Farm Happenings for Week 6

Last Thursday, June 15th, we were excited and honored to welcome US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to our Food Hub for a tour and press release. Secretary Vilsack traveled to Manchester to announce an investment from the Biden administration that will help support small and medium-sized farming ventures in more rural areas throughout New England. While the funding that NH received will go to the construction of a hydroponic greenhouse in Berlin, NH, we were very proud that Secretary Vilsack came to the food hub to learn from the Fresh Start Farmers and to get a small glimpse of the work we do.

Fresh Start Farmers Sylvain, Amisa, and Alice showed off some of their beautiful produce and did a great job sharing about their roles as New American farmers and answering Secretary Vilsack’s questions. Our program director Sarah gave him a tour of the food hub, and ORIS executive director Mukhtar spoke to the press about our organization. It was a huge team effort to make it all happen! You can read more about the Secretary’s announcement in The Boston Globe, The Concord Monitor, or NHPR.

Click on the pictures below to find out more about this week's bounty, featured items, recipes, and more!

Thank you & we'll see you soon!

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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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