Health & Fitness
Foraging with Farah
Barcelona Restaurant Group works with Abilis and their farmers-in-training program
Chris Hadin, the Greenhouse Manager at Abilis, met with Executive Chef Michael Lucente at Greenwich Barcelona yesterday. Abilis is an organization serving adults and children with disabilities in Greenwich, CT. Together, Chris and Chef Michael
charted out a growing schedule that will not only provide employment and job
training opportunities for adults with disabilities, but will also provide farm
fresh baby greens and microgreens to the restaurant every week. This
farmer-in-training program will allow Abilis to work jointly with our Barcelona
chefs and will lead to the creation of jobs for people who truly want to work
and want to have the opportunity to be productive members of our community.The product will be freshly harvested the morning of the day it arrives at the restaurant. The farmers-in-training will get to meet with the chef and restaurant manager weekly, understand how the produce will be used on the menu and gain knowledge of its application. This will teach them the skills to sell their products to other restaurants in the area. Once the
farmers-in-training are able to keep up with continuous seeding and harvesting,
then our hope is to expand the program to all Connecticut Barcelona restaurants
by May. So, ask for the Abilis mix thenext time you’re in the Greenwich Barcelona. Chris and his farmers are perfecting a mix containing Beets, Radishes, Broccoli, Kale, Arugula, Red Acre Cabbage & Cauliflower, yellow mustard greens, and curly cress.
