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With Halloween coming in a few weeks, the Farmers' Market in Kennedy Park is full of pumpkins, squash and a variety of fall vegetables. Open every Saturday morning from 7:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., from mid-May to late November, the stands offer a wide variety of produce, most of it locally grown. Most of the vendors accept coupons from the Federal Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and elders for fresh fruits and vegetables. 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. For a list of local farms in Southeastern Massachusetts, click here. Click here for pictures of the Farmers' Market that operates on Wednesdays at Ruggles Park. Click here to get information about the Coupon Program for seniors. For more information about Fall River markets at Ruggles and Kennedy Park, contact Organizer Rachel Medeiros.

 

(Top row, left) Bill and John Blackburn of Blackburn's Orchard watch over their apples for sale. (Top row, center) Marcia Mendez and her son talk with Joseph Silva of Somerset at his stand. (Top row, right) Lucy Correia and Patricia Gordon look over some preserves from Berkley at Maria Coutinho's stand. (Middle row, left) Maria Coutinho accepts food coupons for the preserves. (Middle row, right) Joseph Sousa of Sampson's Farm in Westport sits behind bags of his potatoes. (Bottom row, left) Kennedy and Ruggles market organizer Rachel Medeiros talks with one of the vendors. (Bottom row, center) Nine-year-old Matthew Lima and his older sister Sabrina look at the pumpkins that their mother, Stacie of Fall River, points out. (Bottom row, right) Maria Lurds visiting her brother in Fall River from her home in Ontario, Canada, talks with Joe Soares of the Back to Nature Farm in Seekonk.

 

 

 

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