By Skylar Botelho Food has the power to connect communities, nourish bodies, and fuel change. This philosophy is put into practice by our partners at Food Not Bombs Providence (FNB), a volunteer-run organization that shares free, nutritious meals every …

By Brooke Warner Hope’s Harvest works with numerous hunger relief agency partners in Rhode Island. These new maps visualize our partnerships in new ways.  The following map displays the agencies we partner with, visualized by how many pounds of gleaned …

The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Division of Agriculture and Forest Environment has upgraded its Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) to provide an estimated 10,000 eligible seniors with fresh, RI Grown fruit and vegetables, …

On Monday, March 25th, the Woonasquatucket River Greenway Improvement Project will begin on Kinsley Avenue (the road directly in front of Farm Fresh RI). This project has been in the works for almost 30 years and we are excited it is becoming a reality …

Today, we are thrilled to share a closer look at how the generous contributions of our supporters have been making a difference through Harvest Kitchen, an initiative close to our hearts at Farm Fresh Rhode Island. Your commitment has transformed Harve …

Providence, RI — Providence-based nonprofit local food hub, Farm Fresh RI is excited to announce that its Hope’s Harvest program has just recovered its one-millionth pound of food from local farms to feed Rhode Islanders struggling with food insecurity …

Providence, RI — Nonprofit local food hub Farm Fresh Rhode Island was the recipient of a new refrigerated van donated by the Lions Club International Foundation in conjunction with a statewide effort from local Rhode Island Lions Club members to raise …

We’re excited to be named a 2023 New England Food Vision Prize winner by the Henry P. Kendall Foundation! Together with the Boston Area Gleaners / Boston Food Hub, Harvesting Good, and Smithfield Public Schools we will receive $200,000 to help expand t …

Farm Fresh RI is proud to present for sale to the public historic marble that traveled from Georgia to Providence in the 1890s to be used in the construction of the Rhode Island State House! Save the dates: June 9 through June 11.

After 16 years at Farm Fresh Rhode Island, Co-Executive Director Sheri Griffin will be stepping down in December 2022. In Sheri’s time at Farm Fresh RI, the organization has grown from a student-led project in shared office space in a basement at Brown …

Meet Harvest Kitchen, Farm Fresh RI’s culinary job training program and local foods café that is transforming lives and our food system. Located in downtown Pawtucket, the front of house is a local foods café. The welcoming space serves affordable, tasty, nutritious, and locally sourced meals. The back of house is a commercial kitchen that houses Harvest Kitchen’s processing operations and job training program designed for underserved teens. Learn more in this local food spotlight by volunteer writer Danielle Woodward.

Since 2020, we have been working with RI-based developers Jake and Co. to both support the existing Market Mobile platform — now over 10 years old! — and build a new technology platform for Market Mobile’s future. This much needed upgrade makes ordering and check-out easier for shoppers and gives farmers and food producers streamlined tools to connect with a variety of customers. This update will go live on July 7, 2022.

Providence, RI — Farm Fresh Rhode Island and Hope’s Harvest are proud to announce that as of June 2022, Hope’s Harvest is officially the home for all hunger relief programming at Farm Fresh RI. Hunger in Rhode Island is a significant problem that has o …

Providence, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt will join Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee, mem …