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Outdoor Market Season Is Here: Where to Find SCLT Farmers

06/03/2026 sam shepherd City Farm, Farmers Market

Farmers Charlotte, Blia, Chai, and Christina, representing Charlotte’s Farm, Wilson Community Farm, Daily Farm, and Sanctuary Herbs of Providence

Every spring, farmers and market gardeners in SCLT’s network load up their vehicles and head to farmers markets across the state, bringing with them the fruits of months of planning, planting, and tending. This is a varied group: some farm on plots at SCLT-managed properties like Urban Edge Farm and Good Earth Farm in Cranston, while others grow in urban community garden plots across Providence. What these farmers share is a commitment to growing fresh, nutritious, and culturally familiar produce for the communities around them, and a connection to SCLT’s 45-year-old network of land, resources, and technical support. When you shop with SCLT-network farmers and market gardeners, your food dollars go directly to the small-scale producers who stock Rhode Island’s local food system with fresh produce grown close to home.

City Farm, SCLT’s own urban production and demonstration farm and the longest-operating farm of its kind in the state, also sells at farmers markets. Proceeds from City Farm’s market sales support SCLT programming year-round.

Here’s where to find SCLT-network farmers and market gardeners in 2026.

Armory Park Farmers Market

Thursdays | 3-7pm

June 4 – October 29, 2026

Dexter Training Grounds | Providence, RI

SCLT Network Farmers you’ll find: Charlotte’s Farm, City Farm, Teo’s Products, Marie’s Farm, Seraphina’s Farm, Natural Foods, Ada’s Farm, Zera’s Farm, Greenleaf Farm, Loffa Farm

Managed by Farm Fresh Rhode Island, the Armory Park Farmers Market is one of the anchor events of Providence’s summer food scene, drawing a wide mix of vendors and a loyal neighborhood crowd to the Dexter Training Grounds each Thursday evening. Throughout the season, FFRI hosts rotating special events including Kids’ Days with activities for all ages, live theater performances, live music, and food trucks. Follow FFRI on social media for the latest schedule of events and vendor updates.

Broad Street Farmers Market

Saturdays | 8am-12pm

June 6 – October 31, 2026

807 Broad St | Providence, RI

SCLT Network Farmers you’ll find: Purple Corn Farm, Annie’s Farm, Chia’s Farm, Potters Farm

One of Providence’s most culturally diverse markets, the Broad Street Farmers Market is run by FFRI and serves a neighborhood that reflects the full breadth of Providence’s immigrant and multilingual communities. SCLT-network farmers bring specialty and culturally familiar produce alongside the season’s staples. Like all FFRI markets, SNAP/EBT, WIC, and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program vouchers are accepted, and Bonus Bucks doubles SNAP dollar for dollar on fresh fruits and vegetables. Special events rotate throughout the season, so follow FFRI for updates.

Central Falls Farmers Market

Tuesdays | 3-6pm

July 7 – October 27, 2026

621 Dexter St | Central Falls, RI

SCLT Network Farmers you’ll find: Wilson Community Farm, Teo’s Products

Held at Children’s Friend in Central Falls, this FFRI market serves one of the most densely populated and food-insecure communities in New England. SCLT-network farmers are a core part of what makes fresh, locally grown produce accessible here each week. SNAP/EBT, WIC, and Senior FMNP vouchers accepted, with Bonus Bucks available. Check FFRI’s social media for special events throughout the season.

Sankofa World Market

Wednesdays | 2-6pm

May 6 – October 28, 2026

275 Elmwood Ave | Providence, RI

SCLT Network Farmers you’ll find: Purple Corn Farm, Kia, Wilson Community Farm, Daily Farm, Loffa Farm, Teo’s Products, Basil Farm

The Sankofa World Market, a program of West Elmwood Housing Development Corporation, is one of Providence’s most distinctive farmers markets, built explicitly around food, culture, and community in the West End. The market highlights specialty crops from its diverse mix of growers, including bitter ball, bitter melon, sweet potato greens, bitter leaf, luffa, Asian corn, amaranth, water spinach, and long beans. Weekly live music and cooking demonstrations round out the experience. SNAP/EBT and WIC accepted.

Hope Street Farmers Market

Saturdays | 9am-1pm

May 2 – October 31, 2026

1015 Hope St | Providence, RI

SCLT Network Farmers you’ll find: Charlotte’s Farm, City Farm, Sanctuary Herbs of Providence, Wilson Community Farm, Daily Farm, Greenleaf Farm

The largest farmers market in Rhode Island and a past USA Today top-10 farmers market in the country, the Hope Street Farmers Market is a farmer-run cooperative created and managed by the farmers and food artisans who sell there. Set in Lippitt Memorial Park where Hope Street meets Blackstone Boulevard, the market features live acoustic music every Saturday, making it as much a community gathering as a weekly shopping trip. The Providence Artisans Market runs concurrently at the southern end of the park through the end of October. Several vendors accept pre-orders for quick pickup; check the Hope Street Farmers Market website for details.

Garden City Center Farmers Market

Sundays | 10am-2pm

June 7 – October 18, 2026

100 Midway Rd | Cranston, RI

SCLT Network Farmers you’ll find: Marie’s Farm

Operated in partnership with Rhode Island Night Market, the Garden City Center Farmers Market transforms the gazebo green into a vibrant open-air market each Sunday. The lineup includes locally grown produce, pantry staples, handmade goods, and seasonal favorites, with live music from 11am-2pm every week. The market is part of the RI Grown program, and admission is free.

Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market

Saturdays | 9am-noon

May 3 – October 25, 2026

60 Rhodes Place | Cranston, RI 02905

SCLT Network Farmers you’ll find: Daily Farm, Pak Express

One of the oldest farmers markets in Rhode Island, the Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market has been a Saturday morning tradition at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet for decades. Part of the West Bay Land Trust, the market offers fresh produce alongside prepared foods from local makers in a scenic riverside setting.

Seven markets spread across the area from May through October, and SCLT-network farmers and market gardeners will be at them, tables piled high with fresh, seasonal vegetables, herbs, and farm products. Make a habit of stopping by, getting to know the people who grew what you’re buying, and spending your food dollars close to home. The 2026 growing season is just getting started!

Final weeks to stock up on fresh, local produce at outdoor farmers markets

10/15/2025 admin City Farm, Farmers Market, Food Justice, healthy food access

Charlotte Uwimpuhwe at the market. Photo by Matthew Healey for Southside Community Land Trust

As October’s crisp air signals the changing season, Rhode Island’s beloved community farmers markets are preparing for their final curtain calls of 2025. Southside Community Land Trust invites shoppers to make the most of the last few weeks of farm bounty at both the Armory Park Farmers Market and the Hope Street Farmers Market. These markets have served as vital community gathering spaces throughout the growing season, connecting urban residents directly with the farmers who grow their food.

The Armory Park Farmers Market, held every Thursday from 3-7pm at Dexter Park in Providence, has been a neighborhood institution since its inception. Operating from June through October, the market provides accessible, affordable fresh produce in a community that has historically faced barriers to healthy food access. Shoppers can use WIC, SNAP/EBT benefits, and other assistance programs, ensuring that everyone can participate in the local food economy. The Thursday evening timing allows working families to stop by after school and work, transforming the market into a social hub where neighbors reconnect over peak-season tomatoes and late-harvest greens.

Meanwhile, the Hope Street Farmers Market continues its Saturday morning tradition at Lippitt Park, where Hope Street and Blackstone Boulevard meet. Running from 9:00am to 1:00pm, this farmer-run cooperative showcases Rhode Island’s best farmers and food artisans selling fruits, vegetables, flowers, cheese, breads and pastries, pasture-raised meats, seafood, poultry, eggs, and more. The market’s festive atmosphere features live acoustic music each Saturday, inviting families to bring blankets and turn their shopping trip into a picnic experience. With operations extending through October 25, Hope Street Market offers some of the season’s longest access to locally grown food.

At both markets, shoppers will find produce from SCLT’s own City Farm, carefully tended by City Farm Steward Rich Pederson and Assistant Steward and Youth Program Coordinator Ellen Asermely. Pederson, who joined SCLT in 2001 after years as a Peace Corps volunteer and schoolteacher, has spent more than two decades demonstrating how to grow “mega amounts of produce, safely, in the city” while maintaining what he calls a supportive and fun learning environment. He proudly claims to have been the first farmer in the area to bring garlic scapes to farmers markets. Working alongside him, Asermely, who came to SCLT in 2021 as a TerraCorps service member and describes Pederson as her “wonder twin,” has embraced bio-intensive agricultural practices while coordinating the youth program that brings the next generation onto the farms. Together, hosting a slate of dedicated volunteers, they’ve cultivated the three-quarter-acre demonstration farm into both a thriving center of biodiversity and a living classroom. City Farm’s organic vegetables, grown using environmentally responsible methods, represent the culmination of months of careful cultivation by farm stewards, volunteers, and youth program participants. The farm’s presence at both markets embodies SCLT’s mission to create equitable access to healthy food while supporting the next generation of urban farmers. Some of Providence’s most renowned restaurants source from City Farm, but these final market weeks offer everyday shoppers the same farm-to-table quality.

With the 2025 growing season drawing to a close, these final weeks at Armory Park and Hope Street markets represent more than just last-chance shopping; they’re a celebration of community resilience, agricultural abundance, and the relationships built between farmers and neighbors throughout the year. Whether stopping by Thursday evening in the heart of Providence or Saturday morning on the East Side, shoppers can stock up on storage crops like winter squash and root vegetables while savoring the last of the season’s tender greens. It’s a final opportunity to support local farmers, enjoy the fruits of Rhode Island’s soil, and carry the taste of summer into the coming months.

SCLT Featured in Rhode Island Spotlight

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This January, Rhode Island PBS will air a 10-minute video documentary on Southside Community Land Trust’s four-decade journey of transforming urban spaces into productive agricultural sites across Providence and supporting statewide food access efforts. The documentary, produced by Jim Hummel of Rhode Island Spotlight, chronicles SCLT’s expansion from its 1981 beginnings with two community gardens to its current network of 60 farms and gardens serving over 1,600 community gardeners and their families annually.

Featured in a writeup in The Providence Journal as well as upcoming PBS broadcasts, the piece explores SCLT’s comprehensive approach to food security through innovative programs like VeggieRx: healthcare partnerships providing veggie prescriptions for food insecure patients. The documentary includes interviews with longtime SCLT staff member Rich Pederson, who discusses City Farm’s role as a demonstration site growing 80 varieties of vegetables, and Charlotte Uwimphuhwe, who operates a successful farming enterprise at Urban Edge Farm in Cranston.

The Rhode Island Spotlight documentary will premiere on Rhode Island PBS on January 11th at 9:47 PM, with additional airings throughout the following week. For more information about SCLT’s work and impact, viewers can read the complete feature article in The Providence Journal or visit RhodeIslandSpotlight.org.

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2023 market season resumes at Armory Park

06/08/2023 admin City Farm, Farmers Market, healthy food access

To the delight of shoppers and growers alike, farmers market season is underway in Rhode Island. Exciting new vendors, featured popups, and family-friendly fun comes to the Armory Park Market this year, one of the longest continually operating markets in the area.

Now open every Thursday from June 1 through October 26, 3pm to 7pm at 85 Parade Street in Providence, the market’s evening hours, ample parking, and vendor variety make it a convenient one-stop shop. New to the market this year are cheese, ice cream, and bread vendors. Special guests make appearances throughout the market season, from resource organizations to performers. Of course, perennial vendors like SCLT’s City Farm, are glad to return to this established market.

For more than 25 years, “Armory Market has been representative of the diversity of the neighborhood, from vendors to patrons. And it doesn’t get more hyper-local than this!” City Farm Steward and longtime market vendor Rich Pederson says. Standing at City Farm, less than a mile from Armory Park, Rich and a small team of SCLT staff, interns, and volunteers carefully handle bunches of apple mint, sage, green garlic, and lettuce they harvested from the grounds within the last two hours. SCLT’s Ellen Asermely, who has dual-duty as Youth Education Coordinator and City Farm assistant, adds that the overall experience draws her to this market. “It’s afternoons in a beautiful park, with food trucks and music and good vibes.”

Be sure to visit the Armory Park Market to get a taste of the new flavors!

Farmers add new flavors to beloved farmers market

05/12/2023 admin Farmers Market, healthy food access, Southside Community Land Trust, Urban Edge Farm

With the outdoor farmers market season already underway, we wanted to share that one of the most successful markets in the state, the Hope Street Farmers Market (HSFM) in Providence, is bringing on six new farms for its 2023 season.Four are run by SCLT-network farmers growing at Urban Edge Farm in Cranston.

The new additions are Charlotte Uwimpuhwe (Charlotte’s Farm), Blia Moua and his wife Mai Lee (Wilson Community Farm), Chai Thao and her husband Leng Yang (Daily Farm), and Christina Dedora (Sanctuary Herbs). Each is eager to connect with new customers at this well-run, well-attended market and sell their produce, including amaranth, Thai peppers, butter ball and bitter melon, as well as more familiar vegetables, herbs and teas.

The HSFM was named one of the 10 best farmers markets in the country by USA Today in 2019, and regularly wins in the “Best of” category in RI Monthly’s annual competition. It draws large crowds (and dozens of friendly dogs) on Saturday mornings, and features live music, food trucks, and the Providence Artisans Market along Blackstone Boulevard. Its festival vibe can obscure that, for farmers, selling here can significantly affect their earnings.

Many people don’t realize that the 32-year-old HSFM was founded by an SCLT Board Member, Sandy Parsons. It began as the DownCity Farmers Market Cooperative with a handful of farmers in Kennedy Plaza before relocating to the grounds at Hope High School. It moved again, a couple of miles up the street to

Lippitt Park, in 2008. Despite the moves and the increase in participating farmers over the years, some changes were gradual.

Getting a spot at the HSFM hasn’t been easy because farmers tend to stay for years. But, attrition caused by the pandemic created several openings. SCLT staff urged farmers we work with to pursue this opportunity for them to grow their businesses and for the HSFM to better represent the BIPOC farmers in the state.

“In the early days, all the farmers at local markets were white,” said longtime SCLT volunteer and market-goer Elaine Cali. “The farmers from Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean have brought a richness by introducing customers to produce from their home countries. And, they love to talk to customers about how to prepare and enjoy them.”

While the juried market will have more farmers and vendors this season than ever (48), Market Manager Rui David describes the growth as “thoughtful, manageable, and sustainable.” The HSFM accepts only “farmers and food artisans” from Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. One of the criteria is that a participant’s “product will add to the overall diversity of the market without negatively impacting the financial success of current full-time vendors.” After applications are reviewed by a committee of current farmers and vendors they are voted on by all market association members in the spring.

The new farmers from Urban Edge Farm will join several others over the years with connections to SCLT. Besides City Farm, these include Pat’s Pastured, Zephyr Farm, and Greenleaf Farm. Stop by and ask any of them about their products. You may very well bring home something that adds fantastic new flavors to your next meal.

Learn more about the HSFM and check out their 2023 schedule at hopestreetmarket.com.

– Jenny Boone, Grants & Communications Manager

Caption above: Chai and Christina (standing), Blia and Charlotte, inside one of the greenhouses at Urban Edge Farm.

A South Providence hub supports healthy food for all

07/29/2022 admin Farmers Market, Food Justice, GROW! Campaign, healthy food access, SCLT in the News, urban agriculture

Southside Community Land Trust’s 404 Broad Street brings fresh produce and more to the neighborhood

By Katarina Dulude, Providence Monthly

Matt tracy on tractor at Urban Edge Farm

The future looks good for new farmers in RI

06/17/2021 admin Aggregation, Apprenticeship, Farmers Market, Farmland Access, GROW! Campaign, healthy food access, Scratch Farm, urban agriculture, Urban Edge Farm

In 2021, SCLT will be offering increasing support for local farmers, expanding access to farmland and improving our ability to distribute healthy food, particularly in local Black and Brown communities.

Hope Street Farmers Market Reopens!

05/01/2020 admin City Farm, Farmers Market, Pawtucket

While Providence parks are closed, the market will be held in the outdoor courtyard at Hope Artiste Village (1005 Main St., Pawtucket) rather than at Lippitt Park.

Sankofa World Market is on track to succeed

04/20/2016 admin Farmers Market, urban agriculture

This past growing season four Southside market growers were out in pouring rain and blistering heat every Wednesday afternoon, selling their produce at the Sankofa World Market, the city’s newest farmers market. With help from our staff, they ran a successful collaborative booth featuring both familiar and exotic produce native to the growers’ home countries.

Outdoor Market Season Is Here: Where to Find SCLT Farmers

Final weeks to stock up on fresh, local produce at outdoor farmers markets

SCLT Featured in Rhode Island Spotlight

2023 market season resumes at Armory Park

Farmers add new flavors to beloved farmers market

A South Providence hub supports healthy food for all

Southside Community Land Trust’s 404 Broad Street brings fresh produce and more to the neighborhood

The future looks good for new farmers in RI

Hope Street Farmers Market Reopens!

Sankofa World Market is on track to succeed

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