The Farm Fresh Winter Market is open every Saturday 9am–1pm at 10 Sims Ave (on the corner of Kinsley Ave) in Providence. Tomorrow, our well-ventilated market halls will be filled with lots of locally grown food and treats for all your local-food sweeties. Check out our extensive vendor lineup!
[Photo] @bethbakesri will be with us tomorrow with delicious and gluten-free Chocolate Sea Salt cookies, Crispy Classic crackers, and more.
As always, thank you for helping keep our community healthy. 155 customers can be in our facility at once right now. Consider sending one person inside for your household. Then take it outside! Food trucks, some vendors, and distanced seating are available outside.
Sorry, dogs are not allowed inside per Health Department regulations.
The Providence Flea is in our market halls every Sunday! Be sure to catch Providence Flea’s Valentine Market this Sunday, 11am-3pm. What a great opportunity to get a special local-something for your sweetie. This juried vintage and artisan/maker market features unique items from small, local sellers. Visit every Sunday, 11am-3pm, at 10 Sims Ave in Providence.
The pandemic has hit restaurants hard, very hard. One of our loyal restaurant customers, Forage in Cambridge, MA, has done everything they can to keep going — including launching a CSA-style grocery program for their customers with produce and other local food products purchased from Market Mobile. We asked Owner/General Manager Stan Hilbert about his experience.
We are seeking a Farmers Market Food Security AmeriCorps Member.This position offers an opportunity to operate Farm Fresh’s Fresh Bucks initiative at local farmers markets, creating more jobs and healthier, more resilient communities. Members must commit to a full-time 25 weeks of service, April 5 to September 26, 2021. Deadline to apply: February 24.
Local Food & Farm Virtual Events
The Sankofa Series is a monthly webinar series sharing the wisdom from past NESAWG conferences to help change the food system. Register now for “We Are Designed to Heal” with Brandy Brooks on February 23. (Fees are by donation.)
First the first time, CT NOFA and NOFA RI are joining forces to put together a remarkable, virtual, regional, organic gathering! Karen Washington will open the conference for a Friday night keynote event. The workshops will be held on the first two Saturdays of March, 9am-1pm. Registration is open.
The Northeast Farm to Institution Summit strengthens the regional food system by celebrating and supporting the role of institutions as anchors in the region. Newcomers and pioneers on the forefront of the farm to institution movement are welcome to this 100% virtual event to be held on the first three Thursdays of April: April 1, 8, 15. Registration is open.
Order fresh food from local farms and food producers on Market Mobile every Monday and Thursday. It’s like shopping at the farmers market online! Offering curbside pickup in Providence or home delivery to select areas.
Welcome to one of our newest Market Mobile partners, Seal Cove Farm in Lamoine, Maine!Seal Cove Farm‘s fresh, mild goat cheeses are handmade on the farm in the French tradition, using milk from their prize-winning herd of happy dairy goats. The first cheese they made back in 1976 was their Classic Fresh Chèvre, still a customer favorite. Over the years they have created a variety of fresh Chèvres — like blueberry, cranberry, herbed, and garlic-pepper shown here!
Black Lives Biz honors Black History Month by highlighting Black Businesses and hosting the first Black Business Week of Rhode Island.
Black Lives Biz is hosting RI’s first Black Business Week 2/15–20. The week will be filled with discounts, specials, and sales from over 35 participating Black owned businesses along with two virtual events. Among the participating businesses are Nubian Nailz, Glow Cafe, and The Black Leaf Tea & Culture Shop. Learn more.
Rhode Island Wintertime Farmers Markets
There are a number of local farmers markets across the state this indoor season. We will continue to provide updates as we hear of them from market managers!
Farm Fresh Winter Market
10 Sims Ave
Providence
Saturdays, 9am–1pm
Open weekly until April 24, 2021
South County Winter Market
Lazy K Ranch
71 Beaver River Rd
West Kingston, RI, 02892
Saturdays, 9am–1pm
Open weekly until April 2021 *Outside under large tents
South Kingstown Market
Independence Square (URI)
25 W. Independence Way
Kingston
Saturdays, 9am–1pm *Pre-order/pick-up style outside through April 2021
Aquidneck Growers Market
Gateway Visitors Center
23 America’s Cup Ave
Newport
Saturdays 9am–12pm
Open weekly until May 8, 2021
Mount Hope Farmers Market
250 Metacom Ave, Bristol
Open Saturdays until May 8, 2021 *In greenhouse. No Market 12/26. Pre-ordering strongly encouraged
Jan/Feb: 10am-12:30pm
Mar–May: 9am-12:30pm
Langwater Farmers Market
209 Washington St (Rte 138)
N. Easton, MA (nearby)
Saturdays 10am–2pm
Pre-ordering available
