Fresh From the Farm

“Toto, we’re not in Hershey, Pennsylvania, anymore” was my first thought when I tasted a sample of Chocovivo chocolate. A relatively new addition to the Tuesday Culver City Farmers Market, Chocovivo chocolate is stone-ground in …[READ MORE]

If you’re like me, your weekly shopping trips are timed around the Tuesday afternoon Culver City Farmers Market. By the time that Tuesday afternoon rolls around, my cupboards and refrigerator are not always completely bare, …[READ MORE]

Move over, Farmville. E. B. White’s award-winning book, Charlotte’s Web, has been the quintessential introduction to farm life for generations of American children and adults. Wilbur the pig, Charlotte the spider, Templeton the rat, and …[READ MORE]

Red, white, and blueberry! July is National Blueberry Month, so take advantage of the fresh blueberries for sale at the Tuesday Culver City Farmers Market and stock up. The blueberry is native to the northeastern …[READ MORE]

The full moon at the end of June (it was June 26)  is called a Strawberry moon, because it is the full moon closest to the strawberry harvest. We’re lucky here in Southern California to …[READ MORE]

The peach is the state fruit of Georgia, but those Georgia peaches have nothing on the fresh peaches available at the Tuesday Culver City Farmers Market. California produces 65% of the fruit crop in our …[READ MORE]

What vegetable contains three times as much vitamin C as oranges, twice as much iron as spinach and can serve as a natural breath freshener? Parsley. That humble little sprig of green which garnishes so …[READ MORE]

Cherry season is in full swing at the Tuesday afternoon Culver City Farmers Market. There are about 600 cherry growers in California, according to the California Cherry Advisory Board. Farm sizes range from one acre …[READ MORE]

Think of art. Now think of farmers. Did the iconic Grant Wood painting “American Gothic” showing a stern-faced farmer holding a pitchfork, standing next to his equally stern-faced wife come to mind? Think of art …[READ MORE]

Breakfast in bed is a wonderful way to show the mother or mothers in your life how special they are. The whole family can get involved in preparing Mom’s special treats, since breakfast recipes range …[READ MORE]