CSA: Del Rio Botanical

*Consumer Supported Agriculture Produce Boxes IF: Your favorite stores include Trader Joe's, Nugget market, Sacramento/Davis Natural Foods Co-op or Taylor's market --OR: Your favorite restaurants include Waterboy, Seasons, Mulvaneys, Red Rabbit, Grange, Luccas, or 47 other local or Tahoe Restaurants supplied by Del Rio Botanical, the Produce Express Farm --AND: You love to cook with healthy, organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs --THEN: A gourmet Consumer Supported Agriculture (CSA) box delivered each week is just what you need to make ordinary dining healthy and spectacular. Our CSA boxes include the same items delivered to specialty restaurants: baby squashes with blossoms attached, Italian cucumbers, heirloom cherry tomatoes, lemon basil, Early Lady beans, calendula petals, chocolate mint, kiwanos, chayote and 125 other specialty products picked for same-day delivery. Recipes, tips for use, tidbits of information on which chefs are using what, and yearly culinary events at the ranch are part of your CSA. The consumer supported agriculture concept is based on local consumers using fresh, local and seasonal produce grown on a nearby farm. Del Rio Botanical is located on Old River Road between Sacramento and Woodland. We produce open pollinated organically grown seed and fresh pack specialty produce for Produce Express. As more of the 200 acre ranch is converted to organic production we are expanding our product base to include gourmet CSA offerings.The Contents All of the Del Rio Botanical Produce is harvested in the morning for same day delivery. Everything we do, from seed harvest, planting, picking and packing is weather dependent. The most abundant, variety rich months are July thru November. March and April are the most demanding but least culinary interesting months as the valley crops change from spring to summers. Our seasonal product list in on page 3.The Recipes Recipes, suggestions for using your specialty produce, news from the farm and the latest restaurants tips are included in your weekly box. We focus on easy, quick, fresh ways to present vegetables, fruit and herbs. Need extra for a party? Call and ask for availability. We can include a commercial pack delivered with your order. Special pick up at the ranch is also available. The Events Del Rio Botanical hosts several events during the year. Farm tours with wine and cheese tastings are included with your CSA membership. An early dinner timed with the release of a local wine (ours or one nearby-keep expectations moderate) will be presented for a modest charge. Your fresh, local, seasonal, organic, gourmet produce box is delivered weekly to a restaurant. Pickup is easy and insures fresh produce daily.