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Kline Organic Produce has cucumbers available for pickling. The Suyo Long cucumber makes really nice chips, while the Tender green variety is good both speared and whole. Price is $2.00/lb. for orders less than 25 lbs.
and $1.75/lb. for orders greater than 25 lbs.
Order soon while they’re available. To place an order go to www.klineorganicproduce.com and Brian Kline will provide you with basic pickling instructions, It’s easy! One 15 lb. box can yield about 15 qts. of pickles….Yum!
And if you are looking for a local CSA farmer in the Modesto area, Brian is your farmer!
Check out his site for the annual “Tomato Tasting” in August, sure to be a fun event!
This event took us by surprise, it was my daughter Alex’s and my first time at the infamous “Double T Acres” and what a hidden gem right here in our Central Valley!
First a little Double T Acres history…..
This started as a small family dairy in 1951, and now second generation owner Tony T. Azevedo has turned this farm into a thriving organic dairy with “agritainment”, hosting many events surrounded with a unique old western charm full of collectables. Tony was the first farmer in the San Joaquin valley to make the transition from traditional to organic farming and an ambassador for Organic Valley coop, educating in sustainable farming confirmimg the importance of organics and the environment.
The Heartland Festival…..
This annual Ecological Farming Association event should be on the top of the valleys list of to do’s, it was well filled with local foods, wagon rides, children activities, the local Historical Societies “Tumbleweed” mobile museum, music, dancing, vendors and your favorite locavores Alex & Anna with our “Hey Honey Lemonade!”
Thank you to our Local Choices social group members Brandy Rucker, Rose Wickler and their beautiful children…. for coming out to meet us!
Despite the heat, all in all it was a great day for some outdoor wholesome family fun. We believe it is important to support these family farm events to keep the values of our community and environment healthy & educated.
Please visit Thedoublet.com to see all this farm has to offer!
Thanks to all that joined us at our “Womens Local Choices Night”, there were awesome local vendors, great guests, beautiful weather, tastey BBQ’ed grass fed beef , organic wines and delightful music by Rachel Rene!
*Congratulations to our gift basket winner….
Karen Sliger, who loved all her local goodies!
If you are disappointed you missed this event not to worry, there will be another in the fall….
who’s up for a relaxing dinner in the country with local foods?
Food, Inc is the upcoming film that no doubt will cause many to look at store bought food in a whole new way. The sustainable, organic & eat local movement has been around for awhile but recently has been seen more and more in main stream media and now in our theaters. Will this drive it home for those who are not sold on the importance of these beliefs?
Below the trailer gives us a peek at what to expect, tell us what you think….
Saturday: May 30th 9 am till 5 pm
Adults: $ 10.00: Children (3 to 12): $ 5.00
Come Pick Organic Blueberries and Cherries. Listen to live music and vivid storytelling. Experience the Merced River, its fish, wildlife, plants and the stars and planets overhead. Workshops highlight home gardening, farming with nature, alternative energy, local food and how to prepare and preserve it. Take a hay ride or climb a hay mountain. Enjoy fun and educational kids’ activities and local artists’ demos and exhibitions. Food is available; mostly local, organic and healthy. Saturday night camping. Evening astronomy program, great for families or adults!
Saturday night campsites $ 10.00
Taste of the River Valley: Food and Wine Event: Sat 4 pm to 7 pm
Author Mark Arax is the featured speaker, plus live music
$ 20.00 for Day Participants: $ 25.00 at the Gate.
Laid Back Sunday: 8 am till 2 pm
Adults: $ 5.00, Children (3 to 12): $ 2.50.
More U-pick fruit, farm tours, live music. Enjoy the river.
William Emery, author of “Edges of Bounty: Adventures in the Edible Valley”, will read from and sign copies of his book at Respite by The River, readings and performances related to life in California’s Central Valley.
This event is PERFECT for everyone involved in 4-H, the book is a glorious, probing series of stories about people in the Central Valley who make things themselves- who milk their own goats, make their own cheese, who keep bees or harvest organic fruit and work the farmer’s market every weekend- these are the people you know and love in the Valley.
This is a book about local food and what beauty is to be found in the valley; stories garnered from a year’s journey visiting farmers, goat herders, cheese and mead makers, livestock auctioneers, painters and orchard dwellers, fishermen and strawberry stand builders.
Join photographer Scott Squire and writer William Emery as they meander—bewildered, impressionable, and wry—through the roads, back roads, and backwaters of America’s greatest agricultural valley. Leaving behind the packaged comforts of supermarkets and restaurants, the pair roamed California’s Central Valley in search of “edibilists,” or those engaged in the production of their own food.
Free and open to the public; for more information call (559) 248-8480, ext. 154
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May 21 ~ 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
