Harvesting an Earthly Bounty

Bringing food from the garden to the dining table is hardly a new concept. But for many cities and towns, where the only thing growing is a skyline of concrete and steel, it can be difficult at best to grow produce in the backyard. But that hasn’t stopped a number of Burlington families from enjoying farm-fresh produce within 24 hours of being harvested from the garden.

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Farm-fresh Simple Summer Eats

We asked New England farmers what they do when the season’s bounty starts to roll in. Their message: When cooking with ingredients grown nearby and picked ripe, simpler is always better.

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Providing for the Burlington community

Burlington Presbyterian Church and Farmer Dave’s, a sustainable farm in Dracut, have teamed up the first time to bring locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables to Burlington with a Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.

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Community Supported Agriculture allows people to buy directly from farms.

"It cuts out all the marketing. A lot of the refrigeration is cut out, a lot of the packaging," said Dave Dumaresq, owner of Farmer Dave's CSA at 437 Parker Road in Dracut, which delivers food to Groundwork Lawrence's CSA. "All the waste in the system is cut out with the CSA. It's really from field to consumer in as direct a way as possible."

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Growers find a market in community support

According to one CSA farmer, the trend allows him to personalize his growing practices while forging a bond with the people who eat his food. Dave Dumaresq, owner of Farmer Dave’s Dumaresq Farm in Dracut, ran his first CSA in 2007 in conjunction with Groundwork Lawrence, an organization focused on sustainable environmental change through community-based partnerships.

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Farmer Dave's Brings Fresh Produce to East Somerville

Since 2007 Farmer Dave's has been growing vegetables and fruit and offering locally through a farming model called Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Through this model, participants purchase a portion of the harvest in the spring, when the vegetables are just seedlings. Once the harvest begins in early July, participants receive a box of a variety of fresh, seasonal produce every week.

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Gardening can provide a wealth of benefits

Then there's community supported agriculture. Farms sells shares of the produce its expects to grow at the beginning of the season. As the season progresses, subscribers receive a regular distribution of the bounty. By purchasing the produce up-front and distributing it at the farm or nearby, farmers can concentrate on growing, and not marketing or transporting their wars.

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Partners help bring Farm Dave and his fresh vegetables right to East Somerville

Variety. Commitment. Inspiration. Health. Fun. These were some reactions from CSA subscribers to their weekly produce pickup in East Somerville. Welcome to the fast growing trend of buying accessible healthy foods- direct from a local Massachusetts farm.

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Farm life: Locally grown

Taking a juicy bite out of a pepper he grabbed from one of the countless rows of fresh green leaves surrounding his 15-acre East Street Farm in Tewksbury, farmer Dave Dumaresq basked in the sweetness afforded by his fresh and locally grown vegetables.

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