Mary and Elias Macias know each of their 125 fruit trees as if they are their children. They know which are the oldest, which have been sick, which are the strongest and which bear the biggest fruit... Read the full story on our link.

What do fantastic sauces, great sautés and tasty sandwiches all have in common? If you are eating from the garden of Mary or Ray Arrowsmith, the common ingredient may be fabulous candy onions... Read the full story on our link.

Eli Burg and Amanda Mione of Chispas Farm are not your typical farmers. They are urban, young and grow 270 varieties of garlic... Read the full story on our link.

Getting fresh sugar snap peas home is always a challenge. They seem to disappear. If my daughter is at market with me, they vanish at least twice as fast. “That’s a testament to how great snap peas are,” says veteran grower Zoe Economou, who has the same problem in her garden. Sometimes her husband doesn’t see too many because she picks and eats them while she works... Read the full story on our link.

With lower temperatures and a hard frost not too far away, growers’ markets are closing for the season... Read the full story on our link.

The markets are full of comfort foods this week — beans, chard, chile, eggplant, onions, potatoes, peppers, spinach, turnips and winter squash... Read the full article on our link