Rutiz Family Farms
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WELCOME TO RUTIZ FARMS

Our bi-color sweet  corn is finally ready for harvest...it's young and tender and sweet...but alas the corn ear worms think the same, so we are cutting off the tips of the ears of corn...so you don't get to take the worms home with you  (our chickens really enjoy eating them).
Chadmark Farms is also back with their delicious juices, this week we should have their apple cider, pomegranate  cider and pure pomegranate juice.

What do you do the  Italian parsley in this week's box?

Parsley Salad from Chez Panisse Vegetables by A. Waters

Pluck the leaves from a large bunch of Italian parsley. Wash them and spin them dry in a salad spinner. Just before serving, drizzle with a small amount of olive oil, enough to coat the leaves; add a squeeze of lemon juice; and grate over a generous amount of Parmesan. Toss and season with salt and pepper. If you wish, garnish with a few thin curls of Parmesan shaved from he block of cheese with a cheese slicer or swivel bladed vegetable peeler.

 

    A simple and delicious way to prepare the zucchini squash..cut the squash lengthwise into stripes about 1/4 inch thick, cover with a little olive oil and  seasonings, put them on a hot bar-b-q grill or under a broiler for 5 to 10 minutes on each side until brown and crispy.

  PRODUCTS AVAILABLE AT OUR STAND FROM OTHER FARMERS AND BUSINESSES: 
Heirloom tomatoes from Tutti Frutti Farms of Lompoc, organic 
Blueberries  from Gary Teixeira in Santa Maria, pesticide free
Peaches from John Tenerelli from Littlerock, California, pesticide free
Peaches from Mike Cirone of See Canyon, pesticide free  
Juices from Chadmark Farms of Paso Robles   

Almond Brittle from Paso Almonds of SLO...freshly made each week by Rusty and his crew.   

Avocados from David Righetti of SLO  

Goat Cheese from Steve of Happy Acres Farm in Templeton. 

 Mandarin oranges from Friend's Ranch in Ojai, pesticide free
Dates from the Flying Disc Ranch in Cochella Valley, pesticide free 
Sweet Pea Bakery is at the farm every Friday, a little something to take care of your sweet tooth!
"Artisan" breads from the Eclair Bakery of The Village of Arroyo Grande every Friday and The Little Red Hen on Tuesdays and Saturdays   
Vegetable and herb starts from The Transitions Mental Health Growing Grounds of Santa Maria...pesticide free! 
Fresh fish and canned albacore for sale every Friday. 100% wild caught by San Luis Obispo County commercial fishermen. Or join the Fish CSA and get weekly deliveries; contact Margie at slofreshcatch@gmail.com   or 481-5827."

 Honey from Alisha of Rock Front Ranch near Cuyama Valley. 

Sunflower "sprouts" from Carl and Ruth...one of our neighbors at the farm.

"At Rutiz Farms, our goal is to provide the highest quality fresh produce while using sustainable farming practices, including legume green manure cover cropping, organic fertilizers, no pesticides and no GMO crops."     Our goal is simple...to bring to our customers ( and their families ).. fresh, nutritious, and safe food at a reasonable price and good value.  
  

Available at the Standstrawberry
Here are the items that we should have on the "table" for this Friday:
strawberries--$3/ basket
blackberries and raspberries--$4/ basket
green beans--$2/ pound
Zucchini--$1/ pound  
"Sierra Gold" potatoes--$1.50/ pound
Fingerling potatoes--$2.50/ pound
Red potatoes---$1.50/ pound
Italian "sprouting" baby broccoli--$4 / pound
"bloomsdale" baby spinach--$2/ bag
broccoli--$2.50/ pound
carrots--$2 / bunch
beets--$2/ bunch
leeks--$2/ bunch
onions-$1.50/lb
baby mixed salad greens--$2/ bag of about 1/2 pound                 
cucumbers--$2/lb
fennel bulb--$1 each
fresh herbs--$1/ bunch...basil, Italian flat-leaf parsley, cilantro, rosemary, arugula, chives, thyme, oregano, sage, dill
Mandarin oranges--$2.50/ pound
 peaches, --$3/ pound
Navel oranges--$1/ pound
Honey:  $13 for a 1 pound jar,  Rock Front Ranch
Eggs-Free Range $6/doz                            
Flowers:  $5 to $7/ bunch   

Harvest Box Info
You are welcome to come by and pick out individual items from the table or continue to pick up your reserved Harvest box or both( add items that may not be included in your Box that week)..The Harvest Boxes, which cost $15 / week , will be available for pick up during the Stand hours on Fridays only. I would ask you to kindly let me know by Thursday evening of each week, with a E mail response( use the link in the right hand column of this newsletter where it says  Order Your Harvest Box)  if you want a Box for the week.    Please take note:  this ordering link is only usable for the current week's newsletter....After Friday morning of each week, the ordering link becomes unusable!

  

Week of July 18, 2014

In This Issue
Available at the Stand
Harvest Box Info

Order Your Harvest Box  
 Click Here Harvest Box  

Produce in the Harvest Box this week:

heirloom tomatoes from Tutti Frutti Farm

"Blue Lake" Green beans

salad mix

Sweet Onions

red skin Potatoes

 Carrots  

   "Persian" Cucumbers from Rutiz Farm

 zucchini squash

a bunch of Italian parsley

avocados from David Righetti

 peaches from John Tenerelli 




  
PLEASE bring back the empty boxes each week.
Stand Hours
OPEN RAIN/SHINE 

Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays: noon to 6pm
Saturdays: 10-4

FARM STAND LOCATION:
1075 "The Pike" in Arroyo Grande.
We are located on the south side of The Pike, between Halcyon Road and Elm Street. Visit our web site at www.Rutizfarms.com for a map to the farm.

Our mailing address is:
Rutiz Farms
333 Miller Way
Arroyo Grande,  Ca 93420


 
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Jerry & Maureen
Rutiz Family Farms