February 15, 2019 Feb 16 at our Winter Farmers Market in Pawtucket 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! Farmers Markets February 15, 2019 Sancocho Fun with Local Seniors 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. Farm to School & Community Ed February 15, 2019 Look Who’s Buying & Selling Local Food! 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. Market Mobile February 8, 2019 Feb 9 at our Winter Farmers Market in Pawtucket 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. Farmers Markets February 8, 2019 Newsy & Noteworthy: February 8 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. In The News February 8, 2019 The Lost Art of Nourishing the Body 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. Farmers Markets, Market Mobile February 8, 2019 Look Who’s Buying & Selling Local Food! 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. Market Mobile January 31, 2019 Feb 2 at our Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market 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. Farmers Markets January 31, 2019 Support Local. Support Community. Support Harvest Kitchen. 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. Harvest Kitchen January 31, 2019 Local Food Taste Tests Engage RI Communities 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. Farm to School & Community Ed January 31, 2019 Look Who’s Buying & Selling Local Food! 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. Market Mobile January 25, 2019 Congratulations Harvest Kitchen Class, HK20! On January 18th, our 20th session of youth trainees graduated from our Harvest Kitchen culinary training program for youth ages 16–19 involved with the RI Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF). This session’s adventure started back in September with eight trainees — and we are proud to report that all eight graduated! Harvest Kitchen January 25, 2019 Jan 26 at our Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market Saturdays are all about our Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market, an indoor celebration of great local eats and community! Learn what’s in store for tomorrow’s farmers market, including the return of Rocket Fine Street Food, the last week to enjoy the HG80 truck this season, new rotating vendor Deke’s Bagels, and more! Plus, be sure to save the date for an interactive Balloon-Dragon Parade with Art on the Spot (“the balloon lady”) at next week’s market — February 2! Farmers Markets January 25, 2019 Look Who’s Buying & Selling Local Food! Take a peek into Market Mobile each week to see some of the local food on offer — like bone broths made from locally sourced bones by Five Way Foods in Boston — and get a taste of the wide range of restaurants, schools, grocers, and other businesses sourcing local in our community. Market Mobile First123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354Last