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Dinan owns his own business and uses Wells Fargo for banking — the closest branch and ATM is 2 miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean yes, of course you have the option of using another ATM and paying a fee, but that’s almost like a tax for living in East Palo Alto, which I don’t think is right,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dinan says he has been asking Wells Fargo for years now to set up a branch office or ATM in East Palo Alto. So far, he hasn’t gotten a response. This summer, he decided to start an online petition, which he reads aloud:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We call on Wells Fargo to both provide ATMs and a branch office in East Palo Alto, and to give the same level of service to residents of East Palo Alto that is provided to residents in Palo Alto, Menlo Park and other neighboring communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When we contacted Wells Fargo about the petition, they sent us this statement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We continuously evaluate our branch network, and our physical distribution strategy is driven by customer behavior. While branches continue to be important in serving our customers’ needs, our investment in digital has also enabled us to seamlessly serve our customers online and in our mobile apps, and their growing usage of mobile banking for their day-to-day banking needs continues to reduce transactions in our branches.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t always this way in East Palo Alto. Residents like Eric Cody remember when there was a Bank of America where the McDonald’s now sits on University Avenue. And in 2011, the only remaining bank branch, California Bank & Trust, closed. According to news \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/06/01/east-palo-altos-only-bank-to-close-in-august/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports\u003c/a> at the time, the bank was unable to turn a profit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Maeve Elise Brown, executive director of Housing and Economic Rights Advocates, says in the case of Wells Fargo, they’re missing the point. Having a presence in a community, she says, is just as important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not the same as having a banker who knows you personally, based on knowledge about who you are and how you function in the community and wants to extend you credit. Not just, “Hey this person deposited $5,000 a month for the last year,’ “she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is reflected, Brown believes, in the lack of mortgages that black and Latino people have applied for and are granted in East Palo Alto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A search through a \u003ca href=\"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/hmda/explore#filters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">database\u003c/a> maintained by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found that in the last four years only about 33 of the more than 400 mortgages issued in the city have been granted to black and Hispanic borrowers, a population that makes up about 80 percent of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of banking options, says Brown, is a holdover from the region’s racist past — when segregation and redlining were pervasive. In 2000, for instance, the city filed \u003ca href=\"https://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/news/2000_Feb_18.LAWSUIT.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a lawsuit\u003c/a> alleging that American Savings Bank had illegally discriminated against East Palo Alto residents on the basis of race. America Savings Bank later \u003ca href=\"https://fairhousing.com/news-archive/advocate/2002/california-bank-pays-206000-and-establishes-7-million-credit-line-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">settled the lawsuit with the city.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown says one damaging impact of living in a bank desert is that, when there aren’t bank branches around, people are forced to find other options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve seen payday lenders and other high-cost lenders who make themselves immediately available by being physically present in communities,” Brown says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a Pew Charitable Trust \u003ca href=\"http://www.pewtrusts.org/~/media/legacy/uploadedfiles/pcs_assets/2012/pewpaydaylendingreportpdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report\u003c/a>, the average payday loan borrower spends more than $500 a year just on interest. 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"content": "\u003cp>Are you sure you’re eating the most delicious peaches you could be eating? I thought I was — until Andy Mariani of \u003ca href=\"https://andysorchard.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy’s Orchard\u003c/a> in Morgan Hill put two peaches in my hand.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, I try the kind of peach I typically buy in the market: the size of a softball, with a rosy blush. Mariani tells me that blush hides the fact that peach was picked green. That’s so it’s easy to ship long distances, store for weeks on end, and display in big, attractive piles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s crunchy, and a little bit tart. It’s not bad at all, this June Time peach, but it’s a fruit I would bake in a pie rather than eat raw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Mariani hands me a little, yellow peach the size of a baseball. It’s an heirloom variety called “Gold Dust.” This peach is so juicy, I’m an immediate mess. And wow, is it delicious: sweet, but with a bright acidity that sets my taste buds alight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, just a handful of lush, green orchards like Mariani’s recall the era long gone when Silicon Valley was called the Valley of Heart’s Delight \u003ci>for its stone fruit\u003c/i>: apricots, cherries, plums, and peaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676716\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676716\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-800x527.jpg\" alt=\""Our store does fairly well for being out in middle of nowhere," says Andy Mariani of Andy's Orchard in Morgan Hill. People come from all over the Bay Area (and the US) to attend orchard tastings and stock up on heirloom fruit, especially in the summer months.\" width=\"800\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-800x527.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-1020x672.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-1200x791.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-1180x777.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-960x633.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-240x158.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-375x247.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-520x343.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Our store does fairly well for being out in middle of nowhere,” says Andy Mariani of Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill. People come from all over the Bay Area (and the US) to attend orchard tastings and stock up on heirloom fruit, especially in the summer months. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fruit farmers left survive by serving the people who run high end restaurants and specialty markets; the kind of people who treasure heirloom varieties like the Gold Dust — and thrill to new varieties that share the same qualities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The tastiness, the juiciness, the old-fashioned kind of flavors. There’s never been a problem with demand for this kind of fruit, because it’s really, really tasty,” says Mariani, who’s a second generation farmer. His parents moved to Morgan Hill in the late 1950s from an orchard in Cupertino that sat across the street from what is now Apple’s headquarters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But back before this region was called Silicon Valley, it was most famous for \u003cem>dried\u003c/em> fruit. “There wasn’t a national system of highways. You couldn’t you couldn’t truck fresh fruit to the New York markets. We had no airplanes to speak of. You had to dry your fruit to make it a more durable product,” Mariani says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only locals knew how delicious the fresh fruit was.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>An open secret for locals\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara Valley has an advantage over other fruit-growing regions because of its geography, tucked away from the coast, but not too far from it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676717\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676717\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-800x562.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Mariani of Andy's Orchard in Morgan Hill has recently begun growing white apricots, a common sight in Central Asia. Mariani says the flesh tastes almost of melon and the kernels are sweet and edible, not unlike an almond.\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-800x562.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-1020x716.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-1200x843.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-1180x828.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-960x674.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-240x169.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-375x263.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-520x365.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Mariani of Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill has recently begun growing white apricots, a common sight in Central Asia. Mariani says the flesh tastes almost of melon and the kernels are sweet and edible, not unlike an almond. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It has warmth, but it also has mildness, especially at night,” Mariani explains. “After a hot day, fruit trees need to rest. A lot of times in the Central Valley, it’ll go up to 100 degrees during the day and go down to about 85 at night.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Santa Clara Valley, the day temperatures are cooler and the night temperatures are cooler, too. That means the fruit can stay on the tree longer, and the longer the fruit stays on the trees, the more sugar it develops. The flesh is firmer, and juicier. “Tree-ripened,” it turns out, is not just an advertising slogan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tasty though they are, though, these fruits are expensive. They bruise easily, and need to be sold and consumed right away. From an economic perspective, the Central Valley wins on every score, not just because the land is cheaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means most of the varieties you see in the markets will be ones that do well in the Central Valley’s heat. So the Blenheim apricot, a delicate creature that thrived for decades in the temperate Santa Clara Valley, has given way to the heartier, blander Patterson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They taste like cardboard,” Mariani says. “But they’re durable, you know, and very productive. You get 20 tons to the acre whereas with the Blenheim, you get you get ten.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11676718 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-800x568.jpg\" alt=\"The Gold Dust looks diminutive next to the June Time, but it tastes so much better. \" width=\"800\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-800x568.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-1020x725.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-1200x853.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-1180x838.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-960x682.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-240x171.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-375x266.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-520x369.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Gold Dust looks diminutive next to the June Time, but it tastes so much better. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mariani laments the way the Patterson’s mediocre taste has deflated the market for California apricots in general, but he’s not weeping for days gone by in general. The market dominance of heartier, blander fruit provides him with a market opening to deliver the Blenheims and other varieties that make foodies swoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Looking for a taste of home or childhood\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Many of the pilgrims who drive out to Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill come for varieties he picked up in Central Asia. Or France. Mariani won over LA-based food writer and “fruit detective” David Karp with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/01/dining/a-finicky-fruit-is-sweet-when-coddled.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">greengage plum\u003c/a> Karp deemed better than any he tasted in the region near Toulouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I met Andy when writing an article about apricots for Saveur 25 years ago,” Karp tells me. “I asked the Apricot Advisory Board who was a real apricot connoisseur, and they said, ‘That’s Andy Mariani.’” Over the years, Karp was so impressed, he became a business partner with Marianni, investing in the orchards and helping to stoke demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Karp, “The Santa Clara Valley … is to certain fruits what Napa Valley is to wine.” As for Mariani’s commitment to flavor, Karp adds, “He loves certain heirloom varieties because he grew up with them and expects fruit to taste like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every Wednesday, Andy’s Orchard sends a van to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.smgov.net/portals/farmersmarket/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santa Monica Farmers Market\u003c/a>, mainly to fulfill pre-orders inspired by Karp’s glowing descriptions of what’s in season in Morgan Hill. Karp says three quarters of the fruit in the van is already sold upon arrival to Southern California chefs. Whatever’s left sells out by noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What doesn’t head to Santa Monica ends up at local Michelin-starred restaurants like \u003ca href=\"https://www.manresarestaurant.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manresa\u003c/a> in Los Gatos and \u003ca href=\"http://www.maisonbaume.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baumé\u003c/a> in Palo Alto, or local specialty stories like \u003ca href=\"https://www.cjolsoncherries.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CJ Olson’s\u003c/a> in Sunnyvale. \u003ca href=\"https://www.baldorfood.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baldor\u003c/a> in New York and \u003ca href=\"http://www.orchardfruit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Orchard\u003c/a> in Brooklyn pay Mariani to fly fruit all the way to the East Coast.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> The quality of Mariani’s fruit is no secret.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676723\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676723\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-800x781.jpg\" alt=\"Hway-ling Hsu of Sweetdragon Baking Company in San Jose says Andy is "very fussy" about his fruit. "He doesn't pick it until it's right. The first time I tried to get fruit from Andy's, I called him up to see if he had any tart cherries. He said, 'Oh yeah, I'll call you when it's ready.' So he called me a couple of weeks later and he said, 'I got those cherries you wanted. Pick them up Friday,' and I said, 'Can I pick them up Thursday?' and he said, 'What? No. They need another day on the tree.'" \" width=\"800\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-800x781.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-160x156.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-1020x996.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-1200x1172.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-1180x1152.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-960x938.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-240x234.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-375x366.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-520x508.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hway-ling Hsu of \u003ca href=\"https://sweetdragonbaking.com/pages/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sweetdragon Baking Company\u003c/a> in San Jose says Andy is “very fussy” about his fruit. “He doesn’t pick it until it’s right. The first time I tried to get fruit from Andy’s, I called him up to see if he had any tart cherries. He said, ‘Oh yeah, I’ll call you when it’s ready.’ So he called me a couple of weeks later and he said, ‘I got those cherries you wanted. Pick them up Friday,’ and I said, ‘Can I pick them up Thursday?’ and he said, ‘What? No. They need another day on the tree.'” \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I ask Mariani if he wishes the post World War II tech boom happened in the Central Valley — if he thinks it’s a shame a region with the perfect climate for growing fruit is paved over now with office buildings and condo complexes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is what it is,” he says. “I can’t say, ‘I wish.’ It happened, this inexorable march through the countryside.” He adds that being one of very few fruit farmers left in the Santa Clara Valley means he can specialize in the kinds of fruit that command higher prices, the kinds of fruit that gets him excited. “You want to get up every day because something else is ripening,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Developing fruit for the future\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Mariani can also play a part in the development of new varieties with the \u003ca href=\"https://crfg.org/welcome-to-the-website-of-the-california-rare-fruit-growers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Rare Fruit Growers\u003c/a>, an amateur society of people passionate about fruit. \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\">“We started doing some hybridizations. They’re all developed for taste.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike, say, the folks at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/davis-ca/natl-clonal-germplasm-rep-tree-fruit-nut-crops-grapes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Clonal Germplasm Repository\u003c/a> near Davis, Mariani and his friends can put flavor ahead of a myriad of other priorities: appearance, size, firmness, color, shelf life, and disease resistance.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We developed a red-fleshed nectarine. The red flesh gives it kind of a tart raspberry flavor. Coupled with the fact that it has high sugar content — it’s an outstanding variety,” he says, adding that the chefs in Santa Monica love to play with his experiments in the kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676724\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676724\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-800x510.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Mariani is 72 years old, but he has no plans to retire from fruit farming. "This is my retirement. It's something I like to do. I've got some passion for it," he says. \" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-800x510.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-1020x651.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-1200x766.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-1180x753.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-960x613.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-240x153.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-375x239.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-520x332.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Mariani is 72 years old, but he has no plans to retire from fruit farming. “This is my retirement. It’s something I like to do. I’ve got some passion for it,” he says. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On an initial foray south, the red nectarines sold out. “We had none left except for a little box of seconds — deformed and and pockmarked and all that.” A chef desperate to have them offered $50. “For that little box!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Mariani insists he doesn’t want his operation to grow too big, it is expanding — ironically, onto land owned by the urban sprawlers who’ve surrounded his orchard in what used to be farm country in Morgan Hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mariani leases from them, plants orchards, and gives them a cut of the fruit. Some get curious about what it takes to become farmers themselves, but when they learn it can cost tens of thousands of dollars per acre to do what he does, they decide they’re satisfied with eating the fruit he grows on their land.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Go Taste Some Silicon Valley-Grown Fruit\u003c/h4>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://andysorchard.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy’s Orchard\u003c/a> in Morgan Hill\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cjolsoncherries.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CJ Olson’s\u003c/a> in Sunnyvale\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gizdich-ranch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gzidich Ranch\u003c/a> in Watsonville\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://novakovichorchards.blogspm/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Novakovich Orchards\u003c/a> in Saratoga\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cdiv>\u003ca href=\"http://www.swantonberryfarm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swanton Berry Farm\u003c/a> in Davenport\u003c/div>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.webbranchinc.com/farmers_upick_straw.htm\">Webb Ranch\u003c/a> in Portola Valley\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Are you sure you’re eating the most delicious peaches you could be eating? I thought I was — until Andy Mariani of \u003ca href=\"https://andysorchard.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy’s Orchard\u003c/a> in Morgan Hill put two peaches in my hand.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, I try the kind of peach I typically buy in the market: the size of a softball, with a rosy blush. Mariani tells me that blush hides the fact that peach was picked green. That’s so it’s easy to ship long distances, store for weeks on end, and display in big, attractive piles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s crunchy, and a little bit tart. It’s not bad at all, this June Time peach, but it’s a fruit I would bake in a pie rather than eat raw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Mariani hands me a little, yellow peach the size of a baseball. It’s an heirloom variety called “Gold Dust.” This peach is so juicy, I’m an immediate mess. And wow, is it delicious: sweet, but with a bright acidity that sets my taste buds alight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, just a handful of lush, green orchards like Mariani’s recall the era long gone when Silicon Valley was called the Valley of Heart’s Delight \u003ci>for its stone fruit\u003c/i>: apricots, cherries, plums, and peaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676716\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676716\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-800x527.jpg\" alt=\""Our store does fairly well for being out in middle of nowhere," says Andy Mariani of Andy's Orchard in Morgan Hill. People come from all over the Bay Area (and the US) to attend orchard tastings and stock up on heirloom fruit, especially in the summer months.\" width=\"800\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-800x527.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-1020x672.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-1200x791.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-1180x777.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-960x633.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-240x158.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-375x247.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31536_Photo-Jun-21-11-45-41-AM-qut-520x343.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Our store does fairly well for being out in middle of nowhere,” says Andy Mariani of Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill. People come from all over the Bay Area (and the US) to attend orchard tastings and stock up on heirloom fruit, especially in the summer months. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fruit farmers left survive by serving the people who run high end restaurants and specialty markets; the kind of people who treasure heirloom varieties like the Gold Dust — and thrill to new varieties that share the same qualities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The tastiness, the juiciness, the old-fashioned kind of flavors. There’s never been a problem with demand for this kind of fruit, because it’s really, really tasty,” says Mariani, who’s a second generation farmer. His parents moved to Morgan Hill in the late 1950s from an orchard in Cupertino that sat across the street from what is now Apple’s headquarters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But back before this region was called Silicon Valley, it was most famous for \u003cem>dried\u003c/em> fruit. “There wasn’t a national system of highways. You couldn’t you couldn’t truck fresh fruit to the New York markets. We had no airplanes to speak of. You had to dry your fruit to make it a more durable product,” Mariani says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only locals knew how delicious the fresh fruit was.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>An open secret for locals\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara Valley has an advantage over other fruit-growing regions because of its geography, tucked away from the coast, but not too far from it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676717\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676717\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-800x562.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Mariani of Andy's Orchard in Morgan Hill has recently begun growing white apricots, a common sight in Central Asia. Mariani says the flesh tastes almost of melon and the kernels are sweet and edible, not unlike an almond.\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-800x562.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-1020x716.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-1200x843.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-1180x828.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-960x674.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-240x169.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-375x263.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31533_Photo-Jun-21-10-50-59-AM-qut-520x365.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Mariani of Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill has recently begun growing white apricots, a common sight in Central Asia. Mariani says the flesh tastes almost of melon and the kernels are sweet and edible, not unlike an almond. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It has warmth, but it also has mildness, especially at night,” Mariani explains. “After a hot day, fruit trees need to rest. A lot of times in the Central Valley, it’ll go up to 100 degrees during the day and go down to about 85 at night.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Santa Clara Valley, the day temperatures are cooler and the night temperatures are cooler, too. That means the fruit can stay on the tree longer, and the longer the fruit stays on the trees, the more sugar it develops. The flesh is firmer, and juicier. “Tree-ripened,” it turns out, is not just an advertising slogan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tasty though they are, though, these fruits are expensive. They bruise easily, and need to be sold and consumed right away. From an economic perspective, the Central Valley wins on every score, not just because the land is cheaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means most of the varieties you see in the markets will be ones that do well in the Central Valley’s heat. So the Blenheim apricot, a delicate creature that thrived for decades in the temperate Santa Clara Valley, has given way to the heartier, blander Patterson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They taste like cardboard,” Mariani says. “But they’re durable, you know, and very productive. You get 20 tons to the acre whereas with the Blenheim, you get you get ten.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11676718 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-800x568.jpg\" alt=\"The Gold Dust looks diminutive next to the June Time, but it tastes so much better. \" width=\"800\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-800x568.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-1020x725.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-1200x853.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-1180x838.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-960x682.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-240x171.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-375x266.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31532_Photo-Jun-21-10-06-24-AM-qut-520x369.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Gold Dust looks diminutive next to the June Time, but it tastes so much better. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mariani laments the way the Patterson’s mediocre taste has deflated the market for California apricots in general, but he’s not weeping for days gone by in general. The market dominance of heartier, blander fruit provides him with a market opening to deliver the Blenheims and other varieties that make foodies swoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Looking for a taste of home or childhood\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Many of the pilgrims who drive out to Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill come for varieties he picked up in Central Asia. Or France. Mariani won over LA-based food writer and “fruit detective” David Karp with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/01/dining/a-finicky-fruit-is-sweet-when-coddled.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">greengage plum\u003c/a> Karp deemed better than any he tasted in the region near Toulouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I met Andy when writing an article about apricots for Saveur 25 years ago,” Karp tells me. “I asked the Apricot Advisory Board who was a real apricot connoisseur, and they said, ‘That’s Andy Mariani.’” Over the years, Karp was so impressed, he became a business partner with Marianni, investing in the orchards and helping to stoke demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Karp, “The Santa Clara Valley … is to certain fruits what Napa Valley is to wine.” As for Mariani’s commitment to flavor, Karp adds, “He loves certain heirloom varieties because he grew up with them and expects fruit to taste like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every Wednesday, Andy’s Orchard sends a van to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.smgov.net/portals/farmersmarket/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santa Monica Farmers Market\u003c/a>, mainly to fulfill pre-orders inspired by Karp’s glowing descriptions of what’s in season in Morgan Hill. Karp says three quarters of the fruit in the van is already sold upon arrival to Southern California chefs. Whatever’s left sells out by noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What doesn’t head to Santa Monica ends up at local Michelin-starred restaurants like \u003ca href=\"https://www.manresarestaurant.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manresa\u003c/a> in Los Gatos and \u003ca href=\"http://www.maisonbaume.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baumé\u003c/a> in Palo Alto, or local specialty stories like \u003ca href=\"https://www.cjolsoncherries.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CJ Olson’s\u003c/a> in Sunnyvale. \u003ca href=\"https://www.baldorfood.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baldor\u003c/a> in New York and \u003ca href=\"http://www.orchardfruit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Orchard\u003c/a> in Brooklyn pay Mariani to fly fruit all the way to the East Coast.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> The quality of Mariani’s fruit is no secret.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676723\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676723\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-800x781.jpg\" alt=\"Hway-ling Hsu of Sweetdragon Baking Company in San Jose says Andy is "very fussy" about his fruit. "He doesn't pick it until it's right. The first time I tried to get fruit from Andy's, I called him up to see if he had any tart cherries. He said, 'Oh yeah, I'll call you when it's ready.' So he called me a couple of weeks later and he said, 'I got those cherries you wanted. Pick them up Friday,' and I said, 'Can I pick them up Thursday?' and he said, 'What? No. They need another day on the tree.'" \" width=\"800\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-800x781.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-160x156.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-1020x996.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-1200x1172.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-1180x1152.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-960x938.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-240x234.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-375x366.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-520x508.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31537_Photo-Jun-22-8-57-37-AM-qut-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hway-ling Hsu of \u003ca href=\"https://sweetdragonbaking.com/pages/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sweetdragon Baking Company\u003c/a> in San Jose says Andy is “very fussy” about his fruit. “He doesn’t pick it until it’s right. The first time I tried to get fruit from Andy’s, I called him up to see if he had any tart cherries. He said, ‘Oh yeah, I’ll call you when it’s ready.’ So he called me a couple of weeks later and he said, ‘I got those cherries you wanted. Pick them up Friday,’ and I said, ‘Can I pick them up Thursday?’ and he said, ‘What? No. They need another day on the tree.'” \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I ask Mariani if he wishes the post World War II tech boom happened in the Central Valley — if he thinks it’s a shame a region with the perfect climate for growing fruit is paved over now with office buildings and condo complexes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is what it is,” he says. “I can’t say, ‘I wish.’ It happened, this inexorable march through the countryside.” He adds that being one of very few fruit farmers left in the Santa Clara Valley means he can specialize in the kinds of fruit that command higher prices, the kinds of fruit that gets him excited. “You want to get up every day because something else is ripening,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Developing fruit for the future\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Mariani can also play a part in the development of new varieties with the \u003ca href=\"https://crfg.org/welcome-to-the-website-of-the-california-rare-fruit-growers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Rare Fruit Growers\u003c/a>, an amateur society of people passionate about fruit. \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\">“We started doing some hybridizations. They’re all developed for taste.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike, say, the folks at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/davis-ca/natl-clonal-germplasm-rep-tree-fruit-nut-crops-grapes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Clonal Germplasm Repository\u003c/a> near Davis, Mariani and his friends can put flavor ahead of a myriad of other priorities: appearance, size, firmness, color, shelf life, and disease resistance.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We developed a red-fleshed nectarine. The red flesh gives it kind of a tart raspberry flavor. Coupled with the fact that it has high sugar content — it’s an outstanding variety,” he says, adding that the chefs in Santa Monica love to play with his experiments in the kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676724\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11676724\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-800x510.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Mariani is 72 years old, but he has no plans to retire from fruit farming. "This is my retirement. It's something I like to do. I've got some passion for it," he says. \" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-800x510.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-1020x651.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-1200x766.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-1180x753.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-960x613.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-240x153.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-375x239.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31534_Photo-Jun-21-11-30-14-AM-qut-520x332.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Mariani is 72 years old, but he has no plans to retire from fruit farming. “This is my retirement. It’s something I like to do. I’ve got some passion for it,” he says. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On an initial foray south, the red nectarines sold out. “We had none left except for a little box of seconds — deformed and and pockmarked and all that.” A chef desperate to have them offered $50. “For that little box!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Mariani insists he doesn’t want his operation to grow too big, it is expanding — ironically, onto land owned by the urban sprawlers who’ve surrounded his orchard in what used to be farm country in Morgan Hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mariani leases from them, plants orchards, and gives them a cut of the fruit. Some get curious about what it takes to become farmers themselves, but when they learn it can cost tens of thousands of dollars per acre to do what he does, they decide they’re satisfied with eating the fruit he grows on their land.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Go Taste Some Silicon Valley-Grown Fruit\u003c/h4>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://andysorchard.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy’s Orchard\u003c/a> in Morgan Hill\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cjolsoncherries.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CJ Olson’s\u003c/a> in Sunnyvale\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gizdich-ranch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gzidich Ranch\u003c/a> in Watsonville\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://novakovichorchards.blogspm/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Novakovich Orchards\u003c/a> in Saratoga\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cdiv>\u003ca href=\"http://www.swantonberryfarm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swanton Berry Farm\u003c/a> in Davenport\u003c/div>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.webbranchinc.com/farmers_upick_straw.htm\">Webb Ranch\u003c/a> in Portola Valley\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When Congress approved giving $380 million to states to bolster the security of their elections, state officials were caught off guard but extremely grateful. Elections are notoriously underfunded and haven’t seen a windfall like this from the federal government in more than a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But getting that money out to all the states, and then into the hands of localities that run the elections, with enough time to have a meaningful effect on the 2018 midterm elections is a difficult proposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three months after \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/03/21/595305722/senators-hold-election-security-hearing-after-releasing-recommendations-for-2018\">receiving congressional approval\u003c/a>, and now less than five months from November’s midterm elections, 33 states have filed the necessary paperwork to begin receiving money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/HAVAgrants-2018.pdf\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11675516\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.39.36-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1404\" height=\"936\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.39.36-AM.png 1404w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.39.36-AM-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.39.36-AM-800x533.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.39.36-AM-1020x680.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.39.36-AM-1200x800.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.39.36-AM-1180x787.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.39.36-AM-960x640.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.39.36-AM-240x160.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.39.36-AM-375x250.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.39.36-AM-520x347.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1404px) 100vw, 1404px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That number may seem “disconcertingly low” \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-cybersecurity/2018/05/17/few-states-seek-election-security-funds-221527\">to some\u003c/a>, especially when it was just 11 in mid-May, but there is mixed consensus on what it actually says about the country’s seriousness when it comes to handling threats leading up to the 2018 election.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More From KQED’s Election Coverage\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elections 2018 Guide and Results\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Judging a state’s preparedness and dedication to securing the vote based on this measure alone is a careless oversimplification,” said Thomas Hicks, the chairman of the Election Assistance Commission, which is in charge of distributing the money. He \u003ca href=\"https://www.eac.gov/news/2018/05/21/us-election-assistance-commission-chairman-thomas-hicks-on-states-efforts-to-boost-election-security-and-resiliency/\">penned a letter\u003c/a> in response to a Politico article published last month about the low number of states that had applied for the funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The states want the money, and we want to give the money out,” Hicks told NPR in an interview. “It’s mostly that they have to deal with their legislatures, and things like that. They have to jump through some hoops back at home before they can come to us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not as if states are delaying in doing this — there are just steps they need to go through.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But also, just because a state \u003cem>has\u003c/em> applied for the money doesn’t mean everything is swell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are, after all, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/05/08/599452050/the-u-s-voting-system-remains-vulnerable-6-months-before-election-day-what-now\">valid security questions\u003c/a> for election officials across the country: from the fact that 13 states still use electronic voting machines that don’t provide an auditable paper trail, to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/05/17/611869599/not-just-ballots-tennessee-hack-shows-election-websites-are-vulnerable-too\">security of local election websites\u003c/a> that have often never seen a major test.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if every state did prioritize its own issues, bureaucracy has slowed the process. With midterms nearing, and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/02/13/584672450/intelligence-leaders-testify-about-global-threats-in-senate-hearing\">intelligence community warning\u003c/a> about impending interference from Russia, that could be a problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each state has a completely separate set of variables to deal with in shoring up its systems, from different attitudes about election security within their respective state governments to the disparate nature of voting methods and infrastructure across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11675521\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1582px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.44.00-AM.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11675521\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.44.00-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1582\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.44.00-AM.png 1582w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.44.00-AM-160x117.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.44.00-AM-800x583.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.44.00-AM-1020x743.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.44.00-AM-1200x874.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.44.00-AM-1180x859.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.44.00-AM-960x699.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.44.00-AM-240x175.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.44.00-AM-375x273.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Screen-Shot-2018-06-18-at-9.44.00-AM-520x379.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1582px) 100vw, 1582px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: \u003ca href=\"https://www.verifiedvoting.org/verifier/\">Verified Voting\u003c/a> \u003ccite>(Renee Klahr and Brittany Mayes/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The number [of states that have applied] in the abstract doesn’t worry me,” said Larry Norden, a voting expert at NYU’s Brennan Center for Justice, who has authored a \u003ca href=\"https://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/americas-voting-machines-risk-an-update\">number of articles\u003c/a> warning about outdated voting equipment in the U.S. “But there are specifics that bother me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norden mentioned Nevada as one example; the website \u003ca href=\"https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/state-websites-are-hackable-and-that-could-compromise-election-security/?ex_cid=538twitter\">FiveThirtyEight recently published\u003c/a> an article outlining vulnerabilities with parts of the state’s website (though none were related to elections). In the story, Wayne Thorley, the state’s deputy secretary for elections, said they had not yet fixed one issue because they work “in a resource-constrained world in government.” But Nevada has yet to apply for the $4.3 million it has been allocated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with NPR, Thorley explained that the delay in drawing down the federal funds is not by choice. To receive the money, the state needs approval from the governor’s finance office, as well as the Nevada legislature, which currently isn’t in session. There’s a special finance committee meeting at the end of the month, where Thorley is expecting to get approval to start spending the money by July 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state is planning to spend the money on cybersecurity improvements and training as well as improving its auditing capabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hicks, the chairman of the EAC, said he expects every state to have turned in the necessary 2-3 page narrative application by the end of July. The amount each state receives is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/03/27/597077701/despite-cash-from-congress-key-election-security-issue-may-not-get-fixed\">based on population\u003c/a>, and not on any metric based on that state’s level of security or need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But just because a state has turned in its application doesn’t indicate election security bliss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Minnesota, for instance, is one of the 33 states that has turned in the necessary paperwork to receive their portion of the money. But a \u003ca href=\"https://www.twincities.com/2018/05/18/gov-mark-dayton-lawmakers-have-117-paths-to-failure-can-they-work-them-out/\">disagreement\u003c/a> between Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat, and the Republican-controlled legislature over a proposed budget bill means the state won’t be able to access the $6.6 million it is due until after November’s elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There soon will be a $6.6 million account with our name on it,” Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon told NPR. “Earmarked for precisely the purpose we need: election security. And we can’t touch it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simon said his office was hoping to use a portion of the money, about $1.5 million, to hire coders for the next four years to modernize and secure the state’s voter registration system, which was built in 2004.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he “testified before legislators six different times, made numerous phone calls and held countless in-person meetings with legislators and staff” to try to convince them to separate approval for use of the election security funds from the larger budget bill, knowing that Dayton had issues with other aspects of the bill. He compared attaching approval for use of the funds to attaching the money to the Titanic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It hit an iceberg and did not come to pass,” Simon said. “It ended up a bad result, and the worst part is, a totally avoidable result.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simon, and voting officials nationwide, know ensuring voter confidence is a key task of election officials. Despite the setback on getting funding, Simon remains confident Minnesota’s elections will be secure in November. The intelligence community says despite Russian hackers targeting voter registration systems in a number of states, there’s no evidence any votes were changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California, the state set to receive the largest chunk of federal money, also has yet to apply for its share. But California Secretary of State Alex Padilla says the state was busy preparing for its June 5 primary, and he wanted to wait until afterward to release its plan for the money. The exact spending details are still being finalized, but Padilla expects the state to spend about $20 million of its $34.5 million on equipment improvements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the money is welcome for election officials, Padilla said it’s also important to put the amount in perspective. It won’t be a silver bullet. His state alone received \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Help_America_Vote_Act_(HAVA)_of_2002#cite_note-payments-7\">more money\u003c/a> as part of 2002’s Help America Vote Act than the entire country is receiving this year from Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It will put more of a dink than a dent” in the broader effort to improve election security nationwide, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.npr.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The states want the money, and we want to give the money out,” Hicks told NPR in an interview. “It’s mostly that they have to deal with their legislatures, and things like that. They have to jump through some hoops back at home before they can come to us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not as if states are delaying in doing this — there are just steps they need to go through.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But also, just because a state \u003cem>has\u003c/em> applied for the money doesn’t mean everything is swell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are, after all, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/05/08/599452050/the-u-s-voting-system-remains-vulnerable-6-months-before-election-day-what-now\">valid security questions\u003c/a> for election officials across the country: from the fact that 13 states still use electronic voting machines that don’t provide an auditable paper trail, to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/05/17/611869599/not-just-ballots-tennessee-hack-shows-election-websites-are-vulnerable-too\">security of local election websites\u003c/a> that have often never seen a major test.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if every state did prioritize its own issues, bureaucracy has slowed the process. 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In the story, Wayne Thorley, the state’s deputy secretary for elections, said they had not yet fixed one issue because they work “in a resource-constrained world in government.” But Nevada has yet to apply for the $4.3 million it has been allocated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with NPR, Thorley explained that the delay in drawing down the federal funds is not by choice. To receive the money, the state needs approval from the governor’s finance office, as well as the Nevada legislature, which currently isn’t in session. There’s a special finance committee meeting at the end of the month, where Thorley is expecting to get approval to start spending the money by July 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state is planning to spend the money on cybersecurity improvements and training as well as improving its auditing capabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hicks, the chairman of the EAC, said he expects every state to have turned in the necessary 2-3 page narrative application by the end of July. The amount each state receives is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/03/27/597077701/despite-cash-from-congress-key-election-security-issue-may-not-get-fixed\">based on population\u003c/a>, and not on any metric based on that state’s level of security or need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But just because a state has turned in its application doesn’t indicate election security bliss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Minnesota, for instance, is one of the 33 states that has turned in the necessary paperwork to receive their portion of the money. But a \u003ca href=\"https://www.twincities.com/2018/05/18/gov-mark-dayton-lawmakers-have-117-paths-to-failure-can-they-work-them-out/\">disagreement\u003c/a> between Gov. 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He compared attaching approval for use of the funds to attaching the money to the Titanic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It hit an iceberg and did not come to pass,” Simon said. “It ended up a bad result, and the worst part is, a totally avoidable result.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simon, and voting officials nationwide, know ensuring voter confidence is a key task of election officials. Despite the setback on getting funding, Simon remains confident Minnesota’s elections will be secure in November. The intelligence community says despite Russian hackers targeting voter registration systems in a number of states, there’s no evidence any votes were changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California, the state set to receive the largest chunk of federal money, also has yet to apply for its share. But California Secretary of State Alex Padilla says the state was busy preparing for its June 5 primary, and he wanted to wait until afterward to release its plan for the money. The exact spending details are still being finalized, but Padilla expects the state to spend about $20 million of its $34.5 million on equipment improvements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the money is welcome for election officials, Padilla said it’s also important to put the amount in perspective. It won’t be a silver bullet. His state alone received \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Help_America_Vote_Act_(HAVA)_of_2002#cite_note-payments-7\">more money\u003c/a> as part of 2002’s Help America Vote Act than the entire country is receiving this year from Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It will put more of a dink than a dent” in the broader effort to improve election security nationwide, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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