Wishing You a Peaceful and Healthy Winter Solstice

We hope you are finding good time to rest and enjoy the quiet of the winter solstice, balancing the season of rest out with holiday festivities. Our local farmers are feeling the shorter days and colder temps, hoping for snow to fall.
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** Featured Products on Veggie-GO this week
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Lamb Garlic and Cheese Sausage Links
Meadow View Farm
Links of three. Ing include lamb, pork casing, salt, romano cheese, spices, parsley, corn syrup
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Baked Stuffed Haddock with Scallops
Red Beard’s Kitchen
Baked Stuffed Haddock and Scallops
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Apples, Macoun – Brookdale Fruit Farm
Three River Farms
Extra-sweet and aromatic, very juicy, tender, snow-white flesh
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Brown Butter & Sage Roasted Sweet Potato Ravioli
Valicenti Pasta
A best seller, our roasted sweet potatoes with velvety brown butter, fried sage, & Grana Padano wrap
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** Featured Products on Wholesale this week

** Veggie-GO Tips
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We will be closed on 12/25 in observance of Christmas. All regular Saturday Home Delivery orders will be
re-routed for Monday 12/27. All regular Saturday Pickup Orders will be for Pickup on Sunday, 12/26 except for
Heron Pond Farm. Pickup at Heron Pond Farm will be closed for this week.

** Producer Profile
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** Meadowview Farm

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Meadowview Farm is a family farm located in Gilmanton, NH – immersed in raising, breeding and showing
purebred sheep across the United States. They raise homegrown lamb
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environment.

** Wholesale News
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** Three Sisters Garden Project
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Three Sisters Garden Project is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and community farm in Ipswich, Massachusetts,
working to make local food accessible to all. Together, they: practice and promote sustainable agriculture,
stewarding the earth and our community; grow and provide fresh produce through our sliding-scale Community
Supported Agriculture shares and through a unique collaborative of food access partners, reaching people in 17
cities and towns across the North Shore; and connect to the community by welcoming volunteers and educating the
next generation of farmers, land stewards and food system advocates. Read more about their innovative work
(https://threesistersgarden.org/) !

** Serving Neighbors in Need
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** $1190 raised last week.
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Thank you for helping us feed delicious, local food to neighbors in need through the Local Food Donation and
SNAP Delivery Donation programs.

** Fifth Flavor Catering & Gather NH’s Community Meal
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Nina Parrott, of The Fifth Flavor Catering, has assembled a crew of volunteers to help prepare a holiday dinner for
300+ members of Gather NH. On the menu: buttermilk-brined turkey with cranberry sauce, apple cider- glazed ham,
butternut squash soup with coconut + curry (with squash donated by 3River from Brandmoore Farm and onions
from Governor Dale Farm), cumin-roasted carrots (also from Gov Dale Farm), sweet and sour Brussels sprouts,
acorn squash (donated by 3 River from Amish Acres in Maine) with orange + dates, herb roasted potatoes with
garlic + paprika, and mashed sweet potatoes with maple brown butter + sour cream. About 100 local bakers have
signed up to supply the sweet treats: cookies, holiday breads and more.

Nina and crew have been cooking for Gather for a few years now. It started out as a way to use and repurpose
leftovers from large events, since a caterer can’t run “specials” on Monday. Now she does it whenever she can,
hoping to support the tremendously hard-working Cooking 4 Community team at Gather.
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** Staff Spotlight
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** We ❤️ Our Staff’s Recipes!
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Parsnip Soup

“Parsnips and carrots are similar but I chose parsnips for this recipe for a few reasons. Their more fibrous texture
adds a little more bite and their spiced sweetness pairs very well with other spices like cumin, paprika, turmeric,
ginger, and cinnamon. It’s a simple and hearty soup that only needs a side of good bread to complement it perfectly.”
-Perri Krywick, 3RFA Administrative Assistant

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
6 cups parsnips, peeled and chopped

1 cup sunchokes, peeled and chopped ( alternatively, use all parsnips)
4 garlic cloves, chopped
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 tsp smoked paprika
4 fresh sage leaves
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups water
2 cups veggie broth,
1 cup milk, or alternative milk of your choice

Directions:
In a medium soup pot, heat the olive oil. Add the parsnips, sunchokes (optional), and garlic and cook over moderate
heat, stirring, until lightly golden, 5 minutes. Stir in the cumin, paprika, and salt. Cook for a couple of minutes until
fragrant. Add the water, broth, and milk. Bring to a simmer and cook until the vegetables are soft, about 25 minutes.

Working in batches, puree the soup in a blender until smooth. I recommend keeping a little bit of texture in the soup
by only partially blending a few batches. Pour the soup back into the pot. Add more liquid if the consistency season
to taste with additional salt and pepper.

Serve with A&J King’s Poached Garlic Sourdough bread or a Baguette

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Wishing You a Peaceful and Healthy Winter Solstice

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