Farm Fresh Summer Harvests
August 15-19,2022

Why Eat Local Food?
10 Reasons to Consume More Locally Grown Food

Excerpt shared from : Grow Network website

#1. Eat Local Food, Support Local Farms

Buying local keeps local farms healthy and creates local jobs at farms and in nearby food processing and distribution systems.

#2. Boost the Local Economy

Food dollars spent at local farms and food producers stay in the local economy, creating more jobs at other local businesses.

#3. Less Travel = Fewer Pollutants
Local food travels much less distance to market than typical fresh or processed grocery store foods, therefore using less fuel and generating less greenhouse gasses.

#4. When You Eat Local Food, It Creates Less Waste

Because of the shorter distribution chains for local foods, less food is wasted in distribution, warehousing, and merchandising.

#5. Local Food Is Fresher and More Full of Flavor and Nutrients

Local food is fresher, healthier, and tastes better, because it spends less time in transit from farm to plate, and therefore loses fewer nutrients and incurs less spoilage.

#6. Enjoy New and Better Flavors in Each Season

When you commit to buying more local food, you’ll discover interesting new foods, tasty new ways to prepare food, and a new appreciation of the pleasure of each season’s foods.

#7. Good for the Gene Pool and the Soil

Local food encourages diversification of local agriculture, which preserves genetic diversity and reduces the reliance on monoculture—single crops grown over a wide area to the detriment of soils.

#8. Local Food Attracts Tourists

Local foods promote agri-tourism—farmers markets and opportunities to visit farms and local food producers help draw tourists to a region.

#9. When You Eat Local, It Helps Preserve Open Space

Buying local food helps local farms survive and thrive, keeping land from being redeveloped into suburban sprawl.

#10. Local Food Builds More Connected Communities

Local foods create more vibrant communities by connecting people with the farmers and food producers who bring them healthy local foods. As customers of CSAs and farmers markets have discovered, they are great places to meet and connect with friends as well as farmers!

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Javier and Irma Martinon growing for SLO Veg 9 years strong!

This Week’s Bountiful Harvests To Enjoy!

Spicy Yellow Wax Peppers – Just a few to spice up your recipes – MG Farms
Organic Anaheim or Pasilla Peppers for Stuffing – MG Farms
Organic Burgundy Onions – LOV Farms
Celery – Beachside Produce
Spinach Bunch – Beachside Produce
First Harvest Hosui Asian Pears – Guzman Farms
Cauliflower (sm/med/lrg boxes) – Beachside Produce
Cilantro Bundles – Beachside Produce
Sweet Monterey Strawberries – Hayashi Farms
Organic Orange Carrots – LOV Farms
Green Bell Peppers (med/lrg boxes) – MG Farms
Organic Romaine Lettuce – MG Farms
Vine Ripe Roma or Round Tomatoes – Martinon Farms
Nectarines, Peaches, or Green or Red Pluots (med/lrg boxes) – Arnett Farms
~All items subject to change based on availability~

Sweet & Delicious Fruit Boxes

 

Sweet Monterey Strawberries, Sweet Seedless Watermelon (sm/med/lrg boxes),
Red Flame Seedless Grapes, White Peaches, Yellow Peaches, Yellow Nectarines,
Melogold Grapefruit, Pink Grapefruit, Purple or Green Pluots, Meyer Lemons,
Red Delicious or First Harvest Gala Apples~ 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.
 

 

 

 

Fresh Harvest Recipes:

Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Pears and Red Onions
Strawberry Peach Smoothie
Fresh Apple and Pear Salad with Cucumber and Red Onions 
Spinach and Feta Stuffed Chicken Breasts
Creamy Roasted Cauliflower Soup
Refreshing Greek Cucumber Salad
Classic Stuffed Bell Peppers

Caesar Salad with Vegan Dressing & Homemade Croutons – pictured above – by Jennifer Bennett

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
Local Rockfish for subscribers who have previously requested no Swordfish

Swordfish Recipes:

Fish 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

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Wild Bread Co Sourdough Schedule

  “Classic” Sourdough Bread offered Weekly
Specialty Bread Schedule:
8/15 Cranberry Walnut Sourdough
8/22 The Everything Sourdough
8/29 Jalapeno Cheddar Sourdough
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Poblano/Pasilla/Yellow Wax Pepper Recipes

Salsa’s, Stuffed Peppers – Chili Rellenos, Soups/ Green Chili Stews,  Chili, Enchilada’s and More…

100’s of Pasilla Pepper Recipes from Pinterest 
100’s of Yellow Wax Pepper Recipes from Pinterest
100’s of Anahiem Pepper Recipes from Pinterest

 

 

Whalebird Kombucha

Hurry and get yours now, introductory offer ends Friday 8/19/2022
Our website marketplace shopping additions for Whalebird Kombucha is live with discounted Sampler 4 packs now.
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Thank You Current Subscribers and Welcome to our New Subscribers!We’ve all got to eat, why not eat the best produce grown by our amazing farmers!.  Reach out to us if you have any special requests, or customizations, we’re here for you.  We guarantee every harvested item.  Your satisfaction is #1 in our book. We look forward to exceeding your expectations with every delivery.
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Enter promo code: healthy22Pictured above: Frank Matinon with MG Farms in San Luis ObispoIt isn’t the farm that makes the farmer, it’s the love, hard work and character.

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