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Pest Policy Questioned: Panelists say Quarantines Unfair to California Farmers

By Pia Hinckle on June 16, 2010

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 …

Filed Under: FruitGuys News Tagged With: Agriculture, California, farm, pesticides

Capay Valley FarmShares

By Chris Mittelstaedt on June 1, 2010

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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Seeds for Schools

By Heidi Lewis on March 30, 2010

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 …

Filed Under: FruitGuys News Tagged With: California, farm-to-school program, healthy kids

Lifetime Contribution to Sonoma County Agriculture

By FruitGuys Staff on November 20, 2009

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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Award-Winning Gravenstein Apple Pie

By The FruitGuys on October 27, 2009

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 …

Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Recipes Tagged With: California, dessert, Gravenstein