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Common Ground screening at Jane Pickens Film + Event Center on Thursday, November 9th at 7:30pm
Saturday winter farmers market opens on Saturday, November 4th.
Meet Grace and Grace, our Agriculture & Food Systems Fellow and TerraCorps Member.
Read moreCommunity Gardens are the perfect place to connect, be outside, and just plain feel good! Join us on Tuesday afternoons in the North End Gardens to harvest produce for donation to the nearby Florence Gray Food Pantry.
Read moreAdena Marcelino - Bean - has developed a loyal following for her lively cooking demonstrations on Monday afternoons in Miantonomi. Each week Bean selects vegetables available from Produce to the People, the stall next to hers, and explains how to create a simple dish and sauces that showcase their flavor and uses.
Read moreACT's outdoor market season is in full swing! Stop by our Saturday Summer Market at the Embrace Home Loans Campus, 25 Enterprise Drive in Middletown, from 9AM to noon every Saturday (see below for upcoming free program for children). Our mid-week Wednesday Summer Market takes place on Memorial Boulevard in Newport, and is open every week from 2 to 6PM for the summer season. Check out the terrific line-up of new and returning vendors.
Read moreOutdoor farmers markets are a sure sign of warmer days ahead, and our Saturday Summer Market opens this weekend on May 6th, which promises to be a fine spring day! Stop by between 9AM to 12PM to check out the variety of new and returning vendors.
Read moreAquidneck Community Table is excited to participate in 401Gives! Please consider a gift to Aquidneck Community Table in your 401Gives contributions. This year, you can give anytime between Friday, March 31 and Monday, April 3, so mark your calendars, bookmark our 401Gives page, and share with friends and family to declare your support for our mission and programs.
Read moreACT's Summer Bounty Party will be held on Tuesday June 20th, on the beautiful Stoneacre Garden patio in Newport's Brick Marketplace, the home of our winter market. Tickets include samples from local food and beverage vendors, music, and the people you want to spend an evening with.
Our annual Summer Bounty event not only raises program funds, but it also creates a lively (and delicious) evening to connect community members and lift up the conversation about how change will happen.
Did you know the winter market runs through the end of April? Catch us every Saturday morning from 9AM to noon at Stoneacre Garden, 151 Swinburne Row in Newport, and begin your weekend with a sweet treat from Buns Bakery, Dee's Little Sweets or Lucy's Kitchen. Pick a seafood for dinner from The Local Catch, or responsibly, regeneratively sourced meats from Aquidneck Farms and Pat's Pastured. Roots Family Farm and RI Mushroom Co. have the ingredients for main dishes and so many sides. And, if you are looking for recipe inspiration, check out the RI Mushroom Co. website and Edible Rhody magazine.
The B'ladies Professional Knife Sharpening will be back at the market on February 11th to sharpen household knives, scissors, and pinking shears in addition to most loppers and Felco style pruners.
Click here to explore our full list of winter vendors, and note there will not be a market on St. Patrick's Parade Day, March 11th.)
Wondering what unique gifts to get for your loved ones while supporting a great cause? We have some ideas!
Read moreShop for fresh, high-quality ingredients for your holiday feasts at our Aquidneck Growers Market at Stoneacre Garden, open Saturdays from 9am to 12pm. Free parking is available at meters along Thames Street, in the Mary Street parking lot, just a block away, and the nearby Gateway Visitor Center on America’s Cup.
Read moreAs a farmers market shopper, you’re probably already reducing your single-use plastic consumption, but did you know there’s a new business in town that helps you further reduce your reliance on plastics?
To begin our new monthly “Did You Know?” segment, we’re highlighting The ReFill on 42 Spring Street in Newport, a business that offers customers the ability to reuse and refill containers with household cleaning and personal care products.
As we approach prime harvest season, will you consider making a gift to support a healthy, sustainable food future for all islanders?
Read moreTen years ago, Meredith and Jason Spitalnik, with their band of merry gardeners, planted the first trees in what would become a food, or edible forest at Island Community Farm, the first of now seven garden spaces that Aquidneck Community Table (ACT) stewards.
This fall, we are excited to harvest the first pawpaws and persimmons from our food forest after years of patient nurture and waiting. These first fruits are a cause for celebration, and an example of the planning and determination required to change not only a farm landscape, but also the food system within which farming practices live…
Now is a great time to give: an anonymous donor has offered to match new and increased donations to ACT’s programs through a generous challenge grant! ACT will not receive the match unless we reach $25,000 by October 1st. It's a big goal, but we are already half way there!
Read moreA generous donor has offered to match gifts to ACT’s programs, dollar for dollar, through October 1st: every dollar you donate will be doubled and your support will have double the impact!
Read more“ACT is so thankful to Embrace Home Loans for offering to share their lovely plaza with us” said ACT Board chairperson, Susan Wells, “it’s a great location with ample parking, and just in the nick of time too!”
The market permit was approved by the Middletown Council last night, clearing the way for the market to open as planned on Saturday, May 7, with the same hours of nine to noon, rain or shine, through October.
ACT: Where did your interest in food begin?
CB: From as young as I can remember, food was always the connection to family and all things happy. Whether it was cooking with my parents or going to a family member's house for a bigger meal, it was always something I've related to friends, family, and togetherness.
Read the entire interview with Bender here!
Mark your calendars for April 1st, 401 Gives Day!
Read moreInterested in becoming a farmers market vendor? Looking for space to grow your own food? Want to learn more about our organization? Read our February Newsletter to learn more!
Read moreWe made it through this challenging year! Here are stories of people and organizations that make a difference in our community: everyone at ACT is deeply grateful for their support and for believing in the possibility that together we can make a better place for all to live.
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