Fresh from the Ranch 2/22/2012

by McEvoy Ranch on McEvoy Ranch - Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Due to the holiday, we're only sending one delivery to our San Francisco Ferry Building shop this week. Enjoy!

• daffodil bunches
• tulip bunches
• edible flower bunches
• mixed herb bunches
• individual rosemary bunches
• sorrel
• red russian kale 
• tuscan dino kale
• rainbow chard
• assorted lettuces
• baby chiogga beets
• buddha's hands
• BABY GREENS: arugula & pea greens
• WILD GREENS: miner's lettuce
• MATURE GREENS: golden beet
• POTTED PLANTS: lalibela tulips & tête à tête'

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Fresh from the Ranch 2/17/2012

by McEvoy Ranch on McEvoy Ranch - Thursday, February 16, 2012

It's starting to look a lot like spring! Here's a sneak peek of what we're sending down to our San Francisco Ferry Building shop tomorrow. Stock up after noon and have a lovely weekend!

• daffodil bunches
• lalibela tulip bunches
• edible flower bunches
• mixed herb bunches
• italian parsley
• curly parsley
• sorrel
• red russian kale
• tuscan dino kale
• rainbow chard
• red mustard greens
• assorted lettuces
• baby zefa fino fennel
• parsnips
• turnips
• baby chiogga beet bunches
• rhubarb
• BABY GREENS: arugula & encore lettuce mix
• WILD GREENS: miner's lettuce
• POTTED PLANTS: lalibela & tete a tete daffodils

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Fresh from the Ranch 2/14/2012

by McEvoy Ranch on McEvoy Ranch - Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Last minute Valentine's inspiration from our McEvoy Ranch gardens. Stock up with our fresh delivery today at noon in our SF Ferry Building shop!

• snowflake flower bunches
• mini Valentine edible flower bunches
• mixed herb bunches
• spearmint
• italian parsley
• rosemary
• tuscan dino kale
• red russian kale
• rainbow chard
• assorted lettuces
• baby chiogga beets
• buddha's hands
• MICRO GREENS: china rose radish
• POTTED: lalibela tulips, tête-à-tête daffodils and daphne odora

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Fresh from the Ranch 2/10/2012

by McEvoy Ranch on McEvoy Ranch - Thursday, February 09, 2012

Cooking dinner this weekend for your Valentine? We've harvested a beautiful selection of organic produce this week and put together extra bundles of our sweet edible flower bouquets to help you show your love. We're also sending along the first of our potted bulbs, Lalibela tulips and tête-à-tête daffodils, with the promise of more in the coming weeks....

Enjoy!

• mini Valentine's edible flower bunches
• mixed herb bunches
• individual spearmint bunches
• rosemary bunches
• kaffir lime leaves
• tuscan dino kale
• red russian kale
• rainbow chard
• assorted lettuces
• blue potatoes
• parsnip bunches
• leeks
• rhubarb
• WILD GREENS: miner's lettuce
• BABY GREENS: arugula
• MATURE GREENS: dandelion
• POTTED PLANTS: lalibela tulips & tête-à-tête daffodils

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Perfect Pairs Event at SFO

by McEvoy Ranch on McEvoy Ranch - Tuesday, February 07, 2012

We've got a sweet promo coming up this week at SFO!

This Thursday, February 9th, our friends at Harmony Health and Beauty inside SFO's United Terminal 3 are hosting a special event featuring our 80 Acres Body Care. From 9am until 1pm, meet our lovely Lorna and enjoy 15% off your 'perfect pair' of 80 Acres products with complimentary gift wrapping.

If you're looking for a thoughtful gift, our best-selling signature scent, Verde, is a good place to start. And if you're on the hunt for something to set the mood, try a few products from our newer collections... Our Lavender and Blood Orange fragrance blends contain several natural aphrodisiacs that are sure to add a little romance.

Or simply treat yourself before your flight with a set of emollient, deeply moisturizing body balms, lotions or olive oil lip balm. After all, nothing strips skin like dry, low-humidity airplane air....

Hope to see you all Thursday!

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Fresh From the Ranch 2/7/2012

by McEvoy Ranch on McEvoy Ranch - Monday, February 06, 2012

Here's a look at tomorrow's delivery!

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Sustainability: Design for a Better World

by McEvoy Ranch on McEvoy Ranch - Monday, February 06, 2012

We just returned from the New York International Gift Fair

and are proud to announce some exciting recognition that our 80 Acres Body Care received by the show's Sustainability: Design for a Better World initiative.

Beginning in 2008, the NYIGF started curating a special exhibit and educational series showcasing the gift industry's best eco-friendly products and business practices. In order to be included, products must meet the following criteria:

• "Green" Products: products that are manufactured or constructed with only recycled, recycleable and/or sustainable materials
• Environmentally-Friendly Production Practices: manufacturers who are using renewable or alternative sources of energy in production, including wind, sun and alternative fuels
• Socially Responsible Business Practices
• Meet NYIGF's "zero tolerance" policy for toxic products: VOC; Lead: PVC, without recommendation for use and disposal, and unless repurposed; and Aniline dyes, formaldehyde, chlorine (for textiles)

This year we submitted two products from our Lavender and Blood Orange collections and both were showcased in the Sustainability: Design for a Better World display: our newly-released Muslin Gift Sets and our popular Body Balm.

Our entire 80 Acres Body Care collection is made locally in small batches using USDA-certified organic olive oil and a rich variety of botanically sourced ingredients. We use recycled packaging as much as possible and operate a wind turbine at our olive ranch which is designed to meet 100% of our energy needs. All of our products are paraben, pthalate and sulfate-free and never tested on animals.

Well done, 80 Acres!

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Food from the Heart

by McEvoy Ranch on McEvoy Ranch - Monday, February 06, 2012

One of our favorite Ferry Building events is coming up and we hope you can join us!

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Food from the Heart, a benefit for Slow Food San Francisco, will be held on Friday, February 10th from 5pm until 8pm in the historic Ferry Building marketplace.

Stroll the candlelit nave with your sweetheart and enjoy music, late night shopping, sips and seasonal bites. Merchants and Marketplace restaurants will offer seasonal hors d'oeuvres to pair with delicious wines from Napa Valley Vinters and shops will be open until 8pm for you to find the perfect token for that special someone.

We've got some special tastes in store featuring our extra virgin olive oil: one savory with organic, edible flowers from our gardens and one sweet pairing with dark chocolate and a touch of sea salt.

Admission is FREE and tickets for food and wine will be sold in $2 denominations the night of the event. 

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Fresh from the Ranch 2/3/2012

by McEvoy Ranch on McEvoy Ranch - Friday, February 03, 2012

The last of our seasonal blend, Olio Nuovo, is being delivered to our Ferry Building shop today along with this selection of seasonal veggies, flowers, greens and citrus from our organic gardens. 

Stock up and have a great weekend!

• edible flower bunches
• mixed herb bunches
• tuscan dino kale
• red russian kale
• rainbow chard
• assorted lettuces
• blue and la ratte potatoes
• lisbon lemons
• meyer lemons
• BABY GREENS: arugula and pea greens
• fig branch bundles

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Purchasing Olive Trees

by McEvoy Ranch on McEvoy Ranch - Friday, February 03, 2012

Our extra virgin olive oil is comprised of six Italian olives each grown for its part in our carefully blended annual release, the Traditional blend. Each varietal plays a role in our disctinct Tuscan-style oil; Frantoio and Leccino comprise 85% of the the blend, giving the oil its green fruit notes and pungent characteristics, while the Maurino, Pendolino, Leccio del Corno and Coratina give the oil balance and depth.

In addition to these six varietals, our Nursery team grows over 40 other olive cultivars at the ranch, all grown specifically to yield superior olive oil and table olives. Our trees are well-suited to large-scale orchard plantings or singly-placed landscape focal trees, and they're available wholesale directly from the ranch with a $1000 minimum tree purchase, in our San Francisco Ferry Building shop or throughout the Bay Area through our retailer partners listed below:

Bay Flora - 1563 Solano Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94707

Cottage Gardens of Petaluma - 3995 Emerald Drive, Petaluma, CA  94952; 707-778-8025

Four Winds Growers - Online retailer only, distributes throughout California; 877-449-4637

Geyserville Olive Tree Company - 21699 Geyserville Avenue, Geyserville, CA  95441

Harmony Farm Supply & Nursery - 3244 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472; 707-433-8904

Healdsburg Nursery - 12950 Old Redwood Hwy, Healdsburg, CA 95448; 707-433-8904

O'Donnell's Nursery - 1700 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Fairfax, CA 95441; 415-453-0372

Persimmons Garden Gallery - 1055 Redway Drive, Redway, CA 95560; 707-923-2748

Detailed descriptions of each of our nursery's cultivars can be seen on our Olive Tree Varietals page and to check what trees are currently in stock, click here.

For more info on purchasing olive trees, please visit our Wholesale Nursery page or email: treesales@mcevoyranch.com

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