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Monday November 09, 2009 - By Justin
Like garlic, all sugars are not created equal.
At last week’s joint hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Obesity and Diabetes, “Exploring The Link Between Sugar-Sweetened Drinks & Obesity,” we heard how different sugars in different forms...
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Friday October 23, 2009 - By Lucy
Wow! We have one week and a half left in this farm share (the full season Tuesday folks go into November). Hopefully we will have October weather instead of the mid November weather we have "enjoyed" the past week. The prediction is for warm clear...
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Wednesday October 21, 2009 - By Justin
Every fall, diners eagerly await the arrival of stone crab season off the coast of Southern Florida, and the wait is finally over.
Fishermen set their traps in early October, but were prohibited from pulling stone crabs – a pricey delicacy...
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Friday October 16, 2009 - By Justin
I have a newfound appreciation for parenting.
As an unattached 26-year-old, I’ve I had very little experience with motherhood (aside from my three fish and hamster, which, sadly, died on my watch) until last night, when I...
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Tuesday October 13, 2009 - By Justin
I hate being sick.
I rarely come down with anything – knock on wood – but am recovering from a recent case of bronchitis. Apparently, my body does not appreciate it when I don’t sleep, sacrifice food, talk too much and indulge in one...
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Friday October 09, 2009 - By Blossomfarm
Believe it or not after all the years of growing basil, I have never tasted pesto. I had planted about two 50 foot rows of basil plants and was planning to make basil vinegar for sale...... but since sales have been down, I decided not to waste anymore vinegar...
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Sunday October 04, 2009 - By Poly
NEW RECIPE
Tequila - Rosemary - Garlic - Pepper - Olive oil
As many of you already know, I am not a cook..so I experiment with the free range, fresh poultry, as often as I can. This is something I came up with today and it was...
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Wednesday September 30, 2009 - By Justin
Christopher Ranch made a guest appearance on CBS Evening News.
Bill Christopher, Christopher Ranch owner, shared his insight on the news show about how cheaper Chinese garlic has disrupted the domestic garlic market.
In recent...
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Monday September 28, 2009 - By Justin
There is a contentious water problem raging throughout California’s San Joaquin Valley – an area that produces a major portion of domestic food – that pits environmental protection against domestic agriculture and food supply.
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Wednesday September 23, 2009 - By Justin
I fell in love this weekend.
Though not with a person. Or anything breathing, for that matter. My heart now belongs to this little place called San Diego.
There are hundreds of reasons why San Diego is the new object of my affection. It’s...
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Monday September 21, 2009 - By Judy
Remember we are in USDA Hardiness Zone 7 I love fresh strawberries from my organic garden in the spring. September is time to start preparing
for these delicious...
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Wednesday September 02, 2009 - By arbortender
Brought in a few pounds each of garlic, walla walla sweet onions, and strawberries. Yum!
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Wednesday August 19, 2009 - By Justin
For a healthy heart, make sure your garlic is fresh crushed and not dried.
That’s what we California garlic growers have been preaching for years, but new research published in the Journal of Agricultural...
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Thursday August 06, 2009 - By Justin
Low Chinese garlic supplies entering the U.S. and strong domestic demand for fresh garlic has subsequently raised the price of Chinese garlic here in the U.S. – welcome news for domestic garlic growers, like Christopher Ranch, who have been burdened by...
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Thursday August 06, 2009 - By Justin
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Friday July 31, 2009 - By Lucy
It's week 16 of the farm Share initiative for many of you. Many CSA type programs go for less time than that. And here we do our Farm Share Initiative virtually year round. And that brings me to the question, are any of you interested in a winter farm Share? I...
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Thursday July 30, 2009 - By Dee Berry
Wow! The garden certainly liked the thunder storms we've had for the past two weeks...
Garlic is in, cleaned and sorted.
The sunflowers are humungeous!
Lots of pickle cucumbers.
Almost time for fried green tomatoes!
Hope you're...
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Thursday July 30, 2009 - By Justin
As promised, a few more garlic highlights and miscellaneous thoughts from the 31st annual Gilroy Garlic Festival this past weekend…
A scrumptious pasta, beef tenderloin, tomato succotash and watermelon tomato salad was the winning combination of the...
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Tuesday July 28, 2009 - By Justin
The man proudly parading around in the garlic bulb costume – and arguably only that – summed up my first experience at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. This bulb-swathed gentleman was walking proof of the widespread, infectious enthusiasm for California-grown...
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