From a satellite view, Northern California’s Capay Valley looks like a green quilt caught between the folds of the Coast Range. This makes it good for farming with plenty of clean water from Cache …
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By Heidi Lewis on
From a satellite view, Northern California’s Capay Valley looks like a green quilt caught between the folds of the Coast Range. This makes it good for farming with plenty of clean water from Cache …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Profiles Tagged With: California
By Candace Gale on
The FruitGuys Farm Steward mission is to promote sustainable farming practices that have no negative impact on the environment and add long-term social and economic value to the farm and farming …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Impact Tagged With: California
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
I try to stay out of agricultural politics. I’d rather support farmers by buying their wonderful produce without having to testify on their behalf. Sometimes, however, circumstances land on your …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News Tagged With: Agriculture, apple, California, farmers
By FruitGuys Staff on
The Gravenstein Apple is dear to many apple lovers for its tart taste and superior juice, sauce, and pie abilities, but it is especially dear to the residents of Sebastopol, CA (Sonoma County) where …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Profiles Tagged With: California, Gravenstein
By Pia Hinckle on
The Light Brown Apple Moth is an indigenous pest considered harmless to crops in New Zealand, Hawaii, Australia, and the UK, all countries that are free to export fruits and vegetables to U.S. markets …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News Tagged With: Agriculture, California, farm, pesticides
By Chris Mittelstaedt on
In elementary school, some friends and I went through a phase where we had dreams of being city planners. We diagrammed a world of baseball diamonds and arcades and woods with bike paths that somehow …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News Tagged With: California
By Heidi Lewis on
What could be a more evocative image for our future than a child's palm-full of seeds? A shipment of seeds from The Natural Gardening Company in Petaluma, CA arrived at The FruitGuys last week …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News Tagged With: California, farm-to-school program, healthy kids
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Congratulations to longtime friend and farmer Lee Walker. Lee is being awarded the “Lifetime Contribution to Sonoma County Agriculture” by the 2008 Sonoma Harvest Fair. The Harvest Fair is an annual …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Profiles Tagged With: apple, California
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Here's a recipe for a prize-winning homemade apple pie! Sebastopol Area Chamber of Commerce Apple Pie Baking Contest 2008 Grand Champion Kayleigh Stump's Apple Pie Recipe INGREDIENTS Crust …
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Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Recipes Tagged With: California, dessert, Gravenstein
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