Don’t miss this food system news from around our region: The RI Environmental Education Association and the Young Farmer Network invite you to discuss the advancement of environmental literacy and education efforts in RI. Track the status of legislation and stay active in our state legislature with the RI Food Policy Council’s “Food Policy Bill Tracker.” The registration deadline for the Local Specialty Crop & Local Food Trade Show in Boston has been extended until February 22! Plus, join NOFA/RI for the 6th annual Winter Conference, Sunday March 3, at the Audubon Education Center in Bristol.

Celebrate. Mobilize. Transform. Early bird registration is now open for the 2019 New England Farm to Institution Summit, coming up April 2–4! Farm Fresh RI is proud to be a sponsor for this event, and will be leading a panel Wednesday evening, April 3rd. Join us!

We are grateful to Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island for their continued support for our Nutrition Education program: Healthy Foods, Healthy Families. Thanks to this BlueAngel Community Health Grant they have awarded us, we will be able to empower more Rhode Island families with the information and tools to make healthy choices and invest in their health and communities.

Saturdays 9am-1pm are all about our Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market, an indoor celebration of great local eats and community! This week, bring your electronic waste (eWaste) for recycling! IndieCycle will park their truck out in front of the farmers market, near the corner of Main Street and Belmont Street. Simply drive or walk up to them and hand over your recyclables!

Offered at RI senior centers and residences, our Farm to Senior programming pairs local food cooking and sampling with nutrition and food-system education. Seniors gain greater awareness about what’s grown locally and helpful information about how to access and afford fresh, local foods.

Take a peek into Market Mobile each week to see some of the local food on offer — like this delicious Rugelah from Just Like Nana’s — and get a taste of the wide range of restaurants, schools, grocers, and other businesses sourcing local in our community.

Saturdays 9am-1pm are all about our Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market, an indoor celebration of great local eats and community! This week, pick up everything you love for a locally grown Valentine’s Day. Meet our newest food truck Ming’s Asian Street Food. Plus, get your electronic recyclables ready for e-Waste collection next Saturday, 2/16.

Don’t miss this food system news from around our region: Join farmers from all over New England for Harvest New England’s Agricultural Marketing Conference & Trade Show coming up Feb 27-28. Need assistance applying for a Local Agriculture and Seafood (LASA) Grant? Don’t miss the RI Food Policy Council’s LASA Grant Program Webinar February 13. Plus, be sure to register by March 11 for URI’s FSMA Produce Safety Rule/RI GAP Training.

The process of fermenting foods has been around for thousands of years. Read this producer spotlight by guest contributor Danielle Woodward to learn more about how Kaylyn Keane is making the lost art of cultured foods a fit for the everyday diet.

Take a peek into Market Mobile each week to see some of the local food on offer — like these beautiful Bomster Scallops, FLASH-frozen on the boat — and get a taste of the wide range of restaurants, schools, grocers, and other businesses sourcing local in our community.

Saturdays 9am-1pm are all about our Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market, an indoor celebration of great local eats and community! This week it’s a Balloon-Dragon Parade sponsored by Art on the Spot (Kara, our “balloon lady”)! Watch as the parade winds through the market, beginning at 10:30 in the Yellow Hallway (999 Main St entrance). Or meet Kara there at 10:15 to walk in the parade. Bring an instrument to play! Dress as your favorite zodiac animal! Plus, learn how you can WIN $20 and hear from some of our vendors: Fully Rooted, Popette of Pendulum, Harvest Kitchen, and HG80.

Our Harvest Kitchen Local Foods Café is more than just your neighborhood food establishment. Featuring locally sourced ingredients in every menu item means that your purchase not only supports Harvest Kitchen’s job training program and the local youth we serve, but also local farmers, small-scale food producers, and Rhode Island’s local food system.

This month, our Nutrition Education team held three local food taste tests at Rhode Island elementary schools and visited with local seniors as part of our Farm to Senior series.

Take a peek into Market Mobile each week to see some of the local food on offer — like the catch of the day from small, independent New England fishing boats via Red’s Best Seafood in Boston — and get a taste of the wide range of restaurants, schools, grocers, and other businesses sourcing local in our community.