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News Release RI Department of Environmental Management 235 Promenade St., Providence, RI 02908 (401) 222-2771 TDD/(401) 222-4462
DEM SPONSORS HARVEST FESTIVAL AT WARWICK MALL PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management's Division of Agriculture and Resource Marketing will sponsor the Annual Rhode Island Harvest Festival at the Warwick Mall from Thursday, October 11 through Sunday, October 14.Throughout the mall, shoppers will have the opportunity to see and purchase a wide range of Rhode Island farm products, from cheese, flowers, apples and pumpkins to maple and honey products. Festival displays will include mums, pumpkins, Rhode Island-grown vegetables, nursery stock, apples, a scarecrow exhibit, garden statuary, information on Agriculture in the Classroom, and an enclosed live honeybee display. John Deere and Westville Garage and Farm Equipment will have a large display of tractors ranging from large farm tractors to garden tractors to children's farm toys. Cabot Creamery will offer samples of its different flavors and types of cheese. Milk from many Rhode Island dairy farms goes into making Cabot cheese. Festival participants also include Confreda Greenhouses and Farms of Cranston, Wedgewood Greenhouse of Saunderstown, Pezza Farm of Johnston, Charlie's Sugarhouse of Greene, Secret Garden Herb Farm of Cumberland, Dave-Chris Farm and Nursery of West Kingston and Big Johns Christmas Tree Farm of West Greenwich. Also, the Rhode Island Beekeepers Association of Warwick, the US Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency of Warwick, the RI Farm Bureau of Johnston and DEM's Division of Agriculture and Resource Marketing. This is the 15th year that DEM has sponsored the Harvest Festival. Festival hours are Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. -30- |
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