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FarmShares for July 1, 2009

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Peck: Almonds – Capay Canyon Ranch • Red Batavian Lettuce – Fiddlers Green Farm • Yellow Finn Potatoes, Royal Apricots & Santa Rosa Plums – Full Belly Farm • Yolo Yolo Onion, Garlic & Chioggia Beets – Riverdog Farm Bushel also includes … Cherry Tomatoes & Green Beans – Full Belly Farm • ... Read More

McDonald Orchards Makes Life Sweeter

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By Nina Andres Mike and Anne McDonald of McDonald Orchards grows walnuts, almonds, and are well known beekeepers in the Capay Valley. The honeybees on their farm in Capay collect nectar and pollen in the nut orchard and beyond during the flowering season in this area, usually from March through late summer. Bees ... Read More

Kale Power

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By Nina Andres Red Russian kale is one of my favorite kales, and favorite of all the greens. I enjoy eating it steamed, sautéed, in soups, and most currently, raw. My family began eating steamed greens daily when my father was diagnosed with macular degeneration (the center of the eye loses its thickness, and ... Read More

Hog Heaven at Riverdog Farm

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Imagine fresh air, green grass, organic and wild-harvested food, and lots of room to root. This is life for a Riverdog hog. Capay Valley’s Riverdog Farm, known for its high quality, diverse organic fruit and vegetable operation, now offers pastured-pork. About 2 years ago, Tim Mueller and Trini Campbell of Riverdog Farm began ... Read More

Royal Apricots — Our Favorite Fruit

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By Jeff & Annie Main The history of apricots in California begins in the mid l800's on the unirrigated hillside of Winters just south of Capay. Many of our apricots were planted sometime  around then by Louie Sackett. The story is that these trees, tucked away in the Putah Creek Canyon, produced the ... Read More

On the Verge of Summer

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Every year at this time, there’s a feeling of anticipation in the air mixed with excitement and hope. For many farms in the Capay Valley, summer is the time to give more than 110% — work long hours in the intense heat planting, harvesting, driving, selling. Summer is when farms can make ... Read More