Exciting news! The Pawtucket Red Sox will be donating 50% of all ticket sales for the Monday, July 1, game sold through our special link! Start your Fourth of July week with a ballgame —complete with fireworks!

It’s been a busy week for our Nutrition Education team — taking programs for youth from garden to kitchen. See some highlights from our visits with the Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket and Webster Avenue Elementary School, and try our Krispy Kale & Apple Salad for yourself!

Seen the latest edition of Edible Rhody magazine? It’s a great read for all things foodie in Rhode Island. Among other great recipes in this season’s issue, Edible Rhody reprised its feature of the delicious Rhubarb Cake recipe by our very own Harvest Kitchen Program Director and Executive Chef Jen Stott!

Thursday, June 6, is opening day at the Armory Farmers Market on Providence’s West End! Start your Thursday summer routine: Stop by for an afternoon treat. Pick up dinner and groceries on your way home from work. Bring the dog! Bring the whole family! Add a little fun to your week 3:30 – 7:00pm (or dusk) — every Thursday through October!

Take a peek into Market Mobile each week for a taste of the wide range of restaurants, schools, grocers, and other businesses sourcing local food in our community — like Bayberry Beer Hall and Siena Farms — and to see some of the items on offer from local farmers and makers.

Save these dates for the start of the 8 outdoor farmers markets in Rhode Island that we operate in summertime! First up, Armory Market opens on the West End of Providence Thursday, June 6!

Join us for a conversation with our co-executive director Jesse Rye at Wildflour Vegan Bakery & Juice Bar May 20th, 7pm. Attendance is free and Wildflour will provide complimentary coffee, tea, and dessert!

Take a peek into Market Mobile each week for a taste of the wide range of restaurants, schools, grocers, and other businesses sourcing local food in our community and to see some of the items on offer — like delicious, lush nasturtium leaves from Ward’s Berry Farm in Sharon, MA!

AmeriCorps VISTA members serve full time (~40 hours/week) for one full year at a community organization (nonprofit, college/university, local government office, etc.) on anti-poverty projects. AmeriCorps VISTA members work on projects that build the capacity of their organization. Projects can vary and are not limited to: developing outreach and marketing campaigns, building a social media presence, creating a program database, writing grants, managing a program in its first year, and recruiting volunteers.

Don’t miss this food system news from around our region: Come see us tomorrow at Wildflour vegan bakery, juice bar, and cafe in Pawtucket! Are you involved in some aspect of the New England food system? Are you eager to deepen your participatory leadership skills and expertise? Consider applying to be part of the next Food Solutions New England (FSNE) Network Leadership Institute—applications must be received by midnight May 15! The NOFA Summer Conference is coming up August 10-11 at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA… and more!

Eat delicious wood-fired pizza from Flatbread Company Providence anytime 5pm through 9pm on Tuesday, May 14th, and the generous folks at Flatbread will donate a percentage of pizza sales to Harvest Kitchen. Tell all your friends that Tuesday 5/14 is PIZZA NIGHT!

Take a peek into Market Mobile each week for a taste of the wide range of restaurants, schools, grocers, and other businesses sourcing local food in our community and to see some of the items on offer — like Big Train Farm burdock, Queen’s Greens chives, and Stonington Kelp Co. fresh kelp!

Tomorrow is the last Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market of the season — thank you to all of our amazing vendors, hardworking team of staff and volunteers, and everyone who came out to support local food since November! Come by tomorrow 9am to 1pm to see your favorite vendors while we’re still under one roof — then keep choosing local all summer long at over 40 outdoor markets across Rhode Island!

Nothing says spring like freshly foraged fiddleheads! Take a peek into Market Mobile each week for a taste of the wide range of restaurants, schools, grocers, and other businesses sourcing local food in our community and to see some of the items on offer — like Joe Czajkowski Farm fiddleheads, Our Kids Farm strawberry plants, and American Mussel Harvesters Spring Fling oysters!