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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
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| Farmers' Markets | Local Data | Information |
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| Kennedy Park, along Bradford Street near South Main Street | ||
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The Farmers' Market at Kennedy Park offers a wide variety of fresh produce that can help local residents maintain a healthy and nutritious diet. Nearly all of the produce is locally grown and prices are competitive with local supermarkets. Some vendors take food stamps. For the Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership list of all of the markets in Southeastern Massachusetts and nearby Rhode Island, click here. For the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture list of statewide markets, click here.
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Open 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Saturday from
May to November |
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Ruggles Market |
Ruggles Park, along Pine Street near Seabury Street | |
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The
Farmers' Market at Ruggles Park provides Fall River residents access to fresh produce
grown on local farms and offered at reasonable prices.
For the Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership list of all of the markets in Southeastern Massachusetts and nearby Rhode Island, click here. For the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture list of statewide markets, click here. For a printable list, click here. For a list produced by the Massachusetts Federation of Farmers Markets, click here. Click here for photos of the market at Kennedy Park. |
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Open every Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
from June to October. |
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| Ferraro's Farm Stand | Bedford Street across from Oak Grove Avenue | |
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Angelo Ferraro has been selling vegetables on weekend mornings from his stand on Bedford Street across from Oak Grove Avenue for the past forty years. Some of the produce he grows in the small garden plot next to the barn behind his house, the rest he picks up from a farmer in Somerset. Everyone swears that he sells the sweetest corn and the best tomatoes, all displayed on a pushcart that he purchased nearly 20 years ago from a man in Chelsea. |
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Open most Saturday mornings, June to October. |
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| Costa's Farm Stand | Tucker Street near Stafford Road in the City's South End | |
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Alberto Costa has maintained
a small farm stand on Tucker Street near Stafford Road in the City's
South End for the past six years.
After raising his own vegetables on a small piece of land on Menholt Street in Little Compton, Alberto brings his produce to his garage and opens it up for sales on most Fridays and Saturdays from summer into the fall. He sells corn, beans, tomatoes, squash and peppers. His wife, Fatima, also cans peppers, onions and tomatoes for sale. He also sells at the Kennedy Park Farmer's Market on some Saturday mornings. |
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Open most Fridays and Saturday mornings from
summer into the fall |
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