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What Are Halawi Dates? (Halawy)

Halawi — also spelled Halawy — literally means “sweet” in Arabic, and the variety earns the name. It’s a soft, amber-gold date of Iraqi origin with a flavor p

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What Are Honey Dates?

Honey dates are one of the Coachella Valley’s small-farm treasures — a soft, golden-amber date with a mild, light sweetness that tastes exactly like its name. You’ll

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Strands of green Medjool dates after April fruit set at Desert Sun Dates, Sky Valley, California
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Aziz Farms vs Desert Sun Dates: Two Coachella Valley Family Farms Compared

Aziz Farms in Thermal is one of the Coachella Valley’s respected family date farms — known for a wide variety list and a thoughtful approach to growing. We’re a famil

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Hadley’s Dates vs Desert Sun Dates: The Valley Institution or the Small Grove?

Hadley Date Gardens is one of the oldest names in Coachella Valley dates — a large, long-established grower-packer in Thermal with a retail store in Indio and a name people have

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Sealed 2 lb container of Desert Sun Dates California Medjool dates with the farm label facing forward
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Medjool Dates for Charcuterie Boards: A Farmer’s Guide

Medjool dates on a charcuterie board: how many, pit in or out, the cheese pairings that work, and why current-harvest fruit is the difference guests notice — from a California da

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Nature’s Candy: A Healthier Halloween with Dates (Kid-Tested)

Healthy Halloween with nature's candy: five kid-approved date treats (two-ingredient "caramels," monster mouths, chocolate-dipped), the honest sugar talk, and October box math —

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Sealed 2 lb container of Desert Sun Dates California Medjool dates with the farm label facing forward
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Capirotada con Dátiles: La Receta Tradicional de Cuaresma

Capirotada con dátiles — la receta tradicional de Cuaresma paso a paso: capas de bolillo, miel de piloncillo, queso y dátiles Medjool frescos, con el consejo del rancho para qu

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Medjool date palm rows after spring pruning and cleanup at Desert Sun Dates, Sky Valley, California
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Borrego Dates vs Desert Sun Dates: Borrego Springs or the Coachella Valley?

Borrego Dates is a family date farm in Borrego Springs, down in San Diego County’s Anza-Borrego desert — growing Medjool without pesticides, hand-harvesting, and shipping f

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It Starts With the Ground: Compost-Built Soil, No Sprays, No Shortcuts

Every question we get about our dates — why they’re soft, why they’re jumbo, why the flavor runs deep caramel — has the same unglamorous answer: it starts with the

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Desert Sun Dates farm worker tending a young date palm in Sky Valley, California
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The Fifteen Touches: Why Dates Are California’s Most Labor-Intensive Fruit

Ask any California farmer which crop demands the most human touch and the honest answer is dates. Date palms are widely considered the most labor-intensive crop in American agricul

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