12-12-2008

Yes, this is Rhode Island

We’re one day away from the second Wintertime Farmers’ Market. If you were there last Saturday, you were probably as blown away as we were. The market is perhaps what Boston’s Quincy Market used to be, or a taste of Philly’s Reading Terminal or Seattle’s Pike Place with the Wintertime Market’s emphasis on food sold directly from family farmers and artisan producers.

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This type of market takes careful planning and is the result of years of building the local food community here in Rhode Island. The Wintertime Market is a victory for Rhode Island farmers and honest food. It’s a victory for all of us who eat here in the Ocean State. We’ve all made it possible and its success is possible through our shared commitment to local producers and their connection with local jobs, healthy communities, and RI land and waters.

4 things we’ve been working on for tomorrow’s market:

  • Places to Sit. We’re bringing more chairs and have set aside more areas to sit.
  • Places to Park. We heard it got a little backed up on Main Street as people tried to find a space. Here’s a map of parking.
  • Better Flow. Wishing Stone Farm is now at the end of the market hall, which will open up room and traffic at the front of the market.
  • More RI Farmers! Moonstone Farms will be there with carrots and leeks, Robin Hollow Farm with flowers and wreaths, Moosup River Farm with jams and pies, Earth Essence Herbal with lotions and soaps. The Wintertime Farmers’ Market is the only market of its kind between Providence, Boston, Worcester, and beyond. So we’re happy to include local farmers who want to participate!

See more photos and press bites from the market: Last Night’s Dinner, Projo Fitness, Providential Gardener, Providence Phoenix

See you tomorrow and every winter Saturday 11-2pm!