Welcome to week 1 of your Fresh Start Farms fall share! Tomorrow by 3pm you will receive your order email from Harvie. You will have all weekend to review what is going to be in your share, make swaps, and add extras. The period for making changes ends at 11:59PM on SUNDAY. On Monday morning we will review and start picking!
Read below for more info on pick up & delivery, a sneak peak at your farm share and fruit share, and for a featured recipe, cheese, meat, and pantry items!
Meet the some of the Dunbarton Farmers! Asli, Fadumo, and Hijiya.
Important Pre-Season Member Checklist
1. Fill out your preferences page on your Profile Page. 2. Review and update your Delivery Instructions so we know where to bring your food. 3. Watch this video on how to make swaps for your share. 4. Review the Members Help Section
Pick Up and Delivery Instructions
Safety is a number one priority for us and we have updated our pick-up and home delivery protocols in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This guide is to help you understand the flow of pick-ups, days and times for locations and guidance on what to do if you are missing an item in your box (sometimes it happens, we're all human!)
Home Delivery Notice: When you select home delivery for your order, please be sure to leave a cooler out for the delivery driver Ali. 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.
Highlights from this week's bounty
Khadija's Sweet Peppers & Okra
Beefsteak & Paste Tomatoes from Dunbarton Farmers Carrots from Batulo Sylvain's Famous Superfood Mix
Cherry Tomatoes from Hajiya African Corn from Umoja Farmers
Asli's Eggplant
FruitShare Update
For this week you can expect:
Early Season Apples: Jersey Macs & Paula Reds from Brookdale Fruit Farms
Recipe of the Week
Cheeses!
Pantry Items!
Proteins!
Have a great week! We got this!
From all of us at Fresh Start Farms, take good care and be well.
We are a collective brand for immigrant and refugee farmers participating in the New American Sustainable Agriculture Program, a program of the Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success. We work alongside new American farmers to bring farm fresh ingredients to your table via neighborhood farm stands, farmers markets, our FarmShare, wholesale and through NH Farm to School.
Twenty-three new American farmers make up Fresh Start Farms. Nine farmers are part of the New American Farmers Co-op and grow at Our Farm on Story Hill in Dunbarton, NH. An additional 14 farmers, the Umoja Farmers, grow on land at the St. Paul's School in Concord, NH.
All producers in the Fresh Start Farms collective implement organic practices. While not certified organic, the farmers grow nutrient dense produce without chemicals and in a way that promotes healthy soil, habitat, and environment.
We speak 13 languages, represent 7 countries and grow over 50 different varieties of produce!