June 22 | Pawtucket Times | Related info...
Pawtucket unlikely stop on international agriculture tour
Barney Heath, assistant Planning Director, outlined the phenomenal success of the city’s wintertime farmers’ market that had been held inside at the Hope Artiste Village.
June 20 | Providence Journal | Related info...
Shades of gray dominate R.I.’s drizzly spring
Anyone hoping to lift the gloom by indulging in heavenly blueberries, home-grown tomatoes and fresh native corn might have to wait an extra week or two.
June 19 | Providence Journal | Related info...
Video: Downtown Farmers' Market a weekly event on Fridays in Providence
Offering fresh products at reasonable prices.
June 19 | Kidoinfo | Related info...
My farmers are now at Lippitt Park on Saturdays!
The market being more than just a place to shop, it reshapes our Saturdays and energizes the neighborhood.
June 16 | Boston Globe | Related info...
25 things to do in Boston this summer for under $25
13. Buy local at a farmer's market
June 12 | Providence Phoenix | Related info...
Chez Pascal: Regional Fare, Boundless Pleasures
Based on the Winter Farmers' Market in Pawtucket this year, they began to create menu items for Monday evenings based solely on what they could get from the market or the farmers themselves.
June 5 | Pawtucket Times | Related info...
Summer Farmers Market is growing
New site in Slater Mill parking lot will feature more vendors
June 1 | Providence Monthly | Related info...
Keeping It In The Community
Exploring the real benefits of buying local
May 31 | Providence | The Creative Capital | Related info...
GETTING FRESH: A Growing Trend in Providence
Providence’s farmer’s markets have enjoyed growing popularity since their inception in 2004.
May 7 | Providence Journal
Rhode Island-grown produce stimulates market — and taste buds — for more
If there was a special buzz [at RI Ag Day], it was because all agreed they are part of one of the few sectors of the Rhode Island economy that is actually thriving.
May 6 | Providence Journal | Related info...
Food Notes: Farm Tours
Farm trips for chefs, schools, grocers and other wholesale buyers to meet local producers
May 5 | Providence Journal | Related info...
Simmons Farm is a little late getting the tomatoes in thanks to a successful winter market
The planting is a little late this season following a high demand for winter crops
May 1 | Providence Journal | Related info...
Ten Things We Love About the City Right Now
Even if you don't shop at any of the 35-plus farmers' markets in Rhode Island, you can still enjoy their bounty at all the city restaurants that focus on local sourcing.
April 29 | Westport Shorelines | Related info...
Chefs go a-farming
Visit to Westport farm shows chefs what goes into foods they serve
April 24 | Providence Business News | Related info...
Farmers’ markets to start next week
Posted April 24, 2009 agriculture Farmers’ markets to start next week More than 40 markets expected in R.I. this summer By Ted Nesi PBN Web Editor COURTESY FARM FRESH RHODE ISLAND THE FIRST FARMERS’ MARKETS to open for the summer in Rhode Island will be
April 20 | Providence Business News | Related info...
Market Mobile delivers fresh produce to chefs
A pilot program that delivers locally grown produce to about 10 local chefs.
April 18 | Providence Journal | Related info...
Video: Wintertime Farmers' Market is still in swing
A venue not only for shopping but also for meeting friends. Vendors and shoppers share the floor with musicians, strollers and dogs.
April 1 | Boston Globe | Related info...
Wintertime Farmers' Market helps locavores thrive year-round
Local produce from Rhode Island and Massachusetts farms has been on sale every Saturday here all through the winter.
March 28 | Providence Journal
Career expo offers ‘green’ jobs
That’s one of the reasons why Farm Fresh Rhode Island has an apprentice program based in Cumberland whose goal is to “grow” the next generation of small-scale farmers.
March 26 | Providence Journal | Related info...
Grow Smart calls for Rhode Island to shift its economic development model
Grow Smart, a nonprofit, anti-sprawl advocacy group, said there are models ... that are thriving even during the recession ... Hope Artiste Village in Pawtucket, home of the Wintertime Farmers Market.
March 11 | Providence Journal | Related info...
Winter farmers’ market is heating up with fresh, local products and fun for all
Here food — local food — is a happening. There are crowds and crowds of people filing into the old mill building with shopping bags and kids, and dogs, in tow.
March 11 | Attleboro Sun Chronicle | Related info...
Cold comfort
... the Providence Wintertime Market is the only one of its kind in the area. And its popularity is growing as more people seek their food direct from the source.
March 7 | Providence Business News
A farming revival in Rhode Island: Number of farms in state rises 42% from 2002 to 2007, USDA finds
Rhode Island agriculture is now enjoying a revival that even some experts admit has caught them by surprise.
March 5 | WCAI Cape Cod 90.1FM | Related info...
The Local Food Report: a winter market in Rhode Island
If you like nice greens, and liver for making paté, and dried beans, and homemade, homegrown salsa, and artisanal chocolates, and fresh baked bread, you should be there.
March 4 | Christian Science Monitor | Related info...
Eat local – even in winter
What's unusual here [at the Rhode Island Wintertime Farmers' Market] and in growing numbers of communities is what was once small and seasonal is now bigger and year-round
March 1 | AAA Horizons Southern New England | Related info...
Get Out: Harvest Time
Enjoy fresh local food at Providence Wintertime Farmers’ Market.
March 1 | Amtrak Arrive Magazine | Related info...
Cold Harvest
Visit the Providence Wintertime Farmers' Market for freshly harvested, locally grown foods–from root vegetables and winter squash to beef and oysters.
March 1 | RWU: The Magazine of Roger Williams University
So You Want to be a Locavore?
The celery we get from our CSA tastes like celery times two! Our garlic is just more garlicky.
March 1 | RI Monthly | Related info...
(It’s a) Farmers’ Market
Local agriculture is thriving, bringing good food to our tables and keeping household spending in the hard-driven local economy.
February 27 | Fox TV Providence | Related info...
The Rhode Show: Inside Rhode Island's farmers' markets
Talking about local farmers markets, and how they're beneficial not only for you, but for Rhode Island
February 25 | Providence Journal | Related info...
Food Notes: Newport Restaurant Group
A road trip to the Providence Wintertime Farmers’ Market... for their very own chefs’ challenge
February 19 | Providence Phoenix
Rhody's local food movement finds its groove
Relishing the fresh flavor of homegrown goods
January 31 | Providence Journal | Related info...
The bright taste of a dark winter
No matter what time of year, a farmers’ market reminds us of nature’s bounty.
January 24 | Providence Business News
Time to nurture R.I.’s locally grown economy
If we all pull together – businesspeople, politicians, advocates and just plain citizens – we can make Rhode Island a much healthier and more prosperous place...
January 6 | Providence Journal | Related info...
R.I. aquaculture industry making waves
Matunuck Oyster Farm started as a 1.3-acre aquaculture operation, grew to 3.8 acres and then to 7 acres last year.