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| CGF Board President Matt Burrows welcomes guests to Farm Tour 2008. |
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| Brian Schmidt, CGF's Santa Clara County Legislative Advocate, greets members and guests. |
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| Brian assists members signing in for the Farm Tour. |
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| CGF Board member Mary Davey with Farm Tour guests. |
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| Jim Foran, Sue LaTourrette, Tom Jordan, and Pete LaTourrette |
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| Matt Burrows, Jan Fenwick, Bill and Nancy Grove, Bob Fenwick. |
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| CGF members and guests get aboard for Farm Tour 2008. |
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| Brian Schmidt welcomed everyone and discussed the day's itinerary. |
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| First stop, Andy's Orchard in Morgan Hill. |
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| Andy Mariani talked of the history of his family-owned orchard. |
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| Farm Tour guests sample freshly picked fruit at Andy's Orchard. |
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| Craige Edgerton with Morgan Hill Mayor Dennis Kennedy and Mary Davey. |
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| Andy's offers fruit tasting events weekly during the growing season. |
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| Andy explains his method for harvesting fruit at the peak of perfection. |
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| Tom Jordan tastes one of Andy's freshly picked peaches. |
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| Andy urged us to taste fresh fruit as we would good wines to fully appreciate the flavor. |
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| Fruit is hand-picked daily at Andy's Orchard at the peak of ripeness. |
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| Rows of lettuce on Mission Organics' Pajaro Creek acerage in southern Santa Clara Valley. |
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| Farm Tour guests take a stroll through fields of organically grown crops. |
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| Dan Solomon Mission Organic Ranch Manager discussed methods for growing organics crops. |
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| Brian explains the need to preserve tracks of farmland as part of our valley's open space. |
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| Bob Siegfried, Santa Clara Valley Water District, explained methods to conserve ground water. |
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| Craige Edgerton, Silicon Valley Land Conservancy spoke of ways to preserve existing farmland. |
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| Mission Organics' Robbie Long and Dan Solomon manage farmland adjacent to Pajaro Creek. |
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| Robbie hands out samples of Mission Organic products to Farm Tour guests. |
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| Dan Solomon, Brian Schmidt, Craige Edgerton. |
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| Nancy Grove, Bob Solomon, Mary Davey, Barbara Seaney. |
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| Farm Tour's next stop, OSA's Doan Ranch Preserve in the foothills above Santa Clara Valley. |
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| Lark Burkhart, OSA's Public Information Specialist, welcomes Farm Tour 2008. |
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| Farm Tour guests enjoyed a catered lunch during their visit to the Doan Ranch preserve. |
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| Patrick Congdon, General Manager, Santa Clara County Open Space Authority. |
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| Fourth generation cattle rancher, Don Silacci tells of the challenges facing family own ranches. |
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| Bob Siegfried, Don Silacci, Ed Tewes. |
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| Patrick Congdon with Brian Schmidt |
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| Farm Tour 2008 passed through foothills once explored by Juan Bautista de Anza. |
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| Our next and final stop, Thomas Kruse winery in the foothills above Gilroy. |
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| A welcome smile, glasses lined up for wine tasting. |
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| Farm Tour guests sampled fruit, crackers along with their wine. |
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| Thomas Kruze, welcomes Farm Tour guests to his winery. |
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| Tom asks for a show of hands of those who enjoy a fine glass of wine with dinner. |
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| Meridith Segal with a glass of Thomas Kruse wine. |
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| Matt, Tom and Mary share a toast near the close of a most memorable day. |
| Special thanks to Committee for Green Foothills for hosting Farm Tour 2008. |
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