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What's in Season at the Farmers Market: Purslane
June 21, 2012 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaPurslane from Flora Bella Farms at the Hollywood marketPurslane is considered an invasive weed in the state of California, and getting it under control has been a challenge. ...
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What's in Season at the Farmers Market: Youngberries and Boysenberries
June 14, 2012 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaYoungberries from Kincaid Farm out in RedlandsReading Emily Green's perfect feature on blackberries back in March has had us itching for the early-summer arrival of local blackberry varieties...
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What's in Season at the Farmers Market: Apricot Flame Wars + Tenerelli Is Back
June 07, 2012 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaRobada apricots -- and Tenerelli Orchards -- have arrived at the Hollywood market Let's just get right to the point and tease up an apricot flame war: The Robada...
What's In Season at the Farmers Market: Short-Season Olallieberries and Mulberries
May 31, 2012 in Squid Ink
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What's in Season at the Farmers Market: Early Poppy Apricots
May 24, 2012 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaPoppy apricots at K&K FarmsApricots join artichokes, garlic, avocados and citrus on the long list of fruits and flowers that make California agriculture the envy of the nation, if...
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What's in Season at the Farmers Market: Morels
May 18, 2012 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaMorel mushrooms at Clearwater Farms at the Hollywood market Morel mushrooms are back -- after a tense few days among antsy pickers up north. Conventional wisdom says that...
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What's In Season at the Farmers Market: Sequoia Cherries + USDA SNAP Access
May 11, 2012 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaSequoia cherries from Murray Family FarmsThe big news at farmers markets this week had little to do with actual fruits and vegetables as much as our access to them....
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What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: Basil + Early Stone Fruit
May 04, 2012 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaLarge-leaf basil from Tutti Frutti Farms at the Hollywood marketThe big news on the tables this week was the arrival of not one but two favored stone fruits --...
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What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: Sour Plums + Your Stone Fruit Update
April 24, 2012 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaGreen sour plums from Mark Boujikian Farms at the Hollywood market.Most tree fruit farmers would dearly like to sweep last year under the rug. The last winter frosts nailed...
What's in Season at the Farmers Market: Soledad Goats' Eggs
April 19, 2012 in Squid Ink
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What's in Season at the Farmers Market: The Many Colors of Rhubarb
April 13, 2012 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaRhubarb doesn't do well in L.A. gardens. The sleeping rhizomes that sit dormant underground in winter need many chilly days and nights in order to even think about poking...
New Altadena Urban Farmers Market Coming in May
April 12, 2012 in Squid Ink
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Locavore App: Know What's in Season All the Time + Shop Local Farms From Your iPhone
April 12, 2012 in Squid Ink
The USDA says 91% of U.S. farms are classi?ed as small, usually family-run businesses, grossing less than $250,000 a year. That's a lot of local food production run on a...
New Farmers Market at the Autry National Center
April 10, 2012 in Squid Ink
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What's In Season at the Farmers Market: Makah Ozette Potato
April 06, 2012 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaMakah Ozette potato at Weiser Family FarmsAlex Weiser's potato varieties form a mounded rainbow of surprisingly vivid colors, ranging from a nearly black Purple Peruvian to red-fleshed Chilean tubers...
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Two-Year Citrus Quarantine in Eastern Los Angeles County
April 05, 2012 in Squid Ink
Save Our CitrusInfected trees, citrus, and the culprit -- Asian Citrus Psyllid We knew it was only a matter of time. After watching Brazil's and Florida's citrus get decimated...
Executive Director of SEE-LA and Hollywood Farmers Market Fired
April 05, 2012 in Squid Ink
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What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: Green Garlic + Baby Goats
March 30, 2012 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaGreen garlic at the Hollywood market Two things immediately signal spring at the Hollywood Farmers Market: Julian Pearce of Soledad Goats begins trotting out the newest -- sometimes only days...
Coop-to-Kitchen Class This Sunday: Meet Your Meat + No Bird Required
March 22, 2012 in Squid Ink
What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: Planet Carrots + Why Our Winter Carrots Are Less Sweet This Year
March 22, 2012 in Squid Ink
Know Your Farmer: Marketing Agriculture + A New Farmer Series
March 14, 2012 in Squid Ink
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What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: New Surprise Avocado + Mea Culpa
March 14, 2012 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaSurprise avocados at the Pasadena marketThe springtime race to keep up with everything that's coming in season has only just begun, and we've already come out of the gate...
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What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: Cara Cara Navel Oranges
March 08, 2012 in Squid Ink
Felicia FriesemaCara Cara navel oranges from Walker Farms at the Pasadena marketOn the southern side of the Caribbean, about 20 miles inland from the Venezuelan coastline, is a small farming...
Everything Must Go: Final Ishibashi Farm Sale Ends a 60-Year Legacy
March 05, 2012 in Squid Ink
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Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss: Green Egg Cookies for Larchmont Elementary + Recipe
March 02, 2012 in Squid Ink
Dr. Seuss spent a lifetime weaving cunningly benign rhymes for children about the environment, the dangers of isolationism and materialism, racial equality and the arms race. But ask a...
