Supporting, caring, and cooking for one another during Covid-19

Dear Friends,

It is an unprecedented time of challenge for our local food and beverage community and our hearts go out to all of the heroes who bring us our food—our restaurateurs, chefs, farmers, bartenders, bakers, food and beverage artisans, servers, dishwashers, fishers, aquafarmers, small shop owners, wine merchants and more.

In this time of crisis we’ve already seen so many examples of how our Rhody food community is rallying together to help one another. Rather than feeling powerless, there are ways all of us can help! We’ve gathered some helpful links and ideas so you can make a difference in preserving the future of our local food community. We’ve also got some tasty recipes for you to enjoy. Cooking is a great way to reduce stress and focus on the task at hand. Please share this page with your loved ones!

Stay well and be strong!

—The Edible Rhody Team

Support local restaurants, food-related businesses, and food-related nonprofits:

 
Our supporting advertisers are very important to us! If you’re looking for takeout, beer or wine purchases or simply wondering how you can help your favorite restaurant or local food business, visit this list of food options, advertiser Covid-19 updates and more. Supporting our advertisers can help these wonderful local food businesses stay afloat during this extended period of closure and shopping restrictions. 

Funds for the local hospitality industry: 

• The Rhode Island Hospitality Association Employee Relief Fund
• COVID-19 Rhode Island Hospitality Relief Fund

Order locally grown food for home delivery:

• Pat’s Pastured and fellow farmers from Robin Hollow Farm, Sweet & Salty Farm, Wishing Stone Farm and Walrus & Carpenter Oysters are offering farm to home delivery for meats, eggs, cheese, veggies, flowers and oyster and more. New farms have been added.
• Farm Fresh Rhode Island's Market Mobile delivery service is open to retail customers (under normal circumstances it operates as a farm to restaurant delivery service). Just remember to double-check quantities before ordering!
• Baby Greens delivers salad greens to your door along other select local products.
• Munroe Dairy delivers local milk and a variety of groceries to your door.
• Fully Rooted is delivering delicious juice blends and kombucha.
• The Local Catch is offering home delivery of locally landed seafood to the Providence and Newport areas.
• What's Good is an app that allows you to buy directly from local Rhode Island farmers, food artisans, and other vendors in your community and get it delivered to your home or office.
• Young Family Farm in Little Compton is offering contactless pick up and delivery of food boxes in Little Compton and Tiverton.
• Rebelle Artisan Bagels is offering bagel delivery, as well as grocery bag delivery for pre-packed bags with options. Sign up for their e-newsletter or follow on Instagram for delivery updates. 
• Walden Local Meat Co. offers delivery of 100% grass-fed beef, pasture-raised pork, poultry and lamb. Monthly shares start at $49 for home or office delivery.
• Deep Roots Farm offers home delivery on Th within 30 miles of the farm and the farm stand is also open to shoppers F–Sa. (Please follow their safe shopping guidelines.) Choose from their farm-raised beef, pork, chicken and eggs, plus organic local greens, apples, carrots, milk, cheese, kombucha, tortillas salsas and other local products.
• Fearless Fish Market in Providence is open for online ordering, curbside pickup and Providence area delivery of fresh locally-landed seafood.
• Simmons Farm in Middletown is offering an array of their farm’s meats, eggs, cheeses and veggies in addition to other local products through a new delivery program servicing the Providence area, Tiverton and Aquidneck Island. Pick up at the farm stand is also available.
• Narragansett Bay Lobsters is offering home delivery of fresh local seafood for South County, East Greenwich, Jamestown and Newport.

Shop for locally sourced foods:

• Baffoni’s Poultry Farm. Shop for eggs and fresh poultry products. They are allowing 2 people in farm store at a time; otherwise please wait in your car. No phone orders at present. Open M–F 9 am–5 pm; Sa 8 am–4 pm.
• Blackbird Farm Farm Stand in Smithfield offers their own locally raised Black Angus beef and other sundries. Check website map, days and hours of operation. Advance ordering for pick up available.  
• Stamp Egg Farms in Johnston is open for brown eggs by the dozen, plus Wright’s Farm milk, cream, butter local cheese. Stand is open every day, no online ordering. M Tu Th F 9 am–5 pm (closed noon–1 pm), W 9 am–noon, Sa 9 am–3 pm, Su 9 am–noon.
• Stock Culinary Goods is open Th–Sa for online ordering and window pick up of select local food options, including milk, cheeses, eggs and more, plus a curated selection of kitchen tools. 
• Windmist Farm in Jamestown offers their own grassfed meats, additional select local products and seasonal veggies. Fr 1–6 pm, Sa 10 am–4 pm, Su 11 am–4 pm or by appointment. They also sell products on What’sGood (see the above delivery list).
• Wright’s Dairy Farm & Bakery is offering milk, cream, eggs, cheese, ice cream, breads, cakes and their most popular baked goods. Takeout orders need to be placed online phone at 401.767.3014 ext. 4. Please follow takeout directions for safe pick up. 
• The food makers from Hope & Main have created an #eatstrongRI page of those Hope & Main food makers offering take out, limited delivery and online ordering.
• Seven Stars Bakery is offering drive-through and outdoor bread pick up at four locations on specified days; with online pre-ordering only. Add a donation for their bread to shelter program.
• The Pantry at Avenue N American Kitchen in Rumford is offering local grocery items plus prepared foods and menu items for takeout. Check their Facebook page for updates.
• Matunuck Oyster Bar Fresh local seafood (including their own Matunuck Oysters) and produce for online ordering. Open daily 11:30 am–7:30 pm. Pick up or delivery to Narragansett, Charlestown and South Kingstown.
• Plant City has a vegan marketplace with many locally produced grocery items, plus menu items from their 4 restaurants. Online ordering for pickup or delivery within a 10 mile radius.
• Four Town Farm is open for the season providing curbside pick-up for their own farm grown and other produce, plus many food items from local purveyors.
• Buy locally-raised meat from farms around Rhode Island. Local livestock farms with product to sell are listed on the Rhode Island Raised Livestock Association website. 

Farmers Markets Updates:

Hope Street Farmers Market

• The Hope Street Farmers Market is opening in Lippitt Park on Saturday, May 9. Look for new foot traffic patterns, please adhere to social distancing, and WEAR your masks! 

Aquidneck Growers Market

• The Aquidneck Growers Market is open at Pell Elementary School at 35 Dexter Street in Newport.
• The market will be open Sa from 10 am–12:30 pm with a new format and protocols to keep customers and vendors safe. 
• Visit their website here for a list of farmers and purveyors offering pick up or delivery. 

Mount Hope Farmers Market

• Mount Hope Farmers Market will remain open with pre-ordering only.
• Shoppers must Pre-order for Saturday pick-up at the market.
• Pick up time is Saturday, 9–11 am. 

South Kingstown Farmers Market

• South Kingstown Farmers Market will be held outside of the Independence Square Building in Kingston.
• The market will run normal hours, Saturday 8:30 am–noon.

 
FARMERS MARKET COVID-19 RULES OF THE ROAD

• Please do not attend the market if you are sick or have a compromised immune system.
• Pay with a debit or credit card when possible.
• Please only touch a product if you are going to purchase it.
• Customers please shop solo, if possible, rather than bringing family members, partners or friends.
• Move to space out any lines that may form—at a distance of 6 feet.
• Treat it as an essential grocery shopping access point, not a social gathering space.
• Please "grab and go" what you need and make room for others to do the same.

 
Rhode Island restaurants, farms, breweries, distilleries and purveyors offering take-out or online ordering:

Eat Drink RI is organizing and updating these helpful lists:

• Rhode Island restaurants offering takeout
• Local brewery and distillery pickup
• Local food and drink online ordering

What’s Up Newp is organizing this Newport area takeout list.

State of Rhode Island Resource Pages:

• Visit Find Rhode Island Seafood for updates on where to purchase fresh local seafood.
• Visit Rhode Island Delivers for a list of food delivery services in Rhode Island.
• Visit Local Food Resources for the information above plus additional state information on local purchasing.
• Visit Department of Health Covid-19 Facts & Resources for a comprehensive guide to Covid-19 health and safety information. 

 
Help a neighbor in need:

• Rhode Island Community Food Bank expects a surge in need due to layoffs, school closures and the general disruption caused by this crisis. They will need your help more than ever as they distribute to food pantries around the state. You can donate to the RI Food Bank and help a neighbor in need!
• And here is a list with map of where you can find food at a local food pantry. 
• Schools are closed but lunch is on:
• Here is a list of Rhode Island schools offering grab & go lunch programs for students during school closures.
• Give to nonprofits around the state through 401Gives. Powered by the United Way. Supporting Rhode Island's nonprofit community has always been the focus of 401Gives. But since social distancing entered our lexicon, nonprofits across the state need our support more than ever. Even though COVID-19 has strained their resources, these agencies continue working hard to help Rhode Islanders during these uncertain times. Supporting local nonprofits is no longer just our focus ... it’s now our mission and duty. Join 401Gives in making a difference.
• Hope & Main is launching Nourish Our Neighbors, a food access program for East Bay families and seniors beginning Tuesday April 7. The program will provide healthy, prepared meals at no cost for those who are experiencing food insecurity during the COVID-19 crisis.

Food Safety: 

• Serious Eats is updating this helpful fact-filled article on food safety regularly. It will answer many of your questions, including how long Covid-19 lasts on surfaces and much more. 

Business Resources: 

• Center for Women & Enterprise has a very helpful information page on business funding, PPP loans and other resources for businesses and employees impacted by Covid-19.

Here are a few updates from our advertisers:

• Chez Pascal: Each day Chef Matt and Kristen will offer a special pre-cooked meal to go for pickup at the Wurst Window in the afternoon. Please check their news and events page on their website for info.
• Salted Slate: The Salted Slate will be open for lunch and dinner delivery and pick up/take out.  Menus are on Grubhub and on their website (labeled Working From Home Lunch and Netflix and Monopoly Dinner). 
• Chef Ben will be trying to take on delivery in-house so they can be certain who is handling, distributing and delivering the food.
• Feast & Fettle is a gourmet, chef-prepared meal delivery service committed to providing high-quality, nutrient dense meals to its members. Items from their local partners (Knead Doughnuts, Seven Stars Bakery and more) will remain on their weekly menus as they continue to support their local partners in any way that they can. During this difficult time, they are offering 50% off your first week when you use code FIFTYOFF at checkout.
•  Bottles Fine Wine: The Bottles team writes: we will remain open to serve the community as long as permissible. As always, we offer delivery statewide and now have curbside pickup. Place orders by calling 401.372.2030, or email info@bottlesfinewine.com. In strict accordance with health department guidelines, we have implemented additional safety, distancing, and cleaning procedures to keep you and our staff safe and healthy.
•  The Savory Grape: The Savory Grape team writes: We plan to remain open and serving our community for as long as possible. Shop online or place orders by calling the store 401.886.9463 or emailing orders@thesavorygrape.com. We can deliver and arrange a 'no-contact' delivery (by-law someone 21+ does need to be home) and curbside pickup is available. In strict accordance with health department guidelines, we have implemented additional safety, distancing, and cleaning procedures to keep you and our staff safe and healthy.