Jensen began making raisin wine and shared it with family and friends, who loved it so much he began shipping the wine to thirsty miners in Northern California. Although the brick ranch house hasn't been completely renovated, the Jensen-Alvarado family furniture has been moved from the museum into the house, and tours of the home will be given. Other activities include tortilla- and butter-making, ice-cream churning, adobe brick-making, steer roping and old-fashioned laundry work. Sherman...

Bananas hang from a wire, and are local varieties like the meaty cooking banana and smaller "monkey" bananas that are popular with tourists, says Lumampao. Located next to the Agat mayor's office, the stand is a great spot for passers-by to pick up their favorite vegetables for dinner. Lumampao's stand has various fruits and vegetables that change depending on the weather and the season. Last week, his stall was stacked with bundles of freshly gathered kang kong, sweet potato leaves, yams,...

Intensive cattle farming is decimating the Amazon rainforest, but there is hope - in the shape of a marble-sized, purple berry, staple ingredient of a popular smoothie. Andrew Purvis visits the families whose lives are being transformed by the ultimate sustainable fruit Sunday November 18, 2007 The Observer Do you eat meat?' asks Jo o Meirelles Filho, a Brazilian conservationist living in Bel m, the last big city on our journey north from S o Paulo to the Amazon. Andrew Purvis visits the...

Pie-eating will be among the tasty tutorials headlining this region's first Urban Apple Festival from 11 a. Pie-eating will be among the tasty tutorials headlining this region's first Urban Apple Festival from 11 a. But forks will not come out until after fest-goers wander through the "Great Hall of Apples and Cider," tasting and buying crisp fall apples and fresh-pressed cider offered by local pickers and pressers, and not until after an audience-participation show featuring Johnny...

The stranger proved a very attractive object, for though Pine Apples are so common in our fruit stores, comparatively few have even seen them growing. De velin had in market yesterday a beautiful specimen -- though small in size -- of the pine apple, grown or matured in the Mobile Nursery on Government street. Paul Schultz of Fulton road, received a bullet wound just above his left knee late yesterday afternoon, when he was said to have been hit by stray bullets fired from a rifle by two...