January 31, 2020 Mardi Gras Raffle at the Winter Market A $5 ticket is your chance to win a prize-packed basket of Mardi Gras themed goodies — including masks, beads, food and drink like Thomas Tew rum and dinner for two at the new Royal Bobcat restaurant in Providence! Plus, raffle ticket sales directly support RI Farm to School! Farmers Markets, In The News January 31, 2020 Treat Yo’Self — A Sweet Treat Extravaganza! Treat Yo’Self to a passport of local sweet treats at this new local food event—brought to you in partnership with RI FOOD FIGHTS! For your $10 ticket, you’ll enjoy special locally made treats by 15+ local makers. Get your tickets! Farmers Markets, In The News January 31, 2020 Look Who’s Buying & Selling Local Food Check out our Market Mobile wholesale service to see some of the restaurants, schools, grocers, and other businesses sourcing local food in our community—like Hemenway’s in Providence and La Tavolo Do Mar in East Providence, which just sourced local mussels from American Mussel Harvesters! Market Mobile January 30, 2020 RI Food Pantries Prepare to Meet Demand with Upcoming Changes to SNAP Changes made by the USDA to the supplemental nutrition program known as SNAP (formerly “Food Stamps”) will end benefits to about 700,000 people across the nation including an estimated 7,300 people in Rhode Island, according to the Rhode Island Departm … Hope's Harvest January 23, 2020 Jan 25 at our Winter Market in Pawtucket The Farm Fresh Winter Market in Pawtucket is open 9am-1pm every Saturday through April 25! Tomorrow: pick up your groceries for the week, grab coffee and breakfast, and enjoy live music by returning favorite Sweet Cousin Maldehyde and first-time Winter Market player DJ Sim Sima! Farmers Markets January 23, 2020 Look Who’s Buying & Selling Local Food Check out our Market Mobile wholesale service to see some of the restaurants, schools, grocers, and other businesses sourcing local food in our community. Plus, get a taste of some of the items on offer from local farmers and makers this week — like pasture-raised pork from Gnarly Vines Farm in Tiverton. Market Mobile January 17, 2020 Jan 18 at our Winter Market in Pawtucket The Farm Fresh Winter Market in Pawtucket is open 9am-1pm every Saturday through April 25! This week: Stock up before the snow starts falling tomorrow afternoon. We’ll be warm and toasty inside (and in food trucks), surrounded by great food from local farmers and food producers — join us! Farmers Markets January 17, 2020 Order Valentine’s Dinner for Take-Out! Celebrate Valentine’s Day without the hassle of restaurant reservations. Enjoy a delicious, locally sourced meal without lifting a finger in the kitchen. Our Harvest Kitchen chefs will do the cooking — all you’ll need to do is reheat and serve. We’re excited to cook for you and your special someone. Order by noon Feb 10th! Harvest Kitchen, In The News January 17, 2020 Newsy & Noteworthy: Jan 10 Don’t miss this food system news from around our region: The 2020 “It Takes a Region” conference is coming up in November — apply to join the Planning Committee by Jan 24. Opportunities for organic research funding are now available — apply for OREI grant funding by 1/30 or ORG grant funding by Feb 27! Register now for “Baskets to Pallets,” a comprehensive one-day (Feb 25) intro to selling wholesale. It’s free, but there’s limited space! In The News, Market Mobile January 17, 2020 Look Who’s Buying & Selling Local Food Check out our Market Mobile wholesale service to see some of the restaurants, schools, grocers, and other businesses sourcing local food in our community — like Ocean House and Wildflour! Plus, get a taste of some of the items on offer from local farmers and makers this week! Market Mobile January 16, 2020 Film Screening Featuring “The Gleaners and I” 2/29 The Gleaners and I, a film by acclaimed French filmmaker Agnes Varda, documents various types of gleaners – in fields, cities, and junkyards – as they recover food and other found objects. Named one of the BBC’s 100 greatest films of the 21st Cent … Hope's Harvest January 10, 2020 Jan 11 at our Winter Market in Pawtucket The Farm Fresh Winter Market in Pawtucket is open 9am-1pm every Saturday through April 25! This week, welcome first-time vendors Pickily Foods and Rhode Island Shellfish Co., plus music by Paul Williams and Karen Isenberg’s Me & U-kulele! Farmers Markets January 10, 2020 Newsy & Noteworthy: Jan 10 Don’t miss this food system news from around our region: “The Making It Happen: Profitability and Success” training series for farmers and food processors in February will give you the financial management toolbox needed to confidently improve your business decision-making and profitability. And don’t miss Our Streets PVD’s February “Mobility Justice Series,” including An Evening Keynote with Gil Penalosa, Founder of 8 80 Cities and former Commissioner of Bogota, Colombia. In The News January 9, 2020 Competition Heats Up Harvest Kitchen Under the direction of our lovely volunteer Barb, our morning students worked together on a “Shark Tank” style food business competition! After two days of thought and animated discussion, a logo was designed, and “J-Popz” were born. Their secret? 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