Greetings from Fresh Start Farms!

The farmers continue to prep the land, tend their seedlings, and plant. Everyone is so excited to be starting earlier this year than ever before.

Concord farmer, Hari, and Farm Manager, Anthony stand proudly next to a freshly tilled field, ready to be planted!

Brassica, celery, parsley, pepper and tomato seedlings are almost ready to go!

Check out our new look!

The outside of the Food Hub got a makeover last week and the new window decals now reflect a bright and lively space. We can't wait to welcome the community!

Keep reading for important member info, pick up & delivery info, highlights from this week's harvest, recipe of the week, and featured pantry, dairy, and protein items!

Highlights from this week's Bounty

Organic Salad Mix & Spring Mix & Spinach, Brookford Farm
Organic Purple Daikon, Black Spanish, & Watermelon Radishes, Brookford Farm
Organic Purple Kohlrabi, Harvest Tide Organics
Red Potatoes, Dagele Brothers Produce
Jonagold and Ida Red Apples, Dutton Berry Farm
Sweet Potatoes, Juniper Hill Farm

Important Member Info

When you customize your share, make sure to look out for a box value alert in your cart. If the total value of the products in your cart is less than the value of your share, you will see an alert indicating that you may add products without incurring an additional charge. We want to make sure you get your full value each week!

Find resources on how to customize your box, how to hold or reschedule a delivery, how the payment plan works, and more in the Members Help Section.

Recipe of the Week

Kohlrabi is very popular in Northern and Eastern European countries like Germany and Hungary as well as northern Vietnam and eastern India. The funny-looking vegetable is part of the same family as broccoli and cabbage and can be eaten raw or cooked in a variety of ways. It is high in fiber, calcium, and potassium and is a healthy and delicious addition to any meal or as a side dish! Find more on preparation here.

Kohlrabi Carrot Fritters with Avocado Cream Sauce

These kohlrabi fritters with avocado cream sauce highlight these purple vegetables, and they’re vegetarian and gluten-free.

Featured Pantry Items

Try an Infused Olive Oil & Balsamic Vinegar pairing from Monadnock Oil & Vinegar! The White Lemon Balsamic pairs perfectly with Tuscan Herb Olive Oil or Wild Mushroom & Sage Olive Oil and the Honey Ginger White Balsamic makes an awesome addition to the Blood Orange Olive Oil.

Olive Oil and Balsamics aren't just for salad dressing -- check out some more ideas here!

Featured Dairy

New this week! Lille Coulommiers-style Cheese from Vermont Farmtead. This thicker ancestor to Brie is handmade in small batches, aged in its own special room, and lovingly turned regularly, to create a decadently sumptuous soft-ripened cheese.

Maplebrook's whole-milk feta is crafted in small batches. The 100% Vermont cow milk brings a bold creamy flavor to this cheese. The sweet flavor and smooth texture accompanied by the salty brine will have cheese critics craving more.

Maplebrook Farm produces handmade artisanal cheeses in the Green Mountains of Vermont. rBGH & rBST-free, 100% Vermont Milk provides a distinguishable quality and unparalleled flavor.

Featured Proteins

If you are new to Fresh Start Farms, welcome!

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!

To learn more about our organization as a whole, please visit us at http://www.refugeesuccess.org

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Important Member Info

Kohlrabi Carrot Fritters with Avocado Cream Sauce

These kohlrabi fritters with avocado cream sauce highlight these purple vegetables, and they’re vegetarian and gluten-free.

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