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	<title>The Cherry People</title>
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		<title>Northwest Cherries: Not just Nature&#8217;s Best&#8230; the Nation&#8217;s Best!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The cherry harvest is going strong here in Washington. Though farmers were jittery after a cool and wet May, superb fruit quality coupled with buoyant prices meant good news for farmers – and a bounty of cherries for you! What’s more, various indicators suggest that fresh cherries should fill grocers&#8217; stands through August. That’s made [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cherrypeople.com/2010/07/northwest-cherries-not-just-natures-best-the-nations-best/</link>
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		<title>Celebrate the summer harvest with Chukar at the Pike Market Fruit Festival!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join Chukar Cherries in celebrating Pike Place’s 3rd Annual Fruit Festival this Sunday! Chukar Cherries and Pike Market are sponsoring family-friendly activities including several Cherry Pie-Eating Contests, Cherry Culinary Demos, and more. Bring the family and be sure to drop by Chukar’s newly renovated retail stand in the center of the main arcade building. It’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cherrypeople.com/2010/07/celebrate-the-summer-harvest-with-chukar-at-the-pike-market-fruit-festival/</link>
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		<title>Blueberries- Eastern Washington&#8217;s Other Superfruit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blueberries seem to be popping up everywhere here in Eastern Washington. Fueled by a national hunger for the antioxidant-rich super-foods, farmers have gone blueberry-crazy, planting over 1500 acres in the last two years alone. And with this year promising the largest harvest yet, we couldn’t help but notice the rise of little blue fruits. For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cherrypeople.com/2010/07/blueberries-eastern-washingtons-other-superfruit/</link>
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		<title>A little taste of Europe for Ma, Pa and Chukar fans, alike</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having been encouraged by the Chukar team to do some creative &#8220;research and development&#8221;, Ma and Pa Chukar recently embarked on a 10-day culinary tour of southern France and northern Italy.  Along with a group of food entrepreneurs from the Pacific Northwest, they savored some of the best local French and Italian produce and foods, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cherrypeople.com/2010/07/a-little-taste-of-europe-for-ma-pa-and-chukar-fans-alike/</link>
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		<title>Rustic Cherry Tarts: the perfect finale for your 4th of July celebration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s often the case that the simpler the recipe, the tastier the treat. That&#8217;s certainly the case with Diane LaVonne&#8217;s delicious Rustic Cherry Tarts. Combining fresh seasonal berries and fruits with Chukar&#8217;s ready-to-enjoy Pie Fillings, they&#8217;re the perfect finale to any summer meal. If you&#8217;re planning some 4th of July festivities, top these little guys off with raspberries, blueberries and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cherrypeople.com/2010/06/rustic-cherry-tarts-the-perfect-finale-for-your-4th-of-july-celebration/</link>
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		<title>Enjoy the Summer Sun with a Tasty Northwest Picnic!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer has finally come to the Northwest, meaning it’s high time to get out the picnic baskets and hit the beach, park or wherever else we can lay our checkered blankets.  If you’re taking advantage of the sunny weather, here are some tips and recipes we’ve found to make your picnics all the more enjoyable: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cherrypeople.com/2010/06/enjoy-the-summer-sun-with-a-tasty-northwest-picnic/</link>
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		<title>Father&#8217;s Day BBQ: The Best Way to Celebrate Dad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Given how much Dads love a good barbeque, we can&#8217;t help but think it&#8217;s not an accident that Father&#8217;s Day takes place during prime grilling season. Which is why we think Father&#8217;s Day is the perfect day to try out some of these simple and delicious recipes for one of our favorite off-the-grill treats: cherry-inspired [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cherrypeople.com/2010/06/fathers-day-bbq-the-best-way-to-celebrate-dad/</link>
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		<title>Let loose your inner localivore: Farm Days return!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you’re probably aware, we at Chukar love local food. It’s fresh, it’s wholesome, it’s the reason we work here. So to say that we’re excited about the return of Farm Days at Pike Place Market might be a bit of an understatement. For three days a week, the cobblestones of Pike Place are overtaken [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cherrypeople.com/2010/06/let-loose-your-inner-localivore-farm-days-return/</link>
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		<title>Orchard Chatter: Good news about this summer&#8217;s cherry harvest!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Update from Yakima&#8217;s Cherry Orchards Can&#8217;t wait for fresh Washington cherries? Neither can we. Which is why we&#8217;re so happy about the latest predictions about this year&#8217;s cherry harvest! According to estimates from the Washington State Fruit Commission, this year&#8217;s harvest will start on June 3rd, which is much earlier than the average June 15th. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cherrypeople.com/2010/05/orchard-chatter-good-news-about-this-summers-cherry-harvest/</link>
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		<title>Say Cheese (Festival, that is)!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pike Place Cheese Festival Cheese-lovers, brace yourselves! The Pike Place Cheese Festival is almost upon us: a weekend-long extravaganza of cheese-makers both local and exotic. Which got us thinking: we love dried cherries, we love cheese&#8212;surely the two should go together. To test our theory, we did a little pre-festival tasting. Our first stop was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.cherrypeople.com/2010/05/say-cheese-festival-that-is-with-a-market-inspired-cheese-plate/</link>
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