Three River Farmers Alliance and Wentworth-Douglass Hospital team up to start employee CSA

DOVER, N.H. - June 1, 2015 - PRLog -- Seacoast, NH: Beginning on July 1st, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, NH will provide fresh vegetables to its employees right at the hospital.  This is being made available through the newly established CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) with the Three River Farmers Alliance (3RFA). A CSA is a concept designed to encourage the relationship between consumers and local farmers and to educate consumers about how their food is grown. The 3RFA CSA at WDH is the first of its kind in the area and aims to promote health and wellness, good food, and supporting the community within the WDH staff.

On a weekly basis, the 3RFA CSA will deliver a variety of fresh, high-quality, produce from the three farms to the hospital employees at a discounted cost. Each week, the selection of produce will reflect what is thriving on the farms. Along with the fresh food, the WDH CSA coordinator, with the help of the farmers, will be providing cooking tips and healthy recipes to go along with the week's bounty. CSA members will also have the opportunity to visit each farm during the season and get to know the people responsible for growing their food.

"We are excited to work with Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. The members of the 3RFA CSA get the best of all three farms - a unique structure to a CSA."  Josh Jennings, farmer at Meadows Mirth and co-owner of Three River Farmers Alliance, has been organizing CSAs for many years. "We love the involvement and support of the community. We want to get people excited about our food, as well as emphasize the importance of a sustainable food system."

Check out Three River Farmers Alliance at www.threeriverfa.com and follow them on Facebook to see whose plates their food will end up on!

About Three River Farmers Alliance: Three River Farmers Alliance, a farmer-owned local food distribution company based in the seacoast of New Hampshire, was founded in 2014 as a collective between three local farms: Heron Pond Farm, Meadow's Mirth, and Stout Oak Farm. Their goal is to provide local food to restaurants, grocery stores, businesses and institutions.