If you have ever wished a pound of taco meat could go a little further on a Tuesday night, this California taco blend is the answer you didn’t know you were looking for. It takes one pound of...

Picture this: a large serving dish full of layered dip on the kitchen island, your friends crowded around it, and the satisfying scoop of a tortilla chip pulling up beans, guacamole, cheese, and...

If you’re hosting a World Cup party this summer, your snack table deserves to play at the same level as the matches on screen. Enter the CA GROWN World Cup Grazing Board. It’s playful, it’s...

You already know avocados. You've sliced them, mashed them, eaten them straight from the skin with a little salt and a spoon. But have you made avocado mayo? Because once you do, the stuff in the...

A new program is giving students a hands-on introduction to fresh food, local agriculture, and healthy cooking. It all begins with one small citrus fruit with deep Central Coast roots. California...

If you've been walking past baby artichokes at the farmers market because you weren't sure what to do with them, this orzo salad is your answer. Grab a bag. We're going to fix...

Blueberry cobbler has a reputation for being humble. A one-pan dessert, a potluck staple, the thing you make when you have too many berries and not enough time. Ten minutes of prep, forty minutes in...

If you have ever wondered what to do with that bag of dried figs in your pantry, this recipe with dried figs is the answer. Not a salad topping, not a cheese board garnish, but a proper cake. One...

What’s the story behind the health benefits of prunes? To do this topic justice, we have to go all the way back to the 1800s, when California was better known for gold than for...

Good cabbage is key to a good homemade sauerkraut recipe. And cabbage, as it turns out, is having a moment in 2026, so it's a perfect time to try making sauerkraut - a recipe that sounds...

You already know what good guacamole tastes like. That first bite of a warm tortilla chip, the richness of the avocado, and the brightness from lots of lime juice, and salt cutting right through it....

As the daughter of farmworkers, Esmeralda Soria has always understood the importance of California’s farming community. Today, she uses her role as District 27 Assemblywoman and Chair of the Ag...