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Dear Friends,
Happy Valentines Day!
In honor of this loving time of year, we are celebrating small moments of delight: like the first sip of morning coffee, an unexpected ride on a rainy day, a baby sleeping in your arms, the perfect parking spot in an unfamiliar town.... that's the round of small moments of delight from our staff meeting this week. What is your small moment of delight?
And, in honor of Black History Month, we are making a list of good articles about Black Farmers!
>There were nearly a million black farmers in 1920. Why have they disappeared?
>How Black Farmers Are Trying To End Centuries Of Racism In America’s Food System, HuffPost, May 2019
>Black Farmers Were Driven From Their Land for Decades. Now, Some Are Reclaiming It, Vice, November 2019
February is FRESH's last month at St James Episcopal's Seabury Center! We will miss our interactions with Father Ranjit, Ellen and Diane the Sexton! We will miss being next door to the Drop In Learning Center and how quiet falls into creative bursts of energy around 3:30 every day when the kids Drop In. We will miss Tuesday mornings with the crew at Help Lord Today Pantry, and all the others who come through the hallowed doors of this busy, generous and welcoming sanctuary. March will find us at 26 Broad Street, between the Saint Francis House community, Fiddleheads and the Cottage Street parcel FRESH is farming!
We are excited to start our new adventure and hope you can check out our wish list of new office needs. We'll have an office warming welcome party sometime in the Spring, so watch this space! And keep sending your notes of
appreciation and contributions to our PO Box, 285, New London, CT 06320.
Also, do you miss the recipes we used to have in our newsletters? Miss no more. They are back! Send your favorite early greens recipes to info@freshnewlondon.org and maybe we'll feature it in the March edition of this newsletter!
Happy February!
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In this issue, we love the busy-ness we are about to hit!- We are Moving: Wishlist for our New Office
- The ConPlan: Take the Survey, Shape the Future
- Here Comes the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), Sign up NOW
- Garden Box Building at YOUR House
- Recipe of the Month: Roasted Roots!
- Soups, Totes and Tunes: The WINTER Event, Sunday, March 15th
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| FRESH is Moving: Wishlist for our New Office |
| | FRESH is moving from a single room to a office suite and we have identified some needs for the new space... which includes a basement lounge/meeting space. Help our new office not look like our current office by donating your gently used vacuum cleaner, comfy couches, microwave, desks and room dividers.
Please check out the Google Sheet and put in a note if you are able to donate anything we need. You can also email info@freshnewlondon.org if that's easier.
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| | The ConPlan: Say What? Please Fill Out the Survey and Make Sure Your Voice is Heard |
| | The City of New London is required by HUD (the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development) to collect input from community members who benefit from HUD funding. In New London, most non-profit organizations receive HUD funding through the Community Block Development Grants (CDBG).
FRESH applies for between $5,000 and $7,500 a year from this funding stream, and usually receives at least $2,500. These funds are mostly spent on youth stipends for our Spring and Summer Crew programs. The City is hosting a series of meetings throughout February and collecting responses to a survey that is being widely dispersed throughout New London.
Please take a few minutes to respond to the survey, which is available in both Spanish and English.
Community Survey - New London Consolidated Plan 2020-2024 English Encuesta Comunitaria - Nuevo Plan Consolidado de New London 2020-2024 Espanol
There have already been a few public meetings, but here are the ones coming up next week Focus Group & Discussion on Housing, Senior Services & Community Needs
• Tuesday, February 18, 2020, 10:00 a.m. at the George Washington Carver, 202 Colman Street
• Tuesday, February 18, 2020, 1:00 a.m. at Riozzi Court
• Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 10:00 a.m. at the Williams Park Apartments, 127 Hempstead Street
• Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 1:00 p.m. at Gordon Court
• Thursday, February 20, 2020, 6:00 p.m. at the New London Senior Center, 120 Broad Street
• Friday, February 28, 2020, 9:00 a.m. at the New London Senior Center, 120 Broad Street
Focus Group on a Community Center and Facility Needs
• Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 6:00 p.m. at New London Senior Center, 120 Broad Street
If you have questions or would like to share your thoughts directly, please contact Rain Daugherty, 860.460.5325, Rain.Daugherty@gmail.com
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| | Here Comes the SUN.... I Mean, CSA..... What's That? Community Supported Agriculture: It's Veggie Time! |
| | | | GET YOUR GARDEN BOXES HERE: How Often Can You Do 3 Good Things at Once?
1) Grow Your Own Food 2) Help Youth Learn New Skills and 3) Support FRESH's Mission YOU CAN DO ALL 3 TODAY! |
| | RECIPE OF THE MONTH: Making a Comeback! |
| Winter Roasted Vegetables
A great way to use all the bits of veg you have in one dish. Add and subtract hearty vegetables as you wish. You can use acorn squash or pumpkin too. Makes the kitchen nice and warm! Eat with the oven door open!
Adapted from the New York Times
Butternut squash (about 1.5 pounds), peeled, seeds scraped away, and cut into 3/4 to 1-inch squares
2 large carrots, peeled and cut into 3/4-inch pieces
1 medium or large red onion, cut in large squares
1 large parsnip, quartered, cored, and cut in 3/4-inch pieces
1 medium-size fennel bulb, quartered, cored and cut in 3/4 inch pieces
3 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Optional: Chopped fresh rosemary, thyme or sage, about 2 teaspoons
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets or roasting pans with parchment or foil. Place squash on one and remaining vegetables on the other, and toss each batch with 1 tablespoon olive oil and salt and pepper to taste. If desired, add fresh herbs such as rosemary, thyme or sage, and toss together. Spread vegetables in an even layer.
Place in the oven, on the same shelf if both pans will fit, or on the middle and lower shelves, and roast for 20 minutes, stirring halfway through. Switch pans top to bottom halfway through if on separate shelves Turn heat down to 400 degrees and continue to roast for another 10 to 20 minutes (the squash may be ready sooner than the root vegetables), stirring halfway through, until tender and caramelized.
Remove from oven, combine squash and other vegetables and stir together.
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Interested in supporting FRESH with a tax-deductible donation?
Of course you are!!
follow this link: http://www.freshnewlondon.org/donate/ |
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