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WELCOME TO RUTIZ FARMS
3 NOTEWORTHY EVENTS COMING UP AT THE STAND
FREE ROASTED CORN AT THE STAND THIS FRIDAY
To celebrate our great tasting bi-color sweet corn,
free roasted sweet corn for everyone that comes by this Friday, August 8, noon to 5 pm. Jerry will bar-b-q up ears of our tasty corn...the only requirement to get your free ear of roasted corn is you must take a minute and sit down at our farm stand, relax, and enjoy the tastes of fresh summer corn...no "take home" ears!
TOMATO U-PICK
We will have our tomato field open for you-pick this coming Thursday, Friday and Saturday during stand hours. The cost will be $1.50/ pound when you pick them yourself ( the already picked tomatoes at our stand cost $3/ pound). These are our "Fourth of July" variety, a smaller size tomato, sweet flavor, and meaty...great for sauces or freezing.
Coming up next week... Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday...we will have our pumpkin field open for "engraving". Be sure to not miss this short window of opportunity to make your own custom pumpkin. Write your name on a pumpkin still growing on the vine in the field and then come back in October to find your pumpkin when it is finished growing.
WHAT'S IN YOUR HARVEST BOX THIS WEEK: This week's box has a salsa making theme: Included are veggies from our farm that will make a great salsa with just a little effort. Saute together the chopped up onions, garlic, chilies, corn (cut the kernels off the ear) and tomatillos in a skillet with a little olive oil. Chop up the cilantro and tomatoes and put everything into a food processor for just a short moment (don't over do it, you don't want a puree, you want it to stay a bit chunky). Add some cut up cucumbers or a ripe avocado (be sure to put your avocados inside a paper bag on the kitchen counter to hurry up ripening). The bi-color sweet corn tastes great...and there is the problem! The worms love it too...so from here on out, we will be cutting off the tip of each ear before we put them in the boxes. Hopefully, this will spare you from having to open your ear of corn and finding this extra "protein." Our own "4th of July" tomatoes are small but tasty! A great size to use the whole tomato sliced up to make a sandwich..(so you don't have to figure out what to do with the other half ) .
PRODUCTS AVAILABLE AT OUR STAND FROM OTHER FARMERS AND BUSINESSES:
Heirloom garlic from Pacific Organic Farm in Creston
Blueberries from Gary Teixeira in Santa Maria, pesticide free
Peaches from John Tenerelli of Littlerock ( Calif) pesticide free
Juices and apples from Chadmark Farms of Paso Robles, pesticide free after bloom time.
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 and from David's Blue Ribbon Honey of Arroyo Grande. ( also bee pollen from David's Honey).
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.
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Available at the Stand
Here are the items that we should have on the "table" for this Friday:
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
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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!
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Order Your Harvest Box
Click Here (this ordering link is only active until 7am Friday of the week that this newsletter was originally sent out.) 
Produce in the Harvest Box this week:
"bi-color" sweet corn
celery
"Blue Lake" Green beans
"Persian" Cucumbers from Rutiz Farm
"SALSA FIXINGS"
tomatoes
tomatillos
chili peppers
onions
garlic
cilantro
avocados
peaches from John Tenerelli
PLEASE bring back the empty boxes each week.
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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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