Harvie Farms New Orleans Week 6

We are excited to introduce you to our chef of the week: Chef Chris Borges - Executive Chef for the Ace Hotel in New Orleans!

We had another great week to close out this year. Now onto week 6 and our first delivery of 2021! Thanks to Chef Chris for providing some great New Years recipes in your box this past week. Here is a quick look into his captivating journey as a Chef!

Chris grew up in New Orleans and developed an appreciation for its food at an early age. After moving to California to attend Stanford, Chris was admitted to LSU Medical School, however he quickly pivoted back to his love for food and his desire to cook.

He built an impressive career in the Bay-area where he became the Executive Chef for a high end catering company Taste, serving everyone from Silicon Valley’s elite to United States Presidents. He later returned to his roots when he reopened Elite Cafe in San Francisco and had the opportunity to cook the food of New Orleans as Executive Chef.

Chis eventually returned home in 2017 and became the Executive Chef for Josephine Estelle at the Ace Hotel in New Orleans. He has since created several noteworthy dishes which we encourage you to go try if you have a chance in the future. Until then, you can bring his kitchen into your own home by adding any of the Josephine Estelle pastas to your box each week. We also offer their must have cookies for those of you looking for a treat!

We are so fortunate to have the opportunity to connect you with some of the most talented Chefs in the New Orleans area. As a customer of Harvie Farms New Orleans you get the opportunity to receive their customized recipes and try out specialty items straight from their kitchen (how cool is that?!).

Now, here are some updates on the products we have available for you next week!

Cheese share

The cheese share this week is Vermont Creamery’s Plain Chèvre  (4 oz log).

Featured Item

Pork Tenderloin - Berkwood Farms (easy to cook and absolutely delicious!)

Some new items this week

Bacon, 12 oz pack - Berkwood Farms
Ground Pork, 1 lb pack - Berkwood Farms
Homefield Franks (pork), 13 oz pack - Berkwood Farms
Satsuma Juice, Pint - Becnel Citrus
Fresh Parsley, 1/4 lb bunch - Ranatza Farm
White Cauliflower, 1 head - Ranatza Farm
Red French Breakfast Radish, 1 lb bag - Two Dog Farm
Red Curly Kale 1 lb bunch - Two Dog Farm
White Lemon Balsamic Vinegar, 250 ml - TX Hill Country Vinegars

How Harvie Works 

As you may have noticed, we’ve recently updated our share names to better reflect the variety of products we have available - produce, dairy, meat, seafood, and dry goods. Since we’ve moved away from separate produce or meat & seafood boxes, your membership with Harvie Farms New Orleans can include as much variety as you’d like in one box to fit your diet and lifestyle! Setting preferences and customizing your share are two more ways to ensure you receive delicious, local food that works for your household. 

Rating products in your preferences is the first way to ensure that what you love is included in your share. Anything rated with a 1 (Not for Me) will never be included in your share. Interested in only fresh meat and seafood offerings? No problem! You can rate all produce products as a 1, and you won’t receive them. Here’s a brief tutorial on How do preferences work?. To set your preferences ahead of time and make sure your box will be customized to fit them visit this link: https://www.harvie.farm/member/preferences.

After you’ve set your preferences, you can customize your share during the customization period. When the customization window is open, you can swap items for other products and purchase extras. Here’s a great resource that goes over How Swaps and Extras Work.

Please customize your farm share or purchase extras if you like using the link in your email. You will have until 5 pm on Friday to make changes to your farm share. At that point, we'll send your orders to our farmers and they will be harvesting to get ready for Wednesday delivery! We'll deliver to your home between noon and 8pm on Wednesday. Please check your address and if there are any special directions for how we should deliver let us know here: https://www.harvie.farm/member/profile/edit 

Packaging Return Instructions

We know there is a lot of packaging that goes into delivering your farm fresh goodies which is why we encourage you to return your packaging to us for reuse! Follow the steps below to help us reduce waste!  

- Remove and retain clear plastic bag of local farm products 
- Break down cardboard box 
- Stack shiny liner and ice packs on box 
- Place flattened box, liner, and ice packs in the box delivery location on delivery day 
- Please try to keep the box, liner and ice packs dry when possible.  

Thanks for helping reduce our environmental footprint!  

We thrive and grow on referrals.

If you love your Harvie box, please tell your friends. We are increasing the credit for referrals from $25 to $50 until the end of the year. You can use these credits for extras purchases to add on to your box. Find your personal referral link here: https://www.harvie.farm/member/refer-a-friend Also, if you post an unboxing, recipe, or testimonial video to twitter, facebook, instagram or youtube.. tag us @harviefarms, add your referral link to the post, and send us a screenshot (neworleans@harvie.farm) and we'll give you a $5 credit on your account.If you have any questions or issues with your box, please contact our support team by email at support@harvie.farm or call (412) 567-3864, ext. 0.