Urban Farming: We’re not in Kansas Any more
The newest buzz words in environmentalism and local food are urban farming, but what exactly is it? According to Jessica Knapp, outreach director for the Southside Community Land Trust (SCLT), […]
Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
The New Kid on the Food Block
What happens when four friends get together and hatch a plan to bring more local organic food to the Providence area? You get the Alternative Farmers Market, Rhode Island’s newest […]
A Locally Made Medicine that Goes Down Easy
Just a spoon full of sugar helps the … wait, scratch that … just a spoonful of honey and that is the medicine. As it turns out, according to Mary […]
Eat and Drink and Drink and Eat at the First Eat Drink Rhode Island Festival
Did you know that Travel and Leisure magazine rated Providence the best foodie city in America? Yes, pick up your jaw because it’s true. We’ve always known that, unless you’re […]
Chickens!
Spring is in the air. Time for the birds and the bees to be up and about again. But if you’re a local “chicken parent” like Freya Hainley of North […]
Where Else Would You Find 10,000 Cupcakes?
By Kim Kinzie When I grew up in the ‘70s, the cupcake was sort of a joke, a baked good with a serious identity crisis, unsure whether to be […]
Sweet On Honey: The Lives Of Kept Bees
What’s the latest buzz on the newest local hobby? Beekeeping. Just ask Chuck Wood, co-owner of the newly opened Wood’s Beekeeping Supply and Academy in Lincoln. “It is the number […]
Give Me Liberty…or Give me Fresh Squeased
In a world where sandwiches are held together with drink umbrellas and OJ flows straight from the fruit to the glass, bacon-heads and health freaks alike can live and dine […]
Wine Making in the New Year
New Year’s resolution: Stop whining; make wine. At least, it is if you’re Emanuella Petrucci, owner and founder of Women Wine Making. Petrucci , who grew up on the west […]
Shop Local This Holiday at the Wintertime Farmer’s Market
For this year’s gift giving, enterprising shoppers might skip the malls and hit the Wintertime Farmers Market at Hope Artiste Village, where local, healthy, and tasty meet. It’s the place […]