Mount Hope Farm is hosting a “Holiday Sip & Shop” event on Wednesday, Nov. 8, from 6 to 8 p.m. Visitors can get a jumpstart on holiday shopping with local brands and businesses, while …
“We’re growing a small business and learning as we go,” said Claire Bowen as she arranged bushels of sweet and charmingly imperfect organic apples on a late-September afternoon. “We hope to cultivate connections between local farms and local tables.”
About 30 volunteers turned up at the Rhode Island Veterans Home to get some bulbs in the ground this past Saturday. They hope to plant another 10,000 before the ground freezes, and are inching closer to their goal of 1 million total.