The 2020 summertime season of Farm Fresh RI farmers markets was brought to you with generous support from our marquee sponsor, Integra Community Care Network. Thank you for a nutritious season, Integra!

Enjoy a delicious, locally sourced meal without the work. Our Harvest Kitchen executive chef will do the cooking, so your delicious meal-for-two is ready to go. We’ll even give you instructions to heat and serve like a pro! Now taking orders for: Dinner “in” Greece (pick up 1/22) and Be My Valentine (pick up 2/12)!

New Harvest Coffee Roasters has a community-wide reputation for delivering quality, delicious coffee. And it’s no wonder; the company is deeply committed to crafting distinct tastes and to fostering partnership and collaboration. The result? International relationships, strong local connections, and one satisfying cup of joe. Learn more in this local producer spotlight by guest contributor Nicole Picard.

With the recent development of the “Farm to Food Pantry” grant, 28 different local organizations and food pantries partnered to purchase locally grown food for those most vulnerable in our community through Market Mobile! We are thankful to the generous funders for making this possible: The Rhode Island Community Food Bank, The Providence Healthy Communities Office, The Rhode Island Foundation, and The Amica Companies Foundation.

“I was contemplating how to navigate this first Christmas without gift ideas last Saturday morning as I drove to work at the Winter Market. I began replaying the year in my head and looking for the small moments of joy my husband and I had shared together. I was certain in those small moments of happiness I would find an idea of what to give him this Christmas.” Read about finding small joys and simple gifts this Christmas from Shauna Cook, blog writer and AmeriCorps VISTA member at Farm Fresh RI.

Tis the season for sharing warmth, comfort, and tasty food with your loved ones. Choose a fresh food gift, and spread the joy of the local harvest!

On an unseasonably sunny Saturday in November, the doors to our new facility finally opened. After so many years of planning, opening the space was like taking a long, deep breath of relief. We had done it. The vision was finally a reality.

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Chef Sean Kontos from Harvest Kitchen shares one of his favorite seasonal side dishes that utilizes the bounty of fall while adding something a little different to your Thanksgiving table with the heat and acidity of the Fresno pepper gastrique.

Write Your Roots is an all-volunteer project that invites community members to write and perform original monologues about their relationship with food. Because of COVID-19, they postponed that production and then regrouped, deciding to produce a video version of their work.

Fall is upon us here in RI. But before we say goodbye to our Market Mobile shipments of summer products and say hello to our fall favorites, let’s look back at a very fruitful year. (pun intended)

Congratulations to our long-time farmers market partner, Farmacy Herbs, on receiving a gubernatorial citation — a Certificate of Special Recognition in honor of their work as a community herbalist.

Chi Kitchen is a woman-led business that focuses on doing one thing very, very well: fermented kimchi. The business is rooted in family, driven by passion, and guided by its mission to provide healthy, delicious Asian foods in an approachable way. Learn more in this local producer spotlight by guest contributor Nicole Picard.

Last week, we had the pleasure of virtually connecting with Katherine Fotiades of Skydog Farm. We talked about the impact of education, the importance of community engagement, and ideas for the future.

As part of its ongoing commitment to local food sovereignty, Hope’s Harvest RI is honored to partner with Rhode Island’s only museum centered on the indigenous peoples of our area, the Tomaquag Museum, to share and discuss “Gather” — one of the season’s most talked-about documentaries.