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July 24, 2014

SAY IT WITH DIAMONDS (AND BEANS); THE REDCOATS ARE COMING!

Farmers are nothing if not practical, and even when romance is in the air, it’s often difficult for them to get off the tractor, dress up and go out for a special dinner.  So when gC Farms’ Chris Mezak decided to propose to his long-time partner Gwen Stokes, he combined business with pleasure by planting beans in a newly cleared field spelling out “WILL U MARRY ME?”  When the green letters began to be legible, Chris asked Gwen to go check on the beans.  She read the message and gladly accepted; Chris sealed the deal with a lovely black diamond ring, which Gwen was sporting at last week’s market.   Congratulations and best wishes to the happy couple; long may they farm together.

At last, the tomatoes are ripening on the vines and will soon we’ll be seeing in all their glorious redness at  every farmer’s stall.  Sliced and dressed with olive oil and basil, on a margherita pizza, or just sprinkled with a little salt and devoured whole, tomatoes are the ultimate reward of buying local.  Nothing compares with the taste of heirloom varieties, bred for flavor not looks, and fresh from the fields.

Combine with foods from all our other vendors for fantastic summer feasts.  They won’t last forever.

This week we”ll be hosting Urban Greens Food Co-op.  Stop by their table and find out how you can help.  Urban Greens Food Co-op is a consumer-owned cooperative working to open a full-scale retail grocery store in Providence, RI.  The store will provide and promote healthy, affordable, sustainably-sourced, and local food options.

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Pawtuxet Village Farmers MarketEvery Saturday
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Rhodes on the Pawtuxet
60 Rhodes Place
Cranston, RI 02905

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