Pickle Juice

As a class we had the opportunity to visit Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market.

Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market

It's open year round & essentially is a farm fresh market in which local companies around Rhode Island can offer their organic and environmentally friendly products to the public. Each company does their own part in creating a sustainable environment for the betterment of Rhode Island. Their unique ingredients, processes and stories are truly inspiring. It was such an eye opening and rewarding experience, I thoroughly enjoyed my visit and look forward to returning again soon. Two company's in particular caught my eye with their unique stories and interesting business practices, Fully Rooted and Fox Point Pickles! Read on to find out more!

Fully Rooted:

Interestingly enough seven individuals came together to create the Fully Rooted team. Angelo, Claudia, Mike, Amanda M., Steve, Ben and Amanda R. each of whom have full-time jobs, dedicate their spare time to creating these specialty juices.

Fully Rooted Team

What is unique about Fully Rooted is the ingredients and process used to create them. All of the ingredients used in the juices are organic and the process they use is called cold pressing. The cold pressing method is one in which the vegetables are first crushed, and then pressed using minimal heat. This method allows for the enzymes, proteins, minerals and other important nutrients to remain within the juice. The cold pressing model also allows for a longer shelf life, unlike centrifugal juicers.

The Fully Rooted team’s hope is to use the most natural and purest of ingredients and bring everyone back to the simplistic ways and see the beauty that nature has to provide us. The ultimate goal is that we stop consuming harmful toxins and adopting destructive behaviors.

Fully Rooted is also extremely sustainable and environmentally friendly. All of the left over pulp from their juices is given to local farms as animal feed. They pride themselves on having an entirely waste free production process.

You can find these seven fantastic individuals on the weekends selling their products at local farmers markets across Rhode Island.

Be sure to check them out on Facebook!

Fox Point Pickles:  

 Fox Point Pickles is named after the Fox Point area in Providence in which the company first opened their doors to the public. Fox Point is a local pickle company dedicated to providing the best tasting pickles to Rhode Island. Owner Ziggy Goldfarb “Pickles” explained that Rhode Island didn’t have a pickle to call their own and was tired of the eating the same mass produced, store bought pickles all the time. This is when the light bulb turned on and he decided to create Rhode Island’s most flavorful pickle!

Fox Point Pickle Flavors

Fox Point offers two flavors of pickles; Spicy and Garlic Dill.

Ziggy never imagined his company would grow as large as it did but is proud to call Fox Point Pickles the Pickle of Rhode Island! His efforts give hope to small business owners and prove that any idea has the potential to be great.

Fun Fact: Bryant University works with Fox Point Pickles

Fun Fact: Fox Point is also the birthplace of George M. Cohan, the father of the American Musical Comedy and avid pickle fan!

Fun Fact: Ziggy was given a pickling kit as a gag gift when he moved to Rhode Island and ended up using it A LOT!

To learn more about Fox Point follow them @FoxPointPickles

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Madison Lichtmann

Buy Local!

The Pawtucket Winter Farmers Market was such a wonderful experience. I love going to farmers markets in the summer, but I had never been to an indoor farmers market. There was so much to take in at the Pawtucket Winter Farmers Market. The location (Hope Artiste Village) was great, the winding hallways and open spaces gave each vendor a unique setting. I loved the exposed brick, bright lights and the surrounding fresh and organic produce!

It is so important to buy local and to support the local economy. There were many vendors with varying products however they were all local and many supplied organic products. I found Langwater and Allen Farms to be outstanding family run vendors at the market.


Langwater Farm is a family run business located in North Easton, MA. The farm is USDA certified organic.the farm specializes in a diverse mix of Certified Organic vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs, berries and pumpkins. They practice organic growing methods as well.

The family run farm has background in small-scale sustainable agriculture. The farmers are a passionate and energized crew. The farm provides healthy and delicious products to its local community. After speaking to those at Langwater Farm, I spoke with Tom from Allen Farms.

Meet Tom! Tom is from Allen Farms in Westport, MA. Allen Farms is a family operated farm that provides certified organic herbs, greens, vegetables and flowers since 1897.The farm utilizes seven greenhouses year round providing fresh and organics produce for the local areas. Allen Farms strives to be healthy and organic, providing great products to their local consumers. As a family owned and operated farm, Allen Farm's encourages sustainability and promotes health with their organic and wholesome products. Tom's mother, Debbie, is the owner of the farm. He was very helpful and enthusiastic about sharing information with me about his family's farm and what makes them unique. They had wonderful and fresh veggies!

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Emily McLaughlin

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Sustainability in Providence

I have been to many local farmers markets before but I have never seen one with such a variety of products as I saw at the . I spoke with many local vendors and had the opportunity to try samples of fresh and local Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market products, such as the garlic dill pickles from Fox Point Pickles which were delicious! We also spent time with 20-year-old CEO Ava Anderson who educated us toxic chemicals that can be found in products we use everyday and introduced us to her brand of Ava Anderson Nontoxic personal care products. I spent some time with vendors from Narragansett Creamery and North Bakery learning about their products and how they are sustainable. While Narragansett Creamery and North Bakery may seem very different to a farmers market patron who sees their products, the two companies have more in common than meets the eye. In addition to both being located in Providence, both companies are committed to sustainability and put a large emphasis on buying local ingredients whenever possible while using very few ingredients in order to create fresh products for the consumer. They both sell products that are relatively inexpensive (under $10) and offer a variety of different types of products within their specialty market.

Narragansett Creamery

This Providence-based creamery began in 2007 and has grown to sell a variety of fresh products including yogurt, hard cheeses, and mozzarella. The cheese is sold in 8 ounce blocks and prices range from $5 to $8. While they sell primarily at farmers markets in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, their products can also be found in stores like Dave's Marketplace, Shaw's, and Whole Foods in RI and MA as well as Connecticut and New York. The cheese is made with very minimal ingredients, all of which are local and fresh, and are committed to avoiding growth hormones in their products. The variety of cheeses they are able to produce with such few ingredients was very surprising to me. They even had a few types of cheese of which I had never heard! I was able to sample the Salty Sea Feta as well as the fresh mozzarella. Both of them were so fresh and delicious; they practically melted in my mouth! Check them out online to find your closest retail location or farmers market!

North Bakery

Located in West Providence at 70 Battery Street North Bakery is a bakery and coffee shop unlike most others in the area. The coffee is the brand Counter Culture, which is based out of North Carolina, whose core values of sustainability and transparency can be seen through their compostable retail bags and carbon neutrality. Kelly, the manager of North Bakery with whom I spoke, told me all about the different initiatives North Bakery takes to be sustainable. All products are made from scratch, produce is fresh, and ingredients are purchased from local vendors. At the farmers markets they sold a variety of baked goods, from cookies to miniature chocolate cakes, all for less than $6 each. In addition to their coffee shop storefront and selling at local farmers markets, they also have a restaurant. Through this restaurant they have formed relationships with local farms and fishermen to constantly provide their customers with fresh and local ingredients. 

Fun Facts

- North Bakery buys their eggs from Baffoni's Poultry Farm, another Pawtucket Winter Farmers Market vendor.

- North Bakery serves a local ginger beer!

Kasey Mazza (@KaseyMazza)

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Farmer Market Vendors

Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market located in the Hope Artiste Village (1005 Main St., Pawtucket, RI) was the first farmer’s market that I have been into that was located indoors.  Hope Artiste Village is a very cute mill that has a creative mix of art studios, café, and some retail shops.  While looking at different vendors I decided to walk into one of the art studio; One Way Gallery Hope is a doing a solo opening reception on “No Rest For The Wicked” by the artist Reason.  So if you have the chance, you should definitely check out his artworks because it is amazing! 

Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market is a good place to go with your friends and family to either browse or shop because they have so much variety to choose from.  The two vendors that I cam across was Eva Ruths and Jack's Snacks.

Eva Ruths

Eva Ruths is a bakery that is located in Middletown RI and they are known for their wheat free and gluten free products.  This bakery caught my attention because I used to work at a gluten free bakery in New York.  The owner Christian and I started talking about the gluten free products and I got to try one of their gluten free raspberry muffins and it was delicious!

Eva Ruths is sustainable because not only do they go to different farmers markets and own a bakery.  But they also retail to many supermarkets, which is located here if you ever want to purchase their baked goods.  The products usually range from $4.00-$12.00, which is very reasonable for specialty goods.  All the products are handmade year round and all the essential products for the food is purchased at Restaurant Depot, which is a wholesale store for restaurant owners who needs to purchase products in larger quantities. 

Jack's Snacks

Jack’s Snacks is another vendor located in Warwick, RI.  I was browsing for some dog treats for my dog Vince and we both realized that we both own rescued pit mix.  Some people believe that pit bulls are a vicious breed; so meeting another owner who rescued this loving breed makes me happy and I knew I had to buy some of the biscuits for my dog.  I ended up buying the garlic chicken flavor biscuits for my dog and as you can see in the photo Vince is the happiest dog on the planet!   

Not only do they sell dog snacks, but they also collaborate with vendors from the New England area and sell some of their dog accessories.  If you like to spoil your dog with handmade biscuits, you should definitely check out Jack’s Snacks!The prices range from .75 cents-$21.00 depending on what you purchase.

Fun Fact:

• She would have not started her business if it were not for her loving dog Jack!
• Jack had a big influence on the different flavors of biscuits
• All of the biscuits that are out of season (holiday theme snacks) and also the biscuits that are about to expire go to the local Animal Shelter.
•  They now create birthday cakes for do

      These two companies sell similar products, but target to different customers. Both companies sell freshly baked goods and sell it around the Rhode Island area.  Not only that, but they support other New England businesses by selling other company products or just by having their products in other local stores.  You guys should definitely check out these stores because their products are amazing.

-Ellissa Cho

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