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

Be sure to follow the rest of our adventures @BryantMKT421 as we head to Costa Rica and explore more Farmer's Markets! 

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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Bridgette, Ethan, Krysia and I took Wheatgrass shots! Wheatgrass is full of nutrients and great for your body. I was a little nervous to try it...but it tasted much better than I originally thought it would and was a fun experience. I'm looking forward to the many new drinks and food we try in Costa Rica!

Thanks so much for reading,
Emily McLaughlin

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