IT’S FINALLY HAPPENING! It’s that wonderful time of the year when stone fruits starts to make their appearance at the Chico Certified Farmers’ Market! From plump and fuzzy to smooth and shiny, the gang’s all on their way! Nothing feels more like the start of summer than sinking your teeth into a sweet and juicy peach or other summer stone fruit sweet treat! Start looking for white peaches, yellow peaches, apricots, apriums, plums, white or yellow nectarines, and cherries!

Now That I Have Them…

What do I do with them? One of the beautiful things about them is how versatile they are! Obviously stone fruits are delicious when ripe and raw, but if you need ideas, start here:

• Roast, poach, saute, or grill them!
• Bake into a pie, crumble, cobbler, or galette.
• Toss into most any salad!
• Make a sauce for both sweet and savory dishes!
• Make a jam or jelly, or can them so you can still get a hint of stone fruit goodness when they’re out of season!

Stone fruit can be delicate little buggers, so make sure to store them correctly!

• Never put them in the fridge before they’re ripe – they get wrinkly and weird, and won’t continue to ripen.
• Be gentle getting them home! They bruise easily.
• Keep fully ripe fruit in the fridge, but only for a few days.
• Need to ripen a bit more? Store a room temp, stem side down.

Summer is Coming… and So Are More Markets!

More markets mean more opportunity to learn, share, and build community! Chico Certified Farmers’ Market is excited to be opening another market for summer giving you another day a week enjoy fresh, locally grow and made products!

Starting June 1st, The Paradise Farmers Market is up and running from 8:30am – 1pm every Tuesday. Come see what the season has to offer at 6491 Clark Road (the CMA church parking lot)!