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DESCRIPTION:CUESA takes you on an insider's tour of CandyCot Fruit Company and 
 BellaViva Orchards.\n\nJoin CUESA for a tour of unprecedented sweetness. 
 Our first stop will be Bella Viva Orchards in Denair, where Victor 
 Martino's family has been farming since the 1940s. It's cherry season, and 
 the Martinos, known for both their dried and fresh fruit, will walk us 
 through the entire cherry-drying process. The farm dries fruit at the peak 
 of ripeness, retaining flavor that can be enjoyed throughout the year. 
 We'll then get to tour the organic orchard, where Bella Viva's famed 
 peaches and other stone fruit are grown. Attendees will eat lunch at the 
 farm and stop by the farm store for dried goodies. \n\nNext we'll head over 
 to CandyCot Fruit Company for a visit with John Driver. John selected his 
 apricots over many visits to Central Asia, where apricots are intensely 
 flavored and sweet. While these sweet varieties are typically difficult to 
 grow in the United States, John's CandyCots do well in the California 
 climate and, at an average of 26 degrees on the Brix scale of sweetness, 
 are twice as sweet as some of their grocery store counterparts. Attendees 
 will get to tour the orchards and learn about CandyCot apricots as the farm 
 gets ready for harvest.\n\nThe tour costs $25 (Thanks to GreenLeaf and 
 Coach 21 for their generous sponsorship) and includes lunch made with 
 farmers market ingredients. We'll leave from and return to the Ferry 
 Building in a comfortable bus.\n\nThis tour is organized by CUESA, the 
 Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture, as part of our 
 mission to cultivate a sustainable food system. CUESA organizes 5-6 farm 
 tours each year to Ferry Plaza Farmers Market farms and artisan food 
 businesses in order to give eaters a first-hand look at where their food 
 comes from and how it is produced. We're putting together farm tours for 
 July and August. For more information or to sign up for our weekly email 
 newsletter, visit www.cuesa.org.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/06/09/18715088.php
SUMMARY:The Sweet Spot: Stone Fruit Tour in the San Joaquin Valley
LOCATION:San Francisco's Ferry Building\nOne Ferry Building\nSan Francisco, CA 
 94111\n415-291-3276\nhttp://www.cuesa.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/06/09/18715088.php
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