Celebrating 13 Fabulous Years!


This Week’s Anniversary Harvest 

June 13-17, 2022

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Dan Melton & Rachael Hill SLO Veg Founders June 15, 2009
The Original “SLO County Fruit and Vegetable Home Delivery Company”

Left to Right:

Customer Love & Appreciation Email,  “Rachael’s Bounty” My first gift basket donated for a Realtor’s Auction supporting the American Cancer Assocation as a raffle item.

SLO Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting 2010, Customer Appreciation & Meet Your Farmer Party!
Rachael Hill SLO Veg Owner since 2009  Bartimaeus Alan – Co Owner & Husband Since 4/1/2016
High School Sweethearts Reconnecting after 30 year in 2015
From left to right:
Ms Amanda Jean the Power House Leader/ Event Coordinator and my daughter that wears all hats.
Some of our team: Shane Koch, Rachael Hill, Charley Bottino, and  Sydni Dunn (daughter and HR Director)
2009 Back in the day, SLO Veg Beginnings, Sydni Dunn, my dear sweet daugher, loading our first week boxes SLO Veg Original Founding Daughter – She does it all gal!
Zander Ruel Snyder, sweet grandson which today inspires to be an engineer. Who knows, in 15 years? We will all have to wait and see. He’s sure cute now, hanging out picking beets on Bautista Farms in Hausna Valley, Arroyo Grande.  I don’t mind if he’s a future farmer at all, I love it! Gramma Rach supports everything he does! (please note I’m not old enough to be a gramma – LOL ~ but guess I am!)

Anniversary Harvest 

Hey there SLO Veg Family! 
It is with fond affection, love and joy, that I get to write to you each and every week.  In preparing this weeks’ email, I took a little trip down memory lane this morning looking at all of our posts since 2009 on our Facebook page.  With great excitement, I found a number of pictures and customer posts that brought tears of joy to my heart in remembrance of all the years we’ve had the privilege to serve SLO and Santa Barbara County residents. Our story starts like this….
On June 15, 2009, we began delivering out of our carport in Corbett Canyon. We owned a little red Honda CRV at that time, had 13 subscribers our first week, a handful of farmers and my daughter Sydni Dunn and Dan Melton (Co Founder) running the mother ship!  By the end of the first week we doubled our subscriber base. By end of week two, we moved into our first warehouse located on Woodbridge Street. This was the true beginning of knowing we created a dynamic company that would thrive and continue to serve our community for many years to come. We’re now serving 1000’s of locals.  Many of you have been with us since day 1. Thank You, we LOVE you! 

I received an email this morning from one of our original dear subscribers: she shared the day of her 1st delivery during our first week in business. She was feeding her newborn son and couldn’t answer the door, so Dan happily offered to bring her harvest box in to her house and placed it on her counter top.  From that very day to today, The Slaughters have been with us — 13 years strong!  Laura shared that her son will be turning 13 years next month.  What a heck of a milestone for us, along with having the true love and support from our subscribers. Our customer support and level of exemplary service is hands down one of the most important elements in all that we do. Excellence is Everything! 

SLO Veg is a labor of love for me.  Working tirelessly for the past 13 years, partnering with farmers, selecting beautiful local items to share with you every week.  I love everything about being the liaison between our farmers and you. We’ve partnered with local businesses, we give back weekly donating to the Food Bank also Happy Hen Animal Sanctuary, no food goes to waste.  We donate and support so many local non profit organizations, along with businesses that are aligned with our mission.  All to help sustain sand create a better community.  We LOVE helping grow our community. It is our mission to always serve. 

I would like to personally thank every subscriber that has continued our service, signed up, has tried us, I consider you our family, and think of you each and every day.

This Wednesday, June 15 is our 13th Anniversary.  Please join us in celebrating.  We’re partnered with the Pismo Beach Chamber and will be having ribbon cutting at Farmers Market.  There will be food, cake, prizes, live music and lots of fun for everyone attending. Everyone is invited, we’d love to see all of our wonderful subscribers enjoying this wonderful milestone with us. 

Please RSVP If you can attend!

Organic Green Cabbage (sm/med/lrg boxes) – MG Farms
Vine Ripe Sunbrite Tomatoes – Bautista Farms
Sweet Montery Strawberries – Hayashi Farms
Organic Swiss Chard – L.O.V Farms
Spinach Bundles – Beachside Produce
White or Yellow Nectarines – Food 4 Thought, LLC
First Harvest Plums & Pluots- Food 4 Thought, LLC
Organic Orange Carrots – L.O.V. Farms
Organic Pearl White Spring Onions – L.O.V Farms
Organic Celery – MG Farms
Cilantro Bundles – Beachside Produce
Organic Meyer Lemons – Encino Grande Ranch
Fresh Sweet Blueberries (large boxes) – Food 4 thought, LLC

~All items subject to change based on availability~

Ever noticed the difference in how citrus tastes sliced vs peeled?  Give it a try this week.  We prefer sliced and find the fruit tastes juicier! Quick tip for ripening your fresh peaches and nectarines. Place them in a paper sack on your countertop for a couple of days. This will encourage the sugar content to bring out the sweetness quicker. Refrigerating slows down the ripening process.

Sweet & Delicious Fruit Boxes

Hybrid Red Delicious Apples,  Monterey Strawberries, Blueberries, Organic Meyer Lemons, Yellow Peaches, Yellow or White Nectarines, Golden Nugget Tangerines, Pink Grapefruit, First Harvest Apricots, Plums, Pluots,
~ All boxes will be filled with a great assortment, not all boxes will receive every item available ~We are re-using our boxes, please set out your empty box on your next delivery day!

Looking for some great tips on storing your produce so it lasts?
Check out all our storage tips here.

Sweet & Savory Harvest Recipes:

Click > Here To View Our SLO Veg Recipe Pages For More Inspiration Paired with This Weeks Harvest Items!

This Week’s Fresh Fish:

Fresh Swordfish Steaks
Petrale Sole for our subscribers who have previously requested no SwordfishFish is supplied by Giovanni’s Fish Market and Grotto in Morro Bay.

Fish subscribers, please remember to set out an insulated cooler with a frozen gel pack or plenty of ice in it on your scheduled delivery day. Should we need to leave one, please set it out for return on your next delivery. We recycle. Thank you!

~ Additional Seafood Offerings ~

Seafood items below (*) will arrive frozen to ensure you’re thawing when ready to prepare:

*Lobster Tail – 8oz tail
*Crab Claws – 16oz portion
Prawns – Small 8oz or Large 16oz portions
Scallops – Small 8oz or Large 16oz portions
King Salmon – Small 8oz or Large 16oz portions

~ Shop our marketplace to add items with your next delivery ~

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Wild Bread Co Sourdough Schedule

  “Classic” Sourdough Bread offered Weekly
Specialty Bread Schedule:
6/13 Black Pepper & Parmesan
6/20 Cranberry Walnut
6/27 Jalapeno Cheddar
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