January 7, 2021 New Harvest Coffee Roasters: Satisfying, Sustainable, Fair Trade 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. Farmers Markets, Market Mobile January 7, 2021 Feeding Our Community in Need 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. In The News, Market Mobile December 18, 2020 Holiday Shopping for My Husband at the Winter Market “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. In The News November 24, 2020 Friendsgiving – 2020 Season Wrap-Up Video Hello Friends, Like so many of our favorite traditions, this year’s Annual Friendsgiving looks a little different than we’d like. Despite not being able to share space and food together with our old-fashioned, traditional potluck, we feel blessed to ha … Hope's Harvest November 19, 2020 A Grand Opening Day for Our Winter Market in Providence 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. Farmers Markets November 19, 2020 Roasted Winter Squash with Fresno Chili Gastrique 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. Harvest Kitchen November 15, 2020 Hope’s Harvest Coloring Pages Introducing Hope’s Harvest RI coloring pages! Originally commissioned as a fun group art project for our postponed Friendsgiving event, these were drawn for us by friend of the program Janice Gan, a multi-talented farmer at Big Train Farm. Inspired by … Hope's Harvest November 12, 2020 Write Your Roots: Original Monologues about Food 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. Farm to School & Community Ed November 5, 2020 A Very Fruitful Summer Season 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) Market Mobile October 29, 2020 Farmacy Herbs Receives Special Gubernatorial Recognition 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. Farmers Markets, Market Mobile October 29, 2020 Chi Kitchen: Fermented Kimchi, Rooted by Family 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. Farmers Markets, Market Mobile October 29, 2020 Farm(er) to School: Talking with Skydog Farm 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. Farm to School & Community Ed October 23, 2020 “Gather” Screening & Discussion with Indigenous Leaders 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. In The News October 22, 2020 Changing My Farmers Market Perception “It was a lightbulb moment I couldn’t believe I hadn’t had before. Fruits and vegetables…not a trend…but a necessity?” Read about braving a farmer market for the very first time from Shauna Cook, blog writer and AmeriCorps VISTA member at Farm Fresh RI. Farmers Markets First123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354Last