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Meet Bill from Billy Bob Orchards
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Meet Bill from Billy Bob Orchards

    “Little by little.” Talk with Bill Peixoto of Billy Bob Orchards and you’ll hear that phrase again and again. Little by little, he and his brother Bob rebuilt their father’s Watsonville, CA a...
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Community Grains: Grown with Integrity

Community Grains: Grown with Integrity

The wheat industry is suffering. Industrial farming has transformed a once nutritious and varied type of grain into something overly processed and flavorless. Follow that with a lack of transparenc...
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Preserving Heirloom Beans with Rancho Gordo

Preserving Heirloom Beans with Rancho Gordo

Steve Sando of Rancho Gordo with a portrait made out of beans  by Jason Mercier “My beans are bubbling over! Hold on one sec,” says Steve Sando of Rancho Gordo over Zoom. His enthusiasm for hi...
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The Wonder of Olio Nuovo

The Wonder of Olio Nuovo

Have you ever tried an olive right off the tree? It’s terribly bitter. So unpleasant, in fact, that it makes you wonder how it ever occurred to someone to make it into something consumable. How did...
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