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A look back at 2016 travels: California's Central Coast

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A look back at 2016 travels:  California's Central Coast

Springtime is a glorious time of year to visit California’s central coast. I spent the first nine days of April 2016 in a roughly 200-mile area within Ventura and San Luis Obispo Counties, venturing as far south as Simi Valley, the location of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, and as far north as Paso Robles and nearby San Simeon, overlooking the coast, where I toured Hearst Castle, the hilltop estate of publishing magnate, William Randolph Hearst. The reason for my visit to California was to attend the annual conference of NATJA (North American Travel Journalist Association) in Oxnard,...

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Holiday on the Farm @ Windrose Farm Dec 4th

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Holiday on the Farm @ Windrose Farm Dec 4th

   SHOP LOCAL and Taste our version of the Holidays!  Local Artisan Purveyors & Producers featured at Holiday on the Farm at Windrose Farm!  Read More... ~ Press Release from Travel Paso

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Get Your Foodie on at Windrose Farm!

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Get Your Foodie on at Windrose Farm!

  This tasty weekend features a Saturday afternoon filled with grazing and sipping under the old oak tree at the Heirloom Tomato Festival!  - AND - continues Sunday evening with the festival Dinner: Surf & Turf, Central Coast Style!  read more... 

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Heirloom Tomato Festival coming to Windrose Farm

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Heirloom Tomato Festival coming to Windrose Farm

PASO ROBLES — Taste the sun in every bite of bright, beefy, potent tomato at the Windrose Farms Heirloom Tomato Festival and Dinner Sept. 24 and 25,  read more... By: Allyson Oken / Paso Robles Press

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Exploring Paso Robles Through My Taste Buds

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Exploring Paso Robles Through My Taste Buds

Our Partners came together for this unique FARMstead ED Collaboration to host a group of travel writers and introduce them to our locally grown and made! Exploring Paso Robles Through My Taste Buds          "Our day at Rancho dos Amantes was the highlight of the trip: meeting farmers from around the area, hearing their stories, tasting the fresh local cuisine, enjoying the bucolic setting and magnificent views of the rolling hills of the central coast. We even got a lesson in planting and growing veggies..." That evening, a delicious vegan meal was served at Windrose Farm in a very unique setting, the Ddekkabus !  The entire meal was harvested from the farm.  We...

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