Farm Happenings for May 19, 20, 21

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Greetings from Fresh Start Farms!

The Dunbarton farmers' fields are full of spinach and we want to get lots of those delicious greens to you this week. A large 1/2lb bag of spinach is only $6!

This week you can also look forward to the first tastes of rhubarb (more to come next week!), green garlic, arugula, asparagus, salad mix, chives, radishes, scallions, and much more!

For some of our members, this will be the last delivery of the spring season. We are so thankful for your support and hope we'll see you in the summer share!

The Concord Umoja farmers are hard at work planting! New staff member, Jean d'Amour Nzarulinda, will be operating the Mobile Market and supporting food access work this summer. He also has an extensive agricultural background and here he is offering a workshop for the farmers last week!

We're just getting started!

The spring FarmShare is almost over, but don't worry, the summer share starts immediately following! Sign up today for your summer share and you won't miss a week of farm-fresh veggies!

The 12-week Summer FarmShare will include all the summer staples like lettuce, carrots, greens, herbs, summer squash, cucumbers, green beans, peppers, and more. This share will include earlier season items like asparagus and parsnips as well as a taste of tomatoes, eggplant, and sweet peppers at the end of the share. The Fresh Start farmers will also bring you crops from their home countries like amaranth greens, lauki squash, African corn, and more!

Have you signed up yet? The share is filling up fast!

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

Highlights from this week's Bounty

Rhubarb and Green Garlic from Sylvain
Asparagus and Spinach from Isha and Sidi
Cilantro from Khadija
Arugula from Asli
Fiddleheads, Dunk's Mushrooms & Foraging
Organic Purple Daikon, Black Spanish, & Watermelon Radishes, Brookford Farm
Organic Purple Kohlrabi, Harvest Tide Organics
Red Potatoes, Dagele Brothers Produce

Important Member Info

Don't forget to return your boxes! We are happy to reuse the cardboard box your farm share is delivered in. Just leave it out for the delivery driver or bring it back to your pick-up location. Thank you for helping us cut down on waste!

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

Radish & Turnip Hash with Fried Eggs

This spring hash recipe brings together spring radishes and turnips. Both are boiled briefly and then sautéed in a cast-iron skillet along with green garlic, eggs, and parsley. The recipe offers a change from a more conventional breakfast skillet, and although the ingredients might be somewhat unexpected, the results are hearty enough to rival hash browns!

New Dairy

Oh My Gouda!
Based on a Dutch Gouda recipe, Oh my Gouda from Cobb Hill Cheese is a washed curd cheese aged 3 to 4 months. This sweet and nutty natural rind cheese is made with rich and creamy raw Jersey cow milk which imparts a smooth and buttery flavor.

All of Cobb Hill cheeses are made from raw milk from pastured Jersey cows that are bred and raised at Cobb Hill Farm. From May to September the herd grazes on pasture maintained without artificial pesticides or fertilizers. During the non-pasture season, the Jerseys eat hay from their own fields and neighboring farms.

Nonfat Greek Strawberry Yogurt from Green Mountain Creamery! Each spoonful is a deliciously smooth and creamy treat with live probiotic cultures and no artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives.

Green Mountain Creamery, in Brattleboro VT, creates Vermont-style yogurt with only rBST-free Grade A milk, and all products are naturally gluten-free.

Featured Proteins

As one of America’s few remaining, family-owned smokehouses, North Country is located in Claremont, NH and their Applewood Smoked Bacon is a delicious, hearty sliced bacon smoked over Applewood embers then cut in thick, flavorful strips. It is gluten, soy, dairy, filler, dye, and MSG free!

Heiwa tofu is handcrafted in small batches using organic, non-GMO soybeans grown on Maine and New England farms. Heiwa Tofu is a small family business in Rockport Maine committed to sourcing local organic soybeans to produce fresh delicious tofu.

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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