Read more: Visit websiteAround 10,000 square feet of retail space make up SLO Ranch Farms and Marketplace which recently opened in the San Luis Ranch development.
Several restaurants and a neighborhood market will be among the merchants and much of the food you'll find there will be sourced locally.
"The produce quality is going to be a lot higher when it's not in transit for five days and not coming from miles away," said Kayla Rutland, City Farm SLO Executive Director.
City Farm SLO is a nonprofit, urban farm operating on 19 acres of land just off Calle Joaquin. It's located right next door to San Luis Ranch.
SLO Ranch Farms and Marketplace is currently purchasing vegetables like tomatoes, lettuce and zucchini from City Farm SLO.
"We have a twice-a-week ordering system with SLO Ranch so we receive their orders and deliver a day off and we're doing that twice a week," Rutland said.
"When they bring over the produce, we eliminate the middleman of the shipping and packaging because it's coming straight from our farm to their table," said Jacob Grossman, Operations Manager at SLO Ranch Farms.
While the marketplace will continue to partner with City Farm SLO, SLO Ranch Farms also plans to grow its own seasonal produce in the 40 acres of farmland that surrounds San Luis Ranch.
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