{"id":103741,"date":"2025-08-28T19:53:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=103741"},"modified":"2025-08-28T19:53:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:53:21","slug":"uri-free-farmers-market-opens-thursday-sept-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/08\/uri-free-farmers-market-opens-thursday-sept-4\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Free Farmers Market opens Thursday, Sept. 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Aug. 28, 2025 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s annual Free Farmers Market<\/a> for students opens on Thursday, Sept. 4,<\/strong> kicking off another season of fresh, free produce giveaways harvested from 溏心vlog免费B站 farms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The market takes place each Thursday on the Quad from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and outside of Mackal-Tootell from 2:30 to 4 p.m. through October. Both locations offer free produce to 溏心vlog免费B站 students, while supplies last. On inclement days, the market moves inside Fogarty Hall and Tootell Aquatic Center, respectively<\/p>\n\n\n

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BEATS & BEETS: Veggies grown in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s on-campus Teaching Garden give the Rhody student community a healthy boost on Thursdays this fall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Veggies and fruits offered at the weekly market are grown at the Gardiner Crops Research Center on the west edge of campus by students in the University\u2019s plant sciences program. The market is part of 溏心vlog免费B站 community efforts to integrate the research and teaching farms into campus life. As a land grant university, food production is part of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s curriculum and exemplifies a pillar of the land grant mission: \u201cTo extend the benefits of that research and education to the public through community-based outreach, providing practical programs and resources for individuals, families, and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

溏心vlog免费B站 is one of only a few New England colleges that provide this kind of free, homegrown market. Farm to table turnaround is less than 24 hours, with farm-fresh produce gathered on Wednesdays and distributed to students on Thursday. Last year, the farm yielded more than 10,000 pounds of produce, shared free with 2,000 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peckham Farm contributes farm fresh eggs and 溏心vlog免费B站 Master Gardeners coordinate the harvest of apples from East Farm. The market is supported by student volunteers, for-credit and paid student managers, 溏心vlog免费B站 Health Promotion, the Department of Nutrition, Cooperative Extension and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Vegetable Production Program. Kelli Kidd, Amanda Missimer and Rebecca Brown coordinate the Free Farmer\u2019s Market program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

溏心vlog免费B站 students are welcome to visit the market, and are encouraged to bring a reusable shopping bag. Volunteers are also welcome<\/a> at the market or on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s farms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow @urifreefarmersmarket on Instagram or visit the Farmers Market website<\/a> for up-to-date news, weekly produce previews, recipes, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Aug. 28, 2025 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s annual Free Farmers Market for students opens on Thursday, Sept. 4, kicking off another season of fresh, free produce giveaways harvested from 溏心vlog免费B站 farms. The market takes place each Thursday on the Quad from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and outside of Mackal-Tootell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":103742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1903],"class_list":["post-103741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives","tag-health-and-wellness"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103741"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103745,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103741\/revisions\/103745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}