LASSENS – NATURAL FOODS & VITAMINS
Burroughs Family Farm It All Started in 1971 Although the family had been farming for at least 70 years, the Burroughs Family Farming formally began in 1971 with Ward and Rosie Burroughs, and Ward’s brother. They farmed, and raised their children, and in 2004 Ward and Rosie dissolved the partnership with Ward’s brother. They
In Honor of Our Little Mommy This is my mother, Mary. She passed away in 2009 at the age of 87, about six months after this photo was taken. Mom was born in 1922, the oldest of 5 children. Look at that incredible, curly hair! Mom’s sister Jinny was so
This Time It’s S–L–O–W And I Do Mean SLOW Remember this post about one of my favorite cooking methods, roasting? I roast vegetables at least 4 times every week. That why I was so intrigued when I stumbled across this recipe for Slow Roasted Tomatoes in the Cooking Light magazine that I picked up at the Ventura Lassen’s. Warning:
A True Labor of Love …and there’s so much love! Most of the good things in life are at least a little labor intensive. Building a house, painting a mural, planting a garden… but the outcome is always oh, so nice and oh, so worth it. As Stephanie, our Lassen’s Ventura Sample Captain confessed,
It’s Avocado Season! I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, and avocados weren’t exactly on our shopping list or in our grocery stores. But when I married a Californian, they became an essential item at our house. And I became more acquinted with Mexican food! (The closest we had in Washington was Taco