Farm Fresh Rhode Island blogFarmers’ Markets are sprouting
Mother’s Day Saturday kicks off a “pre-season” at Hope High School, May 10 from 9:30am to 12:30pm. You’ll find a mix of your favorite Hope High School farmers with a few tasty selections from the Wintertime Farmers’ Market at AS220, now ended. Here’s who to expect this week:
- Hill Orchards apples, cider, applesauce, cider vinegar, potatoes
- Marcia’s Chutneys jams, chutneys
- Matunuck Oyster Farm oysters, littlenecks, steamers, lobster
- Narragansett Creamery cheese
- Robin Hollow Farm flowers
- Southside Community Land Trust seedlings, gift certificates for May 17-18 plant sale
- Wishing Stone Farm seedlings (update: due to winds will be here 5/17)
Special during the May pre-season only:
- Cutie Pies pies, tarts
- OceanState Chocolates truffles, chocolate bars, biscotti
- Simmons Farm eggs, meat, greens, asparagus (update: due to winds will be here 5/17)
- Whispering Elms Farm eggs
The pre-season market runs every Saturday until the Hope High School Farmers’ Market’s grand opening on June 7. We expect more and more farmers to join in the Saturdays leading up to the opening celebration.
Markets in state parks (Barrington, Bristol, Narragansett, Warwick), at URI, in Pawtuxet Village, Scituate and Wakefield are also open this early in May, with mostly plant starts. Other markets open later this month and throughout June and July. See our always-updated list of markets open in the coming week.