Greetings from Fresh Start Farms!
It’s week 4 of the summer FarmShare and more and more is ready to harvest in the fields! Get excited for lots of lettuce, scallions, garlic scapes kale, bok choy, and chard. Basil is starting to come in — time for basil and garlic pesto! Plus, new veggies this week like fennel and napa cabbage. More strawberries from Applecrest Farm this week as well!
New this week — Marinated Steak Tips from Miles Smith Farm and Honey Mustard Mighty Pretzels from One Mighty Mill!
4th of July Schedule Changes
Monday Members: There will be no FarmShare delivery on Monday, July 4th. Your share will instead be delivered on Wednesday, July 6th. You will receive your customization email on Friday, July 1st, and you will have until Sunday at midnight to make swaps and additions.
Wednesday Members: You will receive your share as normal on Wednesday, July 6th. You will however receive your customization email on Friday, July 1st, and you will have until Sunday at midnight to make swaps and additions.
During the holiday week, you may see some substitutions in your FarmShare since the amounts of crops available will be estimated on Friday and might be off a bit by the harvest on Tuesday. We appreciate your flexibility and understanding!
Grow Nashua's Lil' Free FarmStand Starts today!
Grow Nashua’s Lil’ Free Farmstand starts today (6/24) for the third season and Fresh Start farms will be providing a large quantity of the veggies at the stands. These farmstands bring fresh produce to neighborhoods where families struggle with food access. You can support these farmstands by growing some extras in your home garden or shopping at the grocery store or local farm and leaving the veggies at one of the 10 drop spots throughout the city of Nashua.
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Highlights
From This Week's Bounty
Strawberries, Applecrest Farm, Hampton Falls NH
Lettuce and Amaranth Greens, Hajiya
Bok Choy and Swiss Chard, Fadumo and Khamis
Arugula and Kale Mukamujeni
Spinach, Amisa
Scapes, Kale, Salad Mix, Asli
Basil, Radish, and Leeks, Isha and Sidi
Important Member Info
4th of July Schedule
Monday Members: There will be no FarmShare delivery on Monday, July 4th. Your share will instead be delivered on Wednesday, July 6th. You will receive your customization email on Friday, July 1st, and you will have until Sunday at midnight to make swaps and additions.
Wednesday Members: You will receive your share as normal on Wednesday, July 6th. You will however receive your customization email on Friday, July 1st, and you will have until Sunday at midnight to make swaps and additions.
During the holiday week, you may see some substitutions in your FarmShare since the amounts of crops available will be estimated on Friday and might be off a bit by the harvest on Tuesday. We appreciate your flexibility and understanding!
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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
Garlic Scapes!
What are these curly green things in my share? Garlic scapes grow from hardneck garlic bulbs and farmers trim them because they draw energy away from the forming bulbs. They taste sweet, like a chive or scallion, with a more mild garlicky zing.
Scapes are very versatile and can be used anywhere you might otherwise use garlic cloves or scallions. they can be sauteed, pureed, roasted, and pickled. They’re great in stir-fries, in omelets, frittatas, soups, and pureed into pesto, roasted with meat and vegetables, or grilled!
Here are some recipes to give a try:
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Pantry Items
New!
Honey Mustard Mighty Pretzels, One Mighty Mill, Lynn, MA
Mighty Honey Mustard is a snacking unicorn because it’s big on flavor AND nutrition. One Mighty Mill stone-grinds organic wheat and bakes with simple, clean ingredients. They work with local farmers who grow organic wheat and then they mill the wheat berries on a hand-carved stone mill which helps retain the natural nutrients, fiber, and superior flavor.
As always, our products have everything you want and none of what you don’t:
- No industrial flour
- No preservatives
- No high-fructose corn syrup
- No chemical pesticides or herbicides
- No GMOs
Why Fresh-Milling? For decades, most of the US’s pretzels have been made with cheap, overly-processed flour that’s been stripped of nutrients and engineered for industrial baking – not for health.
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Dairy Items
Moosalamoo Cheese, Blue Ledge Farm, Salisbury VT
New Limited Edition cheese! Named after a local mountainous recreation area, Moosalamoo is a creamy, mild, cow’s milk cheese in the Cheddar/Colby style. Pasteurized Ayrshire cow’s milk
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Protein Items
Italian Marinated Steak Tips, Miles Smith Farm
Barbeque some grain-finished Italian-Style Marinated Steak Tips this week!
Miles Smith Farm, a family farm in Loudon, NH, raises its grass-fed herd of Scottish Highlander Cattle on 300 acres of land leased around the state. The care of the animals, quality of the meat, and sustainable practices are top priorities at the farm.
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!