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Top 5 Sellers This Month
  1. Cheese (cow)
  2. Beef
  3. Strawberries
  4. Lettuce
  5. Peas
Top 5 Producers This Month
  1. Narragansett Creamery Providence, RI
  2. Schartner Farms Exeter, RI
  3. Aquidneck Farms Portsmouth, RI
  4. Wishing Stone Farm Little Compton, RI
  5. Hill Farm Foster, RI
Who's Buying Local with
Market Mobile
Local 365 Initiative
Farm Fresh RI is rebuilding a year-round food system driven by the needs of Rhode Island farmers and eaters. Our Local 365 goals:
  • Expand local farm production.
  • Increase efficiency of processing, distribution, sales.
  • Increase number of outlets to buy/eat local foods.
  • Foster and support new class of businesses built around local foods.
Market Mobile
Better Farm-to-Biz Delivery
Chefs, Grocers, Schools order from 15 Farms/Producers for delivery on 1 Truck

Next Delivery: Thu 7/9/2009
Go to
Market Mobile
ordering site.


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Chefs, Grocers & Schools:
Order online for Thursday delivery or pickup at the WJ Canaan
  • Order due: Mon 7/6
June: Delivery to Providence only.
July 2: Delivery to Newport begins.


Farmers & Food Producers:
Bring orders to WJ Canaan
  • Price List due: Sun 7/5
  • Receive orders: Tue 7/7

Here's how Market Mobile works

For more information please contact Jen at 401-529-4952 or jen@farmfreshri.org.

About the Market Mobile pilot year

Inspired by the seasons, fresh flavors and face-to-face relationships with producers, many chefs prefer to purchase locally. However, many lament the fact that getting local food isn't always easy. Chefs cannot spend a lot of time away from the kitchen driving directly to the farms to pick up various orders. Farmers would love to sell to more restaurants, groceries and schools, but do not always have the time and labor available to make deliveries. That's why Farm Fresh is piloting a new program called Market Mobile, to facilitate buying relationships between RI producers and business buyers and institutions.

January to May 2009
Market Mobile is a pooled farm-to-business delivery system that is driven by the needs of farmers and buyers. Market Mobile delivered the wide variety of goods available from 22 local producers at the Wintertime Farmers’ Market to chefs, schools and groceries. It was possible thanks to collaboration with the RI Department of Health, RI DEM Division of Agriculture and Narragansett Creamery. Orders were placed on Wednesdays and then sorted and delivered from the Wintertime Farmers' Market on Saturdays. The first weekly order was January 10, 2009. Market Mobile began during the winter season to reduce logistical variables during the pilot. For the winter pilot, we capped the number of buyers (delivery sites) at 10-12, all in Providence.

June 2009
We are transitioning to order days on Mondays and delivery days on Thursdays so that Market Mobile works better for chefs' schedules. Orders will be sorted and delivered from East Providence from the warehouse of WJ Canaan, previously our RI Royal Potato partner. Deliveries this month will still be limited to Providence to ensure quality service during this transition period. Orders minimums are now $100, but there is still no fee for delivery.

July 2009
We are on track to expand delivery service to Newport and possibly the West Bay and South County, depending on customer clusters.

Market Mobile goals