Contributor: Stephanie O’Dea Ingredients: 4 pounds boneless leg of lamb 1 teaspoon each of: rosemary cumin kosher salt pepper 4 cloves garlic, chopped 2 cups dried plums 1/2 cup white wine (you could use apple juice) 1 cinnamon stick Directions: Use a 4-5 quart crockpot. Put meat inside, and rub [...]

California Almond Crop/Market Update California almond shippers made up for what those in California perceived as a slightly disappointing December by shipping 153.7 million pounds in January. This is 28.3% more than last January’s total of 119.8 million. Shipments for the season are now up by 11.0% versus last year. [...]

Serves: 5-8 Ingredients: Although the original recipe calls for 4 small chickens to be quartered, you could easily do this recipe with 5 pounds of chicken pieces, thighs and breasts. 4 chickens, 2 1/2 pounds each, quartered 1 head of garlic, peeled and finely pureed 1/4 cup dried oregano coarse [...]

Prep Time: 10 minutes Serves: approx. 36 Ingredients: 1 ¼ cup chopped Stapleton’s Pitted Prunes ¾ cup packed brown sugar Slightly less than 1 cup chopped walnuts ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 package Puffy Pastry dough – (try Pepperidge Farm in the frozen section) Directions: Heat oven to 400 ͦ [...]

Gridley, CA – Stapleton-Spence’s fruit processing and co-pack facility has the largest solar water heating system ever installed in California, saving the company 37,584 therms of natural gas annually. 37,500 therms is equivalent to 1 million kWh or a carbon footprint offset of 1.4 million pounds of CO2, the equivalent [...]