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Don’t miss this food system news from around our region: DownCity Design is looking for people interested in sustainable agriculture and food systems to apply for the new CityWorks Fellows program. Apply by October 21! Chuck Currie Of Freedom Food Farm will present at an Advance Growers seminar on “Feeding People Year-Round with Winter Growing Strategies” November 18. Plus, save the date for the Rhode Island Food System Summit coming up January 18, 2019!

At Farm Fresh RI, we provide a variety of programs and services aimed at connecting the community with local farmers and food producers. For the past 13 years, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) has partnered with us, initially by sponsoring our farmers markets and offering free health screenings, and most recently by providing the financial support for our interactive food and nutrition workshops.

Our Harvest Kitchen Local Foods Café is all about eating with the seasons. On October 15, our menu will update to include new seasonal dishes for Autumn! Visit us Monday through Friday 7am – 3pm, on the corner of Main St and Bayley St (2 Bayley St) in downtown Pawtucket.

Put fresh and local at the center of your table. Give thanks to RI and MA growers this Thanksgiving, and let our experts do the shopping for you! All our existing subscribers will receive a Thanksgiving Veggie Box on November 20. But everyone is welcome to order a Thanksgiving box — even without a subscription! Reserve yours by November 13!

Take a peek into Market Mobile. See a few of the many restaurants, grocers, institutions, and other businesses that purchased from local farmers and producers this week, and check out some of the local food on offer like fresh turmeric, Caraflex cabbage, and Bintje potatoes.

We are proud of our Nutrition Education Program Coordinator, Onelissa Martinez, for her valuable work in our organization and our community — and for recently participating in the third-annual cohort of Food Solutions New England’s Leadership Institute!

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We are gearing up for another amazing season at the largest indoor farmers market in New England! Opening day at the Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market is coming up November 3rd — and will be open every Saturday 9am–1pm through April, 2019! Check out the tantalizing list of vendors for November and December at the market!

Thursdays are Armory Farmers Market days — all the way through October! With the sun going down earlier, the market hours this month will be: 3:00–6:30pm (or dusk). Join us on the West End of Providence for tasty food from local farmers and producers, local musicians, and special events for the whole family! Take a look at what’s in store at the market this October.

Take a peek into Market Mobile. See a few of the many restaurants, grocers, institutions, and other businesses that purchased from local farmers and producers this week, and check out some of the local food on offer like convenient, attractively sliced Autumn Veggie Medley from Joe Czajkowski Farm in Hadley, MA.

Our Harvest Kitchen Food Service Manager, Chef Sean Kontos, has been showcasing early fall and late summer produce at our Local Foods Café in downtown Pawtucket. He is happy to share a recipe for you to try at home that showcases some of his favorite foods of early fall: local beets, fennel, and pumpkin seeds.

On September 24, we started offering an evening session for youth trainees in our Harvest Kitchen culinary job readiness program. Interviewing candidates is always challenging for our team because all the interviewees are remarkable in their own way — and all are looking for change in their lives.

Know what to expect in your next Veggie Box delivery. Check out this week’s sneak peek!