{"id":97091,"date":"2024-08-29T20:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T20:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=97091"},"modified":"2024-09-26T17:49:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T17:49:34","slug":"uris-free-farmers-market-for-students-opens-sept-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/uris-free-farmers-market-for-students-opens-sept-5\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Free Farmers Market for students opens Sept. 5<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Sept. 3, 2024 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s award-winning Free Farmers Market for students opens on Thursday, Sept. 5<\/strong>, kicking off another season of fresh, free produce giveaways on the 溏心vlog免费B站 Quadrangle and at a new, added location this year to serve athletes, commuter students and students on west campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The market takes place weekly through the end of October on Thursdays 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Quadrangle, with a new satellite option outside of Mackal-Tootell on Thursday afternoons from 2 to 3 p.m. (while supplies last). On inclement days, the market moves inside Fogarty Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Veggies offered at the weekly market are grown at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Teaching Garden on the west edge of campus by students in the University\u2019s plant sciences program. \n\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The market is part of 溏心vlog免费B站 community efforts to take excess food grown at the University\u2019s teaching and research farms and share it with 溏心vlog免费B站 students. As a land grant university, food production is part of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s curriculum and one of its missions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Volunteers are always welcome!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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, offering food grown less than a mile away at the University\u2019s farms. Farm to table turnaround is less than 24 hours, with farm-fresh produce gathered on Wednesdays and distributed the next day. Last year, those Thursdays shared a large bounty of food: the farm yielded more than 7,000 pounds of produce, shared for free with more than 1,600 溏心vlog免费B站 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All 溏心vlog免费B站 students are welcome and encouraged to visit this year\u2019s market; bring a reusable shopping bag or get one on-site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more here<\/a>. Volunteers are welcome: sign up here<\/a> to help!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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