Posts Tagged ‘wheatgrass’

Wheatgrass & micro-greens at the phoenix public market

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Did you know that you can get fresh products from RhibaFarms at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market?

We deliver fresh product to the market every week. If the Saturday market doesn’t fit into your schedule and if you can’t make it to our greenhouse in Chandler, the Downtown Phoenix Public Market is your source for fresh wheatgrass and micro-greens. Their hours are: Tuesday thru Friday 11 am to 8 pm.

Also in case you didn’t know, you can purchase wheatgrass and micro-greens direct from our Chandler greenhouse Monday thru Friday 8 am to 5 pm, but make sure to call ahead to insure availability.

Chickens and eggs

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

In addition to our exciting Aquaponics project, we are diversifying our products in other areas.  These are our new Rhode Island Red chickens.  Excess product has been one of our most important issues at RhibaFarms, these chickens are one of our solutions.  The chickens will be raised on a diet of wheatgrass, micro-greens and double structured water to be supplemented by a traditional natural grain diet when and if needed.  We are planning on bringing a better quality egg to the market, produced by the best fed chickens in the valley.

Our chickens are living out at RhibaFarms south near Florence.  When they get a little bigger they will move into their new chicken tractor and will serve a third purpose of conditioning the soil in the fields at RhibaFarms south.  These 50 chickens are merely chicks now but in about 5 months we will have eggs available.

Localove: the happiest $1 in town

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Another one of the many many great uses for our wheatgrass.

JaimeeRose – Localove: the happiest $1 in town.

Boost your imune system for H1N1

Monday, October 26th, 2009

The buzz in the news is the shortage of flu shots, but one of the best ways to avoid the flu is to keep your immune system robust.  Wheatgrass juice provides a lot of much needed support to your immune system.  So get out there and get your shots of wheatgrass if you can’t or don’t want to get the flu shot.  Good luck staving off the flu and who knows you may get healthier in the process!

Check out this link for a news clip about folks in Des Moines using wheatgrass to boost their immune system. http://www.kcci.com/health/21396979/detail.html

Tempe’s Market on Mill

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

For the past five weeks we have been going to the Market on Mill in downtown Tempe.  This new market is every Thursday and runs from 5 pm to 9 pm.  Come on out this week to see us and our fresh shoots and grass.  Mention this blog post and get two shoots for the price of one.  The Market on Mill has food vendors as well as artisan crafts and goods.  Find out more about the Market on Mill at http://marketonmill.org/

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Wheatgrass Vs. Mosquito Bites

Monday, June 1st, 2009

MelissaThe Internet is full of claims about the different uses of wheatgrass, other than drinking as a healthy juice.  It’s hard to know what is actually factual and what is malarkey.  We decided to do some experiments here at the Rhibafarms office.  Our first experiment is to see if wheatgrass juice will relieve insect bites.

Melissa in our office was haveing an itch frenzy from her recent mosquito bites.  That is her over to the right, looking frustrated with her mosquito bites.  We juiced up some wheatgrass and applied it to a bandage.  The bandage was taped onto her skin and left for about an hour.  Melissa reported imediate relief and the itching subsided for about 6 hours! 

Looks like this experiment was a sucess and itch relief can be added as another arrow into wheatgrass’s quiver of uses.  Next post we will be taking up the challange of wheatgrass as a breath freshiner.  Stay tuned.

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Wheatgrass Juice with no Juicer

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

grass_and_blenderOne of the biggest investments when getting into wheatgrass is the juicer.  Quality wheetgrass juicers start at about $300.  That’s a pretty big investment for beginners.  While doing some searching, I found an interesting method for juicing wheatgrass with a common household blender.  We did an experiment with it here at RhibaFarms.

First we cut some grass in one inch increments and put it in the blender.  Next we added a cup of water to help with the blending process.  We blended in 10 second bursts, so the blender wouldn’t heat up too much and blended until it was mostly all liquid.  The next step can be done a few different ways, we placed a coffee filter over a container and poured a portion of the freshly blended juice in.  We let the juice strain out, and then squeezed the remaining out by hand.  You can also use a sieve or what most people use is a nut milk bag to strain the juice from the remaining fiber.

add_waterNow you have a cup of green juice and you observant readers will remember that this juice is mostly water.  The best way to drink wheatgrass juice is as pure juice.  So the next step was to cut more grass for the blender, then we added our freshly strained juice back into the blender.  The idea is to keep doing this until the whole flat is juiced, that way the juice is as pure as you can get it using the blender.  Pour yourself a shot and the remaining juice you don’t drink can be frozen and used through out the week.

In conclusion, this may not be the best way to juice wheatgrass but it is a great way for people to get into wheatgrass and will do until you decided to fully commit and spend the money on a juicer.  The best part is that it is completely free, assuming you already own a blender.  Try it for yourself and let us know how it works out.

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Meet the RhibaFarms Team

Friday, May 8th, 2009

sue_nelson2Suzie Nelson is our sales representative.  She is in charge of taking your orders and making sure all your wheatgrass needs are taken care of.  Plus she spends her Saturdays out at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market, selling and educating people about wheatgrass and shoots.  If you buy food from us, you most likely know Suzie.  If you have any questions or want to make orders, just shoot her an email at s.nelson@rhibafarms.com

Harold Lindsey(bottom picture, on the right) is one of our farmers.  He is the one in the greenhouse making sure all your food is growing and looking good.  With years of experience in growing all types of plants, Harold is a key component in the RhibaFarms machine.  While Harold is greatly experienced in traditional farming, he is also an expert in hydroponics and will be key in our upcoming hydro project.  Harold is also often found Saturday at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market, so if you have any growing questions feel free to come down and chat with him.

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Jose Ibanez(left) also a farmer in the greenhouse is the father of RhibaFarms c0-owner Marlo Ibanez.  Jose is usually busy planting, watering, germinating seeds, and anything else you could think of when it comes to greenhouse growing.  He is too busy taking care of our produce to make it out to the markets, but all his hard work pays off when you taste our wheatgrass and shoots.

40 Flats of Wheatgrass grown for Wholefoods

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Today has been an exciting one over here at RhibaFarms. Our first shipment of wheatgrass for Wholefoods was picked up this morning by our good friends at Stern produce. We are getting the greenhouse ready for the high production demands of Wholefoods and we are eager to get growing.

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Here you can see one of our RhibaFarms pest control employees inspecting the boxes of wheatgrass.

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