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    Visual Holiday Shopping Guide, 2020
    W.D. Dickinson
    • Dec 8, 2019
    • 1 min

    Visual Holiday Shopping Guide, 2020

    2020 Holiday Guide, with no lengthy explanations.
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    Pumpkin Creme Tart
    W.D. Dickinson
    • Nov 21, 2019
    • 2 min

    Pumpkin Creme Tart

    Your favorite pie crust* 2 cups roasted pumpkin purée, homemade or canned* 3 large egg yolks 2 large eggs 1 1/2 cups half and half 6...
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    Job Opening - Culinary Gardener
    Stepheni, Modern Caretaker
    • Nov 12, 2019
    • 2 min

    Job Opening - Culinary Gardener

    COMPANY DESCRIPTION Founded in 1888, and revived in 2012, W.D. Dickinson: Farm, House, Mercantile is an heirloom fruit, vegetable and...
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    Herbed Lemonade
    W.D. Dickinson
    • Aug 8, 2019
    • 1 min

    Herbed Lemonade

    1 1/2 cups sugar 1 bunch fresh thyme 1/4 bunch lemon balm 1 bunch chamomile 2 cups fresh [Meyer] lemon juice In a medium saucepan, bring...
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    Q & A with Stepheni Norton: Woman Farmer, Entrepreneur, and Food Safety Role Model
    Local Food Safety Collaborative
    • Mar 18, 2019
    • 5 min

    Q & A with Stepheni Norton: Woman Farmer, Entrepreneur, and Food Safety Role Model

    March is Women’s History Month—a time to share stories that deepen our understanding of the contributions that women make to farming, the...
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    Just like the time, we are changing.
    W.D. Dickinson
    • Mar 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    Just like the time, we are changing.

    Since we began Dickinson Farm in 2014, the support that has poured in from our customers, partners and the San Diego community is...
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    Your Corner: Lyme Disease Patient Sows Seeds of Change
    NBC San Diego, Greg Bledsoe
    • Feb 22, 2019
    • 3 min

    Your Corner: Lyme Disease Patient Sows Seeds of Change

    Heirloom vegetables changed Stepheni Norton's life, helping her grow in more ways than one By Greg Bledsoe Watch the Newscast A woman...
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    Food Tank - Farmer Spotlight
    Farmer Stepheni
    • Nov 14, 2018
    • 1 min

    Food Tank - Farmer Spotlight

    Food Tank Summits bring together some of the world’s most impactful food system leaders. Each event features incredible speakers in...
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    The Best of San Diego 2018
    San Diego Magazine
    • Jul 30, 2018
    • 1 min

    The Best of San Diego 2018

    San Diego is a-changing. Bartenders are using CBD oil. A mall is the newest restaurant hot spot. The tally for new breweries? We’ve lost...
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    Messy Bits
    Farmer Stepheni
    • Feb 12, 2018
    • 2 min

    Messy Bits

    "Comparison is the Thief of Joy." ~ Dwight Edwards , and maybe even President Theodore Roosevelt The benefit of Google photos and...
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    Set Sail
    Farmer Stepheni
    • Jan 29, 2018
    • 2 min

    Set Sail

    To reach a port we must set sail – Sail, not tie as anchor. Sail, not drift. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt When I met Mike I lived with a “go”...
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    Your Comfort Zone
    Farmer Stepheni
    • Jan 29, 2018
    • 2 min

    Your Comfort Zone

    2. You Stay Within Your Comfort Zone Change is scary. But anything worth doing is bound to bring some fear. You won't achieve anything...
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    You can not withstand the storm...
    Farmer Stepheni
    • Jan 15, 2018
    • 3 min

    You can not withstand the storm...

    "Fate whispers to the warrior, 'You can not withstand the storm.' The warrior whispers back, 'I am the storm.' ~ Unknown I hate...
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    To rouse, not discourage.
    Farmer Stepheni
    • Jan 8, 2018
    • 2 min

    To rouse, not discourage.

    "Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict." ~ William Ellery Channing At the end...
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    Coffee with a (beneficial) pest
    Farmer Stepheni
    • Dec 29, 2017
    • 3 min

    Coffee with a (beneficial) pest

    I grew up as the “only” child. The youngest of 3, my brothers were 8 and 12 years older. I was a quiet learner, seeing the world from the...
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    Wood Grain
    Farmer Stepheni
    • Oct 20, 2017
    • 1 min

    Wood Grain

    Smile lines, sun spots, hand wrinkles, wood grain, soil erosion, hard [squash] skin. Moments, memories and experience past through...
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    Real Time, Every Time
    Farmer Stepheni
    • Oct 13, 2017
    • 2 min

    Real Time, Every Time

    I had the pleasure of hearing Damien Patton speak this week. Damien is the founder and CEO of Banjo, a tech company whose technology...
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    Needle Sticks and Trap Doors
    Farmer Stepheni
    • Sep 29, 2017
    • 2 min

    Needle Sticks and Trap Doors

    We are lucky enough to have a good group of regular customers as well as a constant influx of people just hearing about the farm. One of...
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    A Pie Challenge and Lost Traditions
    Farmer Stepheni
    • Sep 22, 2017
    • 2 min

    A Pie Challenge and Lost Traditions

    During farm tours, I talk a bit about Ark of Taste, and the importance of not letting seeds, cooking traditions and recipes go extinct....
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    Lost Oranges & a Radish for the Road
    Farmer Stepheni
    • Aug 26, 2017
    • 3 min

    Lost Oranges & a Radish for the Road

    This week I am in LA at a conference for businesses with social good. It’s an amazing time with fellow business owners getting refilled...
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