What is a Finca Fresh bag?
A bag of freshly grown fruits and vegetables that can be ordered at the time of making your reservation. The produce will be harvested the day of your arrival and be waiting in the rental unit for you.
Finca Fresh Bag contents:
500 gr. rice
500 gr. beans
6 eggs
6 potatoes or 1 gluten-free pasta
1 bottle cooking oil, salt/pepper
When making your reservation, you can select a bag more geared towards either fruit or vegetables or a mixed bag - please note that these bags can only be ordered at the time of making the reservation.
1/2 pineapple
1/2 papaya
1/2 watermelon
3 lemon/limes
6 bananas
2 sweet peppers, 1 hot pepper
1 cauliflower, 2 eggplants, 3 carrots
2 shallots/green onions
1 head lettuce, spinach bouquet, 2 tomatoes
coriander or parsley
oregano or basil
thyme or rosemary
*selection can vary depended on what is and isn't in season at the time of booking. Finca Fresh bags will be waiting for you in the rental home upon your arrival.
Where does the Finca Fresh produce come from?
The phrase 'Finca Fresh' was coined during Finca Bellavista's hay day and was a popular option for guests. The bag was filled with a selection of fruits and vegetables straight from the former community gardens. Unfortunately, when the business shut, so did the gardens and sadly residents are not permitted to use the vivero as it is now considered private property
Here's the good news! The former head gardner "Felo Zuniga" (seen leading a garden tour of the once flourishing FBV gardens) is still producing fresh produce, only now on an even bigger scale!
We went to visit Felo and his family in Santa Rosa (about a 20 min drive from Finca Bellavista) to see what he has been getting up too since leaving FBV.
We knew Felo was talented, we've been working with him for 8 years but what we didn't know was that his own personal gardens made the former communities gardens look like amateurs!
