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FarmShares Week of May 14, 2012
Farm Hands: Lessons of a Farm Intern
Well folks, the rain has finally come. Here at the farm we are heaving a collective sigh of relief as we are finally able to hang up our rain-dancing shoes for a little while. With the pregnant clouds, a new form of excitement rolls through Full Belly as we scramble to cover ...
Product Feature: Grumpy Goats Olive Oil
In early 2008 Stuart Littell and Pamela Marvel made good on a life-long dream and bought a 20 acre farm in Capay Valley. It was an alfalfa field. Since that time they have sown cover crops, replaced invasive eucalyptus with native trees and hedgerows and planted 1400 olive trees of many different ...
Product Feature: Asparagus
Healthy and flavorful, asparagus is the first taste of spring! After months of root crops and winter veggies, asparagus promises us that warmer weather and the bounty it brings will be here soon! Order asparagus to come next week! Durst Organic Growers is located on beautiful property in the "Hungry Hollow" area of Capay ...
To Spray Or Not To Spray
Sometimes an unborn child’s heart will try to beat on its own while still in the womb, and the result is read on monitors as an unpredictable, fluctuating heartbeat. As spring tries to start and winter tries to hold her grip, the result is similar. Rain dashing through, bound for somewhere else, preceded and ...
A Full Belly Crew Member
This week Nolan O’Brian, one of the Full Belly Farm interns interviewed orchard manager, Jesus Jacobo Garcia. Where were you born? My hometown is called “El Fuerte” (the strong). It’s a neighborhood in Sinaloa, a state in Mexico. It’s a beautiful part of the country. There are many farms there – mostly conventional but ...
Product Feature: California Marmalade
Good Humus Produce is a breathtakingly beautiful mix of orchards, herbs, flowers and vegetables. With the knowledge handed down from their parents and grandparents Jeff and Annie they produce unique jams and jellies made from their own produce, dry ripe fruit in the California sun, and make wreaths from the dried herbs and ...
The Almond Festival Arrives in the Valley
Almond blossoms are everywhere at the moment on Full Belly Farm – filling the air with honey scented smells and brightly dotting Highway 16 as it winds the twenty two miles up the Capay Valley. Along the way the five small towns of our region, Esparto, Capay, Brooks, Guinda and Rumsey (collective ...
Field Notes from Riverdog Farm
In 1990 Riverdog Farm began as a 2-acre organic vegetable garden in Napa County. Currently the farm is located in Guinda in the Capay Valley where rich creek bottom soil, intense summer heat, and winter frost make exceptionally tasty fruits, nuts and vegetables. Annually, the farm grows over 100 types of fruits, ...
The Work of Early Spring
The month of January and the first few weeks of February are the winter doldrums. The sun still low in the sky, the days short, the ground a big reservoir of cold, soil life at a low ebb, for the farm life, it’s a chore just to keep the heart beating or ...
Product Feature: B-Z Bee Wildflower Honey
Celebrate the sweetness of early spring with this exceptional wildflower honey! This is the highest quality honey-- pure and delicious. Enjoy it on toast, yogurt, cheese, nuts, or just by the spoonful! Shop for yours today! B-Z Bee is run by John Foster who, like his father before him, raises bees throughout the Capay Valley. ...