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Fresh from the farm …
Every weekend, there are plenty of opportunities to get something fresh for dinner (or snack, or lunch, or breakfast, or the home). Check out these farmers’ markets taking place regularly throughout the region …
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1. The Hope Street Farmers Market
Filling a large green space at the intersection of Hope Street and Chalkstone Boulevard on the East Side of Providence, this market has been happening for many years and has a large following. Expect dozens of vendors with produce, meats, plants and homemade products. It also pairs most weeks with the Providence Artisans Market, with booths and tables from dozens of artists.
WHEN: Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. hopestreetmarket.com/
2. Mount Hope Farmers Market
This popular market takes place yearround (winters in the barn and summers in the field) at one of the most iconic properties in the region. Dozens of farmers and makers attend every week.
WHEN: Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
mounthopefarm.org/farmers-market
3. Tiverton Farmers Market
Another year-round market with a growing following, it spends winters inside Tiverton Middle School, but this time of year it enjoys the fresh air at the Tiverton Town Farm Recreation Area, just north of Tiverton Four Corners.
WHEN: Sundays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. tivertonfarmersmarket.com/
This popular market takes places twice a week at two different locations. On Saturdays, it happens at 25 Enterprise Drive in Middletown. On Wednesdays, they set up on Memorial Boulevard, between Chapel and Edgar in Newport.
WHEN: Saturdays, 9 a.m. to noon; Wednesdays, 2 to 6 p.m. aquidneckcommunitytable.org/aquidneck-growers-market
The newest entry in this space is courtesy of the Barrington Business & Community Association. It takes place five times this summer on Thursday nights –June 29, July 13 and 27, and Aug. 10 and 24. Times: 4 to 7 p.m.
WHERE: St. John’s Church, 191 County Road, Barrington