We hope you're enjoying your share this week! It's hard to believe there are only 2 weeks left in the summer season. Have you signed up for the Fall Farm Share yet? Sign up now and bring fresh food with you into the fall. Shares start Aug. 26th and don't forget, if you refer a friend, you both get $25 to spend towards extras!
Keep reading to learn more about the farmers who grow your food, produce in next week's share, what's in the fruit share, a new recipe, and new cheese, meat, and pantry items!
Meet Your Farmers
Isha Kerow & Sidi
We came from a refugee camp in Kenya where we stayed 15 years with 6 kids. We have been in USA for 14 years and 13 years farming. Farming is what we like and also what we know how to do best, we are so grateful that we have this program that helps us new American farmers. We grow healthy and local food for our family and the community.
We sell our vegetables at the Bedford Farmers Market and the Derry Farmers Market. We also provide food for a low-income senior citizen program and sell wholesale. We like to grow different varieties of vegetables; African and American (kale, squash, tomato, butternut squash, green beans, garlic, onion, African corn, amaranth, African eggplant). We are working hard at the farm to make fresh and local healthy food available to our community at an affordable price. We hope to get more help in the future with farming equipment to reduce physical work and get better harvests. And we hope to see more people in the community enjoying all the goodies that we grow.
Try out Isha's mixed Hot Peppers this week!
Highlights from this week's bounty
Everything you need for Caprese Salad!
Add Monadnock Neopolitan Herb Balsamic Vinegar and Maplebrook Mozzarella to your order to make this special summer treat!
Greenhouse Tomatoes from Dunbarton Farmers Sylvain's Famous Salad Mix & Superfood Mix
Beans from everyone! Cherry Tomatoes from Hajiya Eggplant from Umoja Farmers Isha's Hot Peppers Blueberries from Bascom Road Blueberry 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: Blueberries from Bascom Road Farm!
The drought this summer heavily impacted the peach harvest, so none are currently available. Look forward to white peaches shortly!
Not sure what to do with an abundance of blueberries? Make Blueberry Pie of course! Grab some local eggs and pastry flour from our add on section and get baking.
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.
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!
