WELCOME TO RUTIZ FARMS 

Our strawberry field is now open for u-pick each Tuesday and Friday from noon to 6 pm and Saturdays from 10 am to 4 pm.  Bring the family out for a fun time picking our delicious strawberries.  Bring your own containers or use our baskets to pick into.  The price will be $3.50 per pound, which works out to be about $3 per one pint basket ( our regular price when purchased already picked at the stand is $3.50 /basket ).  We will continue to have plenty of picked berries available at The Stand, along with all our other veggies and fruits. 

Do you have seasonal hay fever allergies? David (one of our beekeepers and honey suppliers ) collects pollen from his hives and says that taking a dose of his local pollen every day for the first 4 weeks of hay fever season will relieve your allergy symptoms. A 5 oz jar costs $35 and is enough pollen grains for one person's use in a 4 week period. His pollen is perishable and must be kept refrigerated in order to stay potent.

 This Friday at the stand

Teixeira Ranch beef.

 Little Red Hen bread.

Kacey Cakes gluten free treats.

Larry Kandarian's ancient grains, herbs and spices,

Central Coast Catch will only be offering fish for her CSF members..no retail sales for the winter.  Contact Jo for more info on her CFS ( 2cccatch@gmail.com ).

What's in this week's Box

Grown on our farm using organic farming methods:

baby broccoli, carrots, fava beans, strawberries, salad mix ,and potatoes .

The cucumbers are greenhouse grown in Nipomo by Ocean Breeze Farms...pesticide free.

The Fuji apples are organically grown by Cuyama Orchards in the Cuyama Valley .

The vine ripened tomatoes come from Debbie Chamberlin, growing tasty, pesticide free, tomatoes near the Salton Sea.

What to do with the fava beans:
FAVA BEAN DIP WITH GOAT CHEESE AND GARLIC
1 cup shelled fava beans
1 tsp salt
2 cloves chopped garlic
olive oil
1 tbsp lemon juice and lemon zest
1/8 cup of water
3 oz goat cheese
salt and pepper to taste
Remove the fava bean from the outer pod, add the beans to boiling salted water, simmer for 5 minutes, remove the beans from the hot water and place in a bowl of ice water to stop cooking and to maintain their bright green color, when the beans have cooled, remove the outer peel from each bean. In a small skillet, heat 1 tbsp of olive oil on medium heat, add the chopped garlic, cook about 3 minutes, place peeled beans in a food processor with garlic, lemon and water, pulse until smooth, add a tbsp of olive oil and finish pureeing. Combine with goat cheese and salt and pepper to taste. Use as a dip with your carrots, cucumbers and broccoli.

PASTA FAGIOLI WITH FAVA BEANS
Cook fava beans as noted in the above recipe and then add them to cooked pasta...season with olive oil and garlic.

The "Persian" cucumbers come from Ocean Breeze Farms in Nipomo. They are grown using pesticide- free farming practices. . The "Persian" cucumber is unique among cucumbers in that it has a thin skin that doesn't require peeling and has no bitter aftertaste.

The "Sierra Gold" potatoes are great for baking, roasting, mashing or frying. No need to peel off the outer skin, just scrub off the dirt and cook with the skins left on ( much of the nutrients in a potato are in the skins!). They have a nice sweet taste and a yellow, creamy insides.

        PRODUCTS AVAILABLE AT OUR STAND FROM OTHER FARMERS AND BUSINESSES: 

Custom canned  Premium Albacore caught by Wayne and Diane Moody of Arroyo Grande.  Check out their website at EatAlbacore.com for more info on their sustainable fishing methods, their history and recipe ideas.

Medjool Dates from Christina and Robert at the Flying Disc Ranch located in Coachella Valley ( near Palm Springs ).

"Artisan" breads from "Little Red Hen" Bakery every Tuesday and Friday 

Goat cheeses from Drake Farms in Southern California...apricot and honey, jalapeno, herbs de Provence,  and garlic and onion flavors. 

Heather and John Teixeira bring their locally raised beef cuts to our stand every 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month.  Sarah and Ryan from Beewench Farms brings her frozen chickens every 2nd and 4th Friday.

Chadmark Farms of Paso Robles brings us 100% pure apple cider, pomegranate juice, pomegranate cider 

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

  Citrus from Friend's Ranch in Ojai and Bob Polito in San Diego County....pesticide free.

Jo Oliver  at 2cccatch@gmail.com for sign up info for the fish CSF.     

We have two great beekeepers that bring their honey to our stand...Alisha Taft from the Rock Front Ranch near Cuyama  brings her sage and wildflower honeys and David's Blue Ribbon Honey ( and bee pollen ) from the Arroyo Grande area.