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Fabulous Figs

By Stephanie Rosenbaum Klassen on September 20, 2015

On the West Coast, summer tends to linger. Back-to-school sales may cede shelf space to Halloween candy, but even as the days grow shorter, golden afternoons beckon, encouraging weekend picnics and …

Filed Under: Food, FruitGuys News Tagged With: fig cake, Fig salad, figs, Fruit of the Month, Recipes

Lots of Heat Means Good Eats

By Seth Wright on June 12, 2013

By Seth Wright, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop This 2013 has been an unusually hot and dry spring here in the Capay Valley. The rain, which usually occurs from January until the end March, …

Filed Under: Farms, FruitGuys News Tagged With: Capay Valley, capay valley farm shop, capay valley farmshares, farm shares, figs, melons, stone fruit, summer harvest, summer on the farm, warm weather

Black Mission Fig

By FruitGuys Staff on April 8, 2013

The tear-dropped shape contains "A taste of honey. Tasting much sweeter than wine. I dream of your first kiss and then..." This fruit of desire goes way-way back to the Old Testament and the very …

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Profile: Chaffin Family Orchards

By Heidi Lewis on January 22, 2010

Oroville, CA - Oroville is a gold rush town in Butte County, CA. Oro means gold in Spanish, and during the Gold Rush prospectors stampeded over the area in a greedy frenzy. When Del Chaffin came to …

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