

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Image courtesy of Good Humus Produce, Capay CA by Jeff Main of Good Humus Produce, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop OK. Can we finally stop and say summer is finished? We have crossed what …

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Marty’s Angels!

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Marty Maggiore and his family are the only growers of these heavenly apricot hybrids. We visit their farm in Contra Costa County, CA.

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August Field Notes from Riverdog Farm

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Courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop 8/6/12 The mystery white peach orchard was so prolific – both high yielding by the sheer number of fruit but also by size – this year that we are sun-drying …

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Ode to a Grav Grower

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Lee Walker has kept growing Gravenstein apples through both the thick and the thin-skinned times of the apple business.

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The Peach Party

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By Jeff Main of Good Humus Produce, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop In August of 2012, we had the Peach Party, our midsummer thanksgiving to all the bounty that comes our way, year after year. …

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July Field Notes from Riverdog Farm

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From Riverdog Farm, courtesy of  Capay Valley Farm Shop July 2, 2012 Summer crops are beginning to fill the fields and coolers; pallets of beets and greens are sharing space with summer squash and …

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Lifelong Farm Romance

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Image courtesy of Full Belly Farm, Guinda CA By Paul Muller of Full Belly Farm, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop Sunday Mornings start the week in a relatively quiet and reflective time here …

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The Royal Blenheim

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From Good Humus Produce, courtesy of Capay Valley Farmshop From the Luxemburg Gardens in Paris to England’s Blenheim Palace to the imperiled orchards of Brentwood and Gilroy, California’s …

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This Week at Good Humus Produce

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by Annie Main, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop Image courtesy of Good Humus Farm, Capay CA When I am unsure what to write about I always take a walk around the farm-it is an easy place to …

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May Notes from the Field

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From Riverdog Farm, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop Image courtesy of Riverdog Farm, Guinda, CA May 7, 2012 Mild weather and sunshine have boosted crop growth in the field and in the …

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Summer In May

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Judith Redmond of Full Belly Farm, Courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop Resting in a prominent corner of our farm, under a native black walnut tree, there’s an enormous Allis Chalmers crawler …

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Research, Education & Farming

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An organic farmer discusses the importance of publicly funded agricultural research to the sustainability of our food now and in the future.

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April Field Notes

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From Riverdog Farm, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop 4/2/12 It’s getting close to tomato transplanting time. The plants, all 80,000 (about 9 acres) of the first seeding, have been ready to go from …

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Farm Hands: Lessons of a Farm Intern

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By Becca von Trapp of Full Belly Farm, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop Well, folks, the rain has finally come. Here at the farm, we are heaving a collective sigh of relief as we are finally able …

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Mick Klug Farms, Saint Joseph, MI

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Meet the family and learn about the history of Michigan's Mick Klug Farm.

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A Full Belly Crew Member

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Meet Jesus Jacobo Garcia, one of the crew members at Full Belly Farm in California's Capay Valley.

The Almond Festival Arrives In The Valley

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By Dru Rivers of  Full Belly Farm, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop Almond blossoms are everywhere at the moment on Full Belly Farm – filling the air with honey scented smells and brightly …

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