Indoor Microgreen Farm Have you ever been to an indoor farm? Urban Produce has developed a new way of growing food. Their patented High Density Vertical Growing System allows them to grow the equivalent of 16 acres of produce using just 1/8 of an acre of indoor space. Urban Produce grows USDA Certified Organic Microgreens that are […]
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Brokaw Avocado Nursery Tour – Ventura, California
My visit to Ventura for a Brokaw avocado nursery tour was fun and educational, so I loved learning about how to grow avocado trees.
Rancho Rodoro Avocado Grove – Santa Paula, California
Santa Paula Rancho Rodoro Avocado Grove Avocados! We can get avocados year round, but delicious, made in the USA California grown avocados are at the peak of their season from April until September. The warm sunshine, coastal breezes and rich soil here in Central and Southern California are great for producing this wonderful fruit. In […]
Cafe at Shield’s Date Garden – Indio, California
Indio Date Farm Growing up in the Los Angeles area, meant weekend trips out to the Palm Springs area. My parents always made a special point of stopping for date shakes while we were in the desert. As a child I wasn’t exactly fond of dates, but I enjoyed stopping for shakes and found it fascinating […]
SeaView Ranch – Calipatria, California
Citrus Orchards at SeaView Ranch in Calipatria California citrus! Yes, this state is known for it’s delicious, sweet and juicy citrus fruit – oranges, tangerines, lemons, grapefruit and more. Most of Orange county’s citrus groves have turned into housing developments, but there is still prime citrus growing land in the Imperial Valley. Salton Sea Citrus […]