This upcoming week is the final share of the summer season. Not to worry, Fall Farm Shares start August 26th! If you haven't yet signed up, a spot in the fall season farm share is already saved for you through next week! Sign up through your Harvie account or reply to this email and let us know you'd like to renew your membership. The fall share is almost sold out, so make sure to sign up now!
Read below for a sneak peak at your final summer farm share and fruit share, for a featured recipe, and new cheese, meat, and pantry items!
Meet Your Farmers
Isho Mohamed
I left Somalia in 1992, for refugee camp in Kenya, where I went to school and got married, before coming to America in 2004. I began farming in 2008. I grow fresh, healthy food. I put seeds in the soil and work hard to make them grow. My favorite part of farming is being able to feed my family fresh, healthy food, which came from my farm.
My favorite vegetables to grow are kale, cucumber, zucchini, onion, tomato, eggplant, sweet corn, beet, leeks... My cultural food that I grow is African corn, African eggplant and amaranth. I sell these vegetables and other varieties at the Merrimack Farmers Market and the Salem Farmers Market and for the Farm Share. I like my customers and their feedback. I bring them different varieties every week to promote their health. My customers appreciate this and they return every year because I deliver quality product. I want to thank all of my customers for the support.
Highlights from this week's bounty
Enjoy fresh pasta with your veggies this week!
Try out fresh Fettuccine or Garganelli pasta from Valicenti Pasta Farm with your Fresh Start Farms veggies & herbs this week.
Include Fresh Start Farms paste tomatoes, oregano, basil and garlic in your share to make your own sauce or pick up a jar of Valicenti Pasta Farm "Alla Norma" or Red Gravy Sauce.
Khadija's Sweet Peppers Beefsteak Tomatoes from Dunbarton Farmers 3 lb bags of Fingerling Potatoes from Amisa & Josie Sylvain's Famous Salad Mix & Superfood Mix
Cherry Tomatoes from Hajiya Eggplant from Umoja Farmers Melons from Fresh Start Farms & Two Mountain Farm
Farm Share Messages
Home Delivery Notice: When you select home delivery for your order, please be sure to leave a cooler out for Dahir. He will place your food in it's liner and take the box back. If you haven't added any delivery instructions to your account, please do so we can make sure we get your food to the right place. All orders must be picked up during pick up site time. Any orders not picked up at the close of the site will be donated to families who need food.
Please continue to practice Covid-19 social distancing and wear a face mask at pick up.
If you are missing any items in your share please let us know as soon as possible at farmshare@refugeesuccess.org. We will credit your account and it is helpful as a training mechanism for our team.
Thank you!
FruitShare Update
For this week you can expect:
Melons from Fresh Start Farms and Two Mountain Farms
Blueberries from Bascom Road Farm
Congratulations to Fresh Start Farm Manager, Anthony, who just purchased his own farm, Two Mountain Farm in Andover!
Recipe of the Week
Cheeses!
New Pantry Items!
Proteins!
Have a great week! We got this!
From all of us at Fresh Start Farms, take good care and be well.
