Spring Week 5: Heirloom tomatoes, Tortillas, Steak & more!

Greetings from Fresh Start Farms!

Fresh Start farmers’ fields are being tilled, seedlings are sprouting, and some farmers even have some crops ready to harvest. Sylvain’s bok choy (pictured right) is off to a great start and will be ready soon!

This week we have a limited amount of greenhouse-grown heirloom tomatoes from Quebec. These beauties are the first taste of summer!

Lots of new and restocked items to enjoy! A fresh batch of organic corn tortillas from Mi Tierra just arrived. Made with just corn, water and lime, these tortillas are fresh-baked and all local made with non-GMO corn grown on small farms throughout western MA. This week they will arrive fresh, after that they will be frozen. Don’t miss them — put tacos on the menu this week! Grab some watermelon radishes, red onions, and cabbage and make these shrimp tacos with watermelon radish and jicama slaw.

100% Grass-fed Sirloin Steak new from Big Picture Beef, along with greens, tomato, and cheese would be perfect for a Balsamic Steak Salad. All new from VT Bean Crafters, Hummingbird Nuggets are vegan nuggets ready to cook! Plus, new from Bell & Goose — Camembert Cubs, ready to pair with a Jan’s Farmhouse Crisp cracker and Short Creek salami.

Need a quick, pre-made meal this week? Try out Sherpa Food’s Himalayan Style Fried Rice or Macaroni and Cheese from Joe’s Kitchen.

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Highlights

From This Week's Bounty

Organic Green Salad Mix, Abenaki Springs Farm, Walpole NH

Arugula and Salad, Queens Greens, Amherst, MA

Butternut Squash, Heron Pond Farm, South Hampton NH

Salad Mix, Kale & Chard, Oasis Spring Farm, Nashua NH

Organic Purple and Green Daikon Radish, Brookford Farm, Canterbury NH

Mixed Chef’s Mushrooms, Dunk’s Mushrooms, Brentwood, NH

Organic Parsnips, Turnips, and Chioggia Beets, Deep Roots Organic, Johnson VT

Organic White Potatoes, Brookford Farm, Canterbury NH

Honeycrisp & Macoun Apples, Green Mountain Orchards, Putney, VT

Important Member Info

Your Harvie Dashboard:

From your Harvie Dashboard, you can customize the contents of your box, reschedule/change location/skip shares, and update your product preferences. Learn more about how to use your Dashboard here.

Customization Period:

Monday Delivery/Pick Up: You have until midnight on Sunday to customize your box.
Wednesday & Thursday Delivery/Pick Up: You have until midnight Tuesday to customize your box.

If you have any questions, please reach out to us by replying to your emails, or directly at [email protected] or 603 606 2663.

Pick Up & Delivery Info

Home Delivery
Mondays and Wednesdays 11am to 6pm
It is very important that you update your delivery instructions on your Harvie Profile page so we get the food to the right place. Be sure to leave a cooler out for the delivery driver.

YMCA of Greater Nashua
Monday 3:30pm to 5:30pm
24 Stadium Drive, Nashua
There will be a volunteer there to help you find your box. Any milk, meat, or frozen products will be in a cooler.

Bona Fide Green Goods Pick Up
Wednesdays 3pm to 6pm
25 N. Main Street, Concord
Give the Bona Fide staff your name and they’ll get your box for you.

St. Paul’s School Employee Pick Up
Wednesdays 2pm to 4pm
SPS Post Office
Any milk, meat, or frozen products will be in the fridge.

Fresh Start Food Hub Pick Up
Wednesdays OR Thursdays 2pm to 6pm
150 Spruce Street, Manchester
You can pick up your share either day. No need to notify us, just come on by!

We will not hold missed pick-ups. We will donate any unclaimed shares to our local food pantries.

Please return boxes & insulated liners!

Recipes

of the Week

Baked Spanakopita Pasta with Greens and Feta

This baked pasta is inspired by spanakopita and combines pasta with gooey mozzarella, briny feta, plenty of greens and a rich cream sauce. The key to this dish is in the greens: Use at least three kinds — a mellow one like spinach or swiss chard, a peppery one like arugula or mustard greens, and a fresh herb or two — to create an exciting mix of flavors. Plus don’t forget the Maplebrook Feta!

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Pantry Items

New Ready to Eat Products!

Macaroni & Cheese

Macaroni and Cheese from Joe’s Kitchen at Screamin’ Ridge Farm is handmade in Vermont with Grafton cheddar, elbow pasta, Vermont heavy cream and some secret ingredients to make it extra delicious. Super-fresh ingredients from nearby farms make this favorite extra flavorful.

Himalayan Style Fried Rice (Vegan)

Himalayan-style Vegan Fried Rice handmade in Vermont by Sherpa Foods. Arrives Frozen.

Ingredients: White Basmati Rice, Carrot, Corn, Green bean, Lima Bean, Pea, Cabbage, Onion, Vegetable Oil, Garlic, Salt, Soy Sauce, Turmeric, Curry Powder, Red Chili Powder.

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Dairy Items

New!

Bell & Goose Camembert Cubs

A baby camembert style cheese, white bloomy rind with buttery interior.

Bell & Goose makes artisan fresh and aged cheeses in South Hampton, NH with cow milk sourced from a local family-run dairy.

Back in stock!

Lille Coulommiers

From the northern reaches of France comes the origin of our Coulommiers-style cheese and thicker ancestor to Brie, and the name itself, Lillé. Handmade in small batches, each wheel is a slightly different weight. Aged in its own special room, and lovingly turned regularly, the delicate rind develops evenly with a white downy bloom.

Vermont Farmstead Cheese Company gently cares for their land (in South Woodstock VT) and the lives of their animals to make fresh, quality, and artisan cheese available to all.

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Protein Items

New Proteins!

Mockingbird Nuggets

New from VT Bean Crafters!

Vegan nuggets made from 87% local ingredients.

Ingredients: White Beans, Masa (corn, water, lime), salt, sunflower oil, cornmeal

100% Grass-fed Sirloin Steak, Big Picture Beef

A flavorful cut that’s versatile and juicy. Great served as a steak or cut into kabobs.

Big Picture Beef, located in Hardwick MA, produces 100% grass-fed beef, raised in the northeast, without antibiotics or growth hormones.

Thank you & we'll see you soon!

Questions?
Email us at [email protected] or give us a call at 603-606-2663 and we will get right back to you!