Every November we pick the olives and I have to say it is just as exciting for me as picking the first cherry in summer. I wait impatiently for the oil to come back from McEvoy’s mill to taste it. ...
At Frog Hollow Farm, November starts off with a cool drizzle that seems to enhance the smell of the golden foliage. We see signs that fall is coming to a close – our pomegranates are bursting open...
There is an entirely different energy around olive oil than there is for the other products on Frog Hollow Farm. There is something more to olive oil that comes from, not only its unique health ben...
Ever since the Frog Hollow Farm Marketplace has opened and since co-authoring, The Art of Preserving, people always ask me how I create my recipes. I usually tell them that, aside from the usual tr...
My commute in Brentwood, California includes U-Pick signs, pumpkin patches, and upon my arrival to Frog Hollow Farm – overalls. Less than an hour away from San Francisco, I am reminded that the Bay...
The growing popularity of Chef Becky’s value-add items prepared in our on-site kitchen inspired us to interview her about this arm of our business. We wondered what happened to all the kitchen-grad...
Food Day is a nationwide celebration of healthy, affordable, and sustainably produced food and a grassroots campaign for better food policies. It builds all year long and culminates on October 24.
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I’m not the type to feel excited by compost. That being said, I have been proved to be very wrong about my ideas about composting on a farm. I imagined a large pile of waste, stacked high, disorde...
