Connecting Farmers & Eaters
The path food travels — the food system — includes everything from growing and harvesting to processing, packaging, transporting, selling, eating, and disposing of food. Our mission is to grow that system to be sustainable for both the farmers and eaters in our region. We offer markets and transparent enterprise systems that help New England farmers, fishers, and food producers reach more customers and reduce waste. And we work with the community through outreach, incentives, educational and hunger relief programs to increase the accessibility and affordability of fresh, local foods.
What's Happening This Week • @farmfreshri
⛈️ Weather update: Saturday farmers markets canceled ⛈️
Due to the incoming nor’easter, our Broad Street Farmers Market in Providence is canceled tomorrow, Saturday, September 26th.
We also received word that the @hopestreetmarket in Providence has been canceled tomorrow as well.
Please stay safe—we’ll see you at the market next week!
#BroadStreetFarmersMarket #HopeStreetFarmersMarket #ProvidenceRI #RIFarmersMarkets #Noreaster
🚨 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THIS WEEK’S GLEANING TRIPS 🚨
Good food needs you. Help us harvest surplus local produce and get it to hunger relief agencies in our community!
🌱 Wednesday, 9–11 AM | Cranston
🌱 Friday, 10 AM–12 PM | Portsmouth
No farming experience needed—just bring yourself, clothes you don’t mind getting dirty, and a willingness to help!
Every gleaning trip helps move good food from local farms to our neighbors who need it most.
👉 Sign up to volunteer farmfreshri.org/volunteer
#HungerActionMonth #Gleaning #FoodRecovery #GoodFoodNeedsYou
🫐 We picked 44 lbs of blueberries—and put them to work!
After Harmony Farms’ pick-your-own season ended, there were still plenty of blueberries ripening on the bushes. So last week, Farm Fresh RI staff headed into the fields to harvest them for two Providence food pantries.
In all, we picked 66 pints of fresh blueberries! Fresh fruit isn’t common for pantries to receive, making this an especially sweet way to get local food to our neighbors during #HungerActionMonth.
Thank you to Harmony Farms and to our amazing staff! 💙
#HungerActionMonth #Gleaning #FoodAccess #RhodeIslandFood #EatLocal
One more concert under the trees 🎶
Join us today, 9/10 for our final outdoor concert of the season with @wbnapvd at the Armory Farmers Market in Dexter Park!
🕒 Farmers Market starts at 3 PM
🎸 @ghostcatrodeo performs at 5:30 PM
🍺 @monikerbrewery pouring brews
Come early to shop the farmers market, then stick around for tunes and fun! Providence-based Ghost Cat Rodeo brings cosmic country, truck-stop twang, feel-good Americana, rich harmonies, pedal steel, and a little ’70s country-rock spirit to the park.
And they`re not just any band: Ghost Cat Rodeo was named Favorite Country Act at the 2026 @motifmagri Music Awards!
Let`s send off the season with a good crowd, good food, and some very good music. See you at Dexter Park! 👋
#FarmFreshRI #ArmoryFarmersMarket #ProvidenceRI #LiveMusic #BuyLocalRI
What do you get when you bring together local farmers, dedicated volunteers, and the bounty of our local food system? Fresh, nourishing food for food insecure families across Rhode Island! 🍽️
September is National Hunger Action Month, and to kick things off, we`re spotlighting the work of our incredible Hope`s Harvest team and volunteers! Week after week, they harvest thousands of pounds of surplus or B-grade local produce that goes straight to hunger relief agencies statewide—not the landfill.
Since 2018, Hope`s Harvest has recovered over 1.3 million pounds of produce from going to waste, and counting! Together, we’re fighting hunger one harvest at a time. 🥕
👉 Learn more + get involved at farmfreshri.org/hopesharvest
#HopesHarvest #FoodRescue #NoFoodWaste #Gleaning #FarmToFoodBank #LocalFarmsLocalFood #FightingFoodInsecurity #FreshFoodForAll #HungerActionMonth
Good peaches. Local farmers. Ugly tomatoes. Dirty hands. Full tables. A future worth eating for.
Kinda chic, if you ask us. 🌱
#FarmToTable #EatLocal #RIGrown #FoodJustice
🚨 Good food needs you! 🚨
Our gleaning season is in full swing, and we urgently need more volunteers to help us get fresh food out of the fields and onto the tables of Rhode Islanders who need it most.
Gleaning is hands-on, meaningful, and a great way to spend a few hours outside while making a real difference in our local food system. Whether you’re a seasoned gleaner or have never picked a vegetable in your life, there’s a place for you on the farm!
🌱 Rescue surplus food
🥕 Support local farmers
💚 Feed your community
Ready to get your hands dirty? Sign up to volunteer at the link in our bio! 🔗
#FoodRecovery #Gleaning #VolunteerRI #LocalFood #HungerRelief
🌱 A big investment in Rhode Island’s local food system!
We’re excited to share that Farm Fresh RI has received a $700,000 federal earmark secured by Senator Jack Reed to support the growth of small farms, fisheries, and food businesses across Rhode Island.
This investment will help us expand Market Mobile, our online farmers market and food hub connecting 100+ local farms and food producers with customers across New England. It will help us increase new market opportunities for small food businesses, expand our distribution capacity to move more local food across New England, and improve the technology that connects farmers and producers with their customers.
We’re incredibly grateful to Senator Reed for recognizing the importance of this work and championing this investment in Rhode Island’s farmers and food producers. 💚
One investment can’t solve every challenge facing our local food system—but it gives us important tools and capacity to keep building a stronger, more connected food system for Rhode Island.
Thank you, Senator Reed, for being a steadfast partner in this work!
Read more at the link in our bio 🔗
#LocalFood #RhodeIsland #SupportLocalFarmers #LocalFoodSystem #FarmToTable
