3. California Fresh Produce – Since living in Modesto we have become spoiled by the abundant and wide variety of fresh food available to us. We are still in awe of the many foods that grow here. So far we have had fresh local: honey, almonds, walnuts, lemons, grapefruits, lettuce, cherries, strawberries, herbs, beets, oranges, apples, kale, and probably more. Also, we are headed in to new seasons with more awesome food including peaches, and mangoes. All of these foods are grown in the central valley and you can find fresh at farmers markets or roadside stands. Once patient even invited me to pick grapefuit and lemons straight from trees in their front yard which I promptly made into lemonade.