If you’re in Bristol on July 4…

Strawberry pie… stop by the Beehive Café. They’ve planned their entire July 4 menu around local ingredients to honor and celebrate Independence Day with the delicious food that grown right here in Rhode Island. It was good timing; just this week we expanded Market Mobile farm-to-chef deliveries to include Newport. Jen and Eli at Beehive were insistent that we could stop by Bristol, too. Going through Bristol and on the Mount Hope Bridge is not exactly the fast lane to Newport from Providence, where our route starts. But we were so impressed by how the folks at Beehive spoke of the importance of supporting their local growers this Fourth of July. We changed our route and delivered to Bristol this week, and will every week going forward. It’s Rhode Islanders like Jen and Eli who are helping re-grow a local food economy in our state and you will certainly taste these community values – and the fresh ingredients. The enthusiastic response around the state to Market Mobile has truly been amazing.

If you’re in Newport on July 4, you can taste local ingredients sourced from the 15 Market Mobile farms and producers at: Castle Hill Inn & Resort • The Mooring Seafood Kitchen • Smokehouse Café • Blackstone Caterers

If you’re in Providence, you’ll find local food fresh from Market Mobile on the menu at: Blue State Coffee • Bluefin Grille • Brown Faculty Club • Chez Pascal • La Laiterie • Local 121 • My Little French Cottage • Napa Valley Grille • New Rivers • RISD • The Liberty Elm • Waterman Grille

We also have been lucky to work with Foodworks in Smithfield and Tastings Wine Bar & Bistro in Foxboro. Both go out of their way to pick up each week.

Thanks to the dedication of these chefs, the first 6 months of this crazy experiment to reweave our local food system (aka Market Mobile) have already resulted in $38,000 of local food going from farm to table. If you know of a Providence, East Bay or Aquidneck restaurant, grocer or school that would love to get more fresh, local food on the menu, talk to us.

Cheers to the people who grow our food. They sustain our environment, our health, our nation. Have a happy and flavorful July 4th!