General Information
First Market Day on September 26th
Last Market Day on December 5th
No Market Day on Thanksgiving, November 28th
Basic Produce Share
All participants must purchase at least one produce share. Each week, you will receive a diverse selection of local, sustainable produce. Each season we also include two or three specialty items, which may include tomato sauce, salsa, applesauce, pickles, or honey – all prepared by our farmers and local Providence makers with locally-sourced ingredients. Below are examples of a typical share for a given week in each month:
September/October:
1 bunch kale
1 lb sweet potatoes
1 bunch leeks
1 delicata squash
1 lb turnip
1 bunch collard greens
1 bunch radishes
November/December:
1 lb onions
1 lb rhubarb
1 bunch swiss chard
1 ld potatoes
1 lb broccoli
1 bag pea greens
4 apples
Half Produce Share (Fall and Spring seasons only)
We are now offering the option of a half produce share! This opportunity allows those who may have a limited ability to cook, or are only cooking for one, to take home a more manageable share of produce each week. We hope that this will help shareholders include more fresh and local veggies in their diets. Half-share holders will receive four preselected produce items from the full weekly share — please see the basic produce share above for examples of what these produce items might be.
Additional Shares
In addition to the basic produce share or half share, you can choose to add additional shares of bread, mushrooms, dairy (yogurt, cheese, and/or milk), meat, and/or coffee. These shares are optional and are not included in the price of the basic produce share.
Eggs & Dairy (Yogurt, Cheese, Milk)
Eggs: Thanks to the hard work of the past and current BMSP Coordinating Teams, EGGS ARE BACK FOR FALL 2024!! We are currently able to provide eggs by the dozen on a biweekly basis from Pat’s Pastured.
Yogurt: 16-oz of plain whole milk yogurt from Narragansett Creamery either weekly or biweekly. This season we will be offering the 32-oz container of plain whole milk yogurt from Sweet and Salty Farm every other week.
Cheese: 8-oz of cheese per week from our selection of Narragansett Creamery and Wright’s Dairy Farm cheeses. Options typically include Atwell's Gold, Feta, Mozzarella, Queso Blanco, Pirate's Spread, Angelito Spread, Ricotta, Cheddar, and Cheese Curds. You can find descriptions of these unique cheeses here and here. All cheeses are simply made with local milk, kind bacteria, vegetable-based rennet, and salt. Dairy farmers pledge not to use growth hormones. Weekly and biweekly options available.
Milk: One half-gallon carton of milk from Wright’s Dairy Farm . Select a preference of skim, 2%, or whole milk for the season! Weekly and biweekly options available.
Bread
The bread share consists of one loaf of bread per week from Seven Stars Bakery. Options include: baguette, seeded baguette, durum, country, multigrain, Vermont cheddar cheese, and olive bread. You can find descriptions of these bread types here.
Mushrooms
The mushroom share consists of one bag of mushrooms every other week from Rhode Island Mushroom Company. The mushrooms range from the common portobello and shiitake to the more exotic blue oyster and king trumpet. You can see all of the beautiful shrooms offered here.
Meat
The Meat Share consists of five weeks of chicken and beef, distributed every other week at pick-up. The cut of the meat will vary each week, but seasons often include whole chickens, various types of sausage, chicken breast or legs, and ground beef. We no longer offer pork in our meat shares.
Sample CHICKEN/BEEF share (roughly 2.5-3 lbs per week):
Week 2: Chicken Drumsticks & Chorizo Chicken Sausage
Week 4: Ground Beef & Denver Steak
Week 6: Chicken Thighs & Sweet Italian Sausage
Week 8: Ground Beef Patties, Korean Meatballs & Beef Snack Sticks
Week 10: Chicken Wings & Chicken Breast
Our meat is sourced from Pat's Pastured farm in East Greenwich, RI. In the words of Pat, "Pat’s Pastured provides the highest quality pasture-raised and grass-fed meats. Our goal is to provide our livestock with a life that allows them to express their natural instincts fully in a pasture environment. That means that our pigs get to root, run and play; our chickens get to peck, scratch and crow; our turkeys goggle and strut; and our cows and lambs eat grass outside, NOT corn in confinement." For more information on Pat's farming practices, visit his website here.
Coffee
The Coffee share consists of 5 weeks of half-pound bags of ground coffee from Dean’s Beans. Each week will consist of two different options for coffee flavor profile, roasted the Monday before Market Day. Typically we receive one variety of dark roast and one variety of medium roast!
The beans are ground to a medium coarseness, most ideal for autodrip machines and pour over. Between us, shareholders have also reported great success with a percolator! You can find more information on how to make the most of your coffee share with this brewing guide from Dean’s Beans.
We met Dean’s Beans at a Sustainability Local Food conference in Mass in 2019. We fell in love with the taste and the message of the company: “Our mission is to use specialty coffee as a vehicle for positive change.” As of 2024, Dean’s Beans is also now 100% worker-owned!