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Spilling the Tea on Redwood Tea Estate

Learn more about how tea is grown and taste premium CA GROWN tea varieties at Redwood Tea Estate. Redwood Tea Estate is just minutes outside of Stockton, but as you leave the city streets and...

Sunflower Farm Stand: California Grown Produce & U-Pick Flowers

Sunflower Farm Stand isn’t your typical roadside fresh produce stand. This family-owned operation has quite literally “gone viral”, transforming shopping for farm-fresh produce into an...

The Fruit Bowl: From the Tree to Your Table

For over eighty years, the bounty of the Lucchetti family farm has been shared at their Lodi farm stand, The Fruit Bowl. We chatted with Ralph Lucchetti and his son Andrew to learn more about why...

Irresistible Spring Roll Recipe with Fresh Fruit & Veggies

If you’ve ever stood in front of a pile of peak-summer produce and thought, what do I even do with all of this? This spring roll recipe is your answer. We’re talking rice paper rolls packed with...

Original Creamy Old School Grape Salad Recipe

Some recipes disappear for no good reason. This grape salad recipe is one of them. It was a staple at potlucks, church suppers, and family gatherings across the Upper Midwest through the 1950s and...

The Best Summer Corn and Tomato Pizza Recipe

This Summer Corn and Tomato Pizza from the Pizza Party Card Deck is bursting with roasted corn, fresh basil, and sun-ripened cherry tomatoes. It's basically California summer on a...

A Simple Sweet Potato and Kale Salad Recipe

If you have been sleeping on kale salad, this is your wake-up call. Not the sad, chewy, vaguely bitter salad you may have endured at a wedding buffet. This is the best kale salad recipe you are...

Spend Saturday Morning at Soil Born Farms

Your new obsession: the CA GROWN specials at Phoebe’s Café - a Saturday morning farm-to-fork eatery at Soil Born Farms.   Sacramento is proud to be America's Farm-to-Fork Capital. At Soil...

Kimball Ranch: California Avocados, Straight From the Source

If you’re a fan of California avocados - and honestly, who isn’t - it’s time to discover Kimball Ranch. Grown in Ventura County’s rocky hillsides and lavished with California sunshine,...

California Apple Commission: Supporting California’s Apple Industry 

California is the fifth-largest producer of apples in the United States, and the California Apple Commission represents apple growers and handlers statewide. We met with Michelle Borges, Director of...

What is the California Avocado Commission?

California is home to more than 400 specialty crops, many of which are supported by commodity boards. These boards help to educate consumers and to advocate for farmers. We met with Rachael Laenen,...

Creative Cheese Board Ideas with Real California Cheese

Struggling to come up with creative cheese board ideas for your delicious Real California cheese? We’ve got all the info you need - and plenty of stunning inspiration, too!  There’s no...

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