Farm Fresh Rhode Island is a non-profit organization. Your support allows Farm Fresh Rhode Island to continue our work towards:
- vibrant family farms
- strong local economy
- healthy communities and environment
- Wet tour of Matunuck Oyster Farm with a meal at Perry's new Oyster Bar
- Tour of Allen Farms with greens and herb farmer extraordinaire Debbie
- Aquidneck food tour & tastings: Aquidneck Farms, Greenvale Vineyards and The Mooring Restaurant
- 100% Angus beef basket and Blackbird Farm tour
- Tour of Gracie's rooftop garden & cooking class with Chef Joe
- Market tour & dinner at home with Chef Champe of Persimmon
- A night's stay with dinner for two at Castle Hill
- A night downtown: Local 121, Trinity Rep
- Another night downtown: AS220, Temple Restaurant
- Cheese basket from Narragansett Creamery
- Coffee of the month from New Harvest
- Passes to a wine and cheese pairing class at Farmstead
- Milk box and gift certificate from Munroe Dairy
- One year of New Harvest Coffee
- Seasonal fruit-of-the-month subscription Countyside Citrus
- Four incredible Red Sox tickets
- Behind-the-scenes tour of International Yacht Restoration School
- The ideal waterproof Helly Hansen "Point Jacket"
2010 Save the Date: Tuesday, August 3.
A ramble through the flavors of Rhode Island
The benefit for Farm Fresh Rhode Island at Castle Hill
Tuesday, August 4, 2009. An evening celebrating Rhode Island farmers, fishermen and food artisans. Featuring two dozen local farmers and producers, teamed up with chefs from Castle Hill, Blackstone Caterers, Newport Restaurant Group and nine more. Plus, local wines, beers, a raw bar, live music and a silent auction.
- 4pm – Preview hour. Live cooking, tours of the kitchen garden at Castle Hill.
- 5 to 7pm – Doors open. Live cooking, silent auction and flavorful festivities.
- 7:59pm – Enjoy the sunset.
Open to the public. Ticket sales are capped and we anticipate will sell out. All tickets are online this year. Your ticket is paperless; your name will be on the guestlist. Kids under 12 are free. Tickets include food as well as samplings of local wines and beers.
See photos from the 2008 Local Food Fest.
- Allen Farms Westport
- Arcadian Fields Hope Valley
- Aquidneck Farms Portsmouth
- Aquidneck Honey Middletown
- Baby Greens Exeter
- Bally Machree Middletown
- Blackbird Farm Smithfield
- Four Town Farm Barrington
- Greenvale Vineyards Portsmouth
- Heritage Farms Portsmouth
- Langworthy Farm Winery Westerly
- Ledge Ends Produce East Greenwich
- Lydon Family Tomatoes Tiverton
- Matunuck Oyster Farm Matunuck
- Newport Vineyards Middletown
- Red Planet Vegetables Providence
- Reynolds Barn North Kingstown
- Robin Hollow Farm Saunderstown
- Sakonnet Vineyards Little Compton
- She Sells Seaweed Steuben, Maine
- Sweet Berry Farm Middletown
- Young Family Farm Little Compton
- Blue State Coffee Providence
- Cory's Kitchen Middletown
- Narragansett Brewing Co Providence
- Narragansett Creamery Providence
- New Harvest Coffee Pawtucket
- Olga's Cup and Saucer Providence
- Rhody Fresh Milk Foster
- Seven Stars Bakery Pawtucket
- Trinity Brewhouse Providence
- Castle Hill
Jonathan Cambra - Newport Restaurant Group
Casey Riley - Blackstone Caterers
Derek Jolie - Chez Pascal
Matt Gennuso - DeWolf Tavern
Sai Viswanath - Gracie's
Joe Hafner - Little Farm Catering
Twillia Glover - Local 121
Dave Johnson - New Rivers
Bruce Tillinghast - Nick's on Broadway
Derek Wagner - Persimmon
Champe Speidel - Up River Café
Terrence Maul
100% Compostable Evening. We are proud that all waste from this year's Local Food Fest will be composted back into RI healthy soils at Earth Care Farm. This is possible thanks to a donation of biodegradable dinnerware by Blue State Coffee and Whole Foods. In addition, all cooking oil at Castle Hill is recycled into biodiesel.
Information about the Local Food Fest in 2008 and 2007 is still available if you're curious.