Barrington Farm School

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Barrington Farm School

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Barrington RI 02806

An educational farm school located on the corner of Federal Rd and Middle Hwy in Barrington RI. Join us!

Nourishing the soil and the soul each day. The 120-year-old farmland located between Lincoln Avenue and Federal Road at Middle Highway is the last farm remaining in Barrington, Rhode Island. We are raising funds to protecting and conserve the farm for future generations link to agriculture and sharing food. The Barrington Farm School has been operating for several years on this property, outreach

ing to students, families, teachers and all levels of the community. We continue to need community support for growing, supplies, farm stand, structures, and woodland habitat to reach students and community members of all ages. The open space has beekeeping, fresh food tastings, student environmental groups, teachers, artists, nature studies and conservation practices.

12/03/2025

Have yourself a carrot hug. 🥕Beautiful carrots from yesterday’s harvest. Our online store is open for orders so you can pick some carrots up for yourself as soon as Friday! 🥕 https://barrington-farm-school.square.site/

12/02/2025

It’s ! Here are 4 ways you can support Barrington Farm School (or whatever farm is local to you!) 1. Visit our online store 2. Give to our annual campaign 3. Share us with friends 4. Volunteer when you can! Head to the link in our profile for links to our online store and donation page. Thank you for being a part of our awesome community!

12/01/2025

Online Ordering is LIVE! Head to the site in our bio or listed here: http://barrington-farm-school.square.site. Order your fresh vegetables, honey, merch, granola, and more! Pickup details in post. Thank you!

11/26/2025

As you’re preparing for the holiday season and cleaning and sorting through your home, perhaps you’ll come across some plywood that you’re wanting to clear out. We have just the solution for you to pass it on! All plywood donations will be accepted at the farm stand for our composters to use. Thank you!

11/25/2025

BFS received a Legislative Grant to help keep the farm’s donations going to food pantries. This donation will help with BFS ‘s ability to process vegetable donations to local food pantries.

Representative Jennifer Boylan delivered a check to BFS today and talked with farmer Mark (left) and volunteer Gail (right) about the importance of local farming and those farms donating fresh produce to fight food insecurity.

We’re so very thankful for this support as we continue donating 30-40% of our produce to so many local and hardworking food banks!

11/21/2025

At our last composting workshop last weekend, composters Kelvin and Lindsay shared our new microscopes with some of our guests and volunteers! They just received training on microscopes at to be able to see into the world living under our feet. Lindsay says “We at BFS were able to secure an exciting grant from 11th Hour Racing and and to get microscopes along with careful lessons on how to use them. (Thank you John Duke.) Primarily to evaluate soil, worm teas and compost microbes. There is so much life going on in the soil that we tend to discount, pave over, step on, and never think about. It is another ocean beneath our feet which needs to be discovered and treated with care.” Photo: Kelvin Misiurski (center), Teddy Reiss and lanthe Reiss (under the hood) showing us her new learned discoveries!

11/20/2025

Did you notice the frost that settled in overnight? 🌬️

11/19/2025

BFS has a brand new Compost Educator!

Karen Griffith is hired by BFS as a part of the Pilot Composting Program in collaboration with , , and the town of . She is here to help educate our community on the hows and whys of composting!

We asked Karen what her favorite “aha!” moment is when people first understand how composting works? She says:
“I remember talking to a friend about composting, and she said she knew it was beneficial, but she didn’t really feel she would have much to compost because she was careful not to waste food. Then we started talking about all the inedible things that can be composted - apple cores, coffee grounds, melon rinds, tea leaves, onion skins, banana peels, etc. I could see her doing a mental inventory of her trash and realizing how much of what was in there actually could be composted, and her whole expression changed. If people do a waste inventory and really think about and record what they are throwing away and why, they almost always find it illuminating.”

Welcome, Karen! We are so excited to “up” our composting game even more!

11/18/2025

BFS was so honored to accept the “Rhode Island Hope Award” from the United Way’s Alliance for Nonprofit Impact! Gail Read and Wayne Leaver (BOD President and Vice President, respectively) were proud to represent BFS to accept the “RI Hope Award”. BFS was nomiated by Senator Pam Lauria.
What an honor to be at the State House with so many wonderful community-based organizations and volunteers accepting awards. Thank you to each and every one of you!

11/14/2025

We are in Week 2 of our first Winter CSA and our customers are loving it! Although we sold out of the shares, we do still have a stocked farm stand, and you can stop by our Farm Stand during open hours to create your own personalized bundle of produce to take home! (November hours in a previous post: T/TH 2-5pm and Sat 12-3pm). 🫑🫜🧅🥬🫚🥕

11/13/2025

We dug up the dahlia tubers today. 🥔🌸 We had a beautiful crop of dahlias this year. BFS compost and worm tea kept the dahlias healthy but this year they were planted with a generous handful of dried sugar kelp from Rhody Wild Sea Gardens.
Beautiful dahlias and tubers! Thanks to Bob, Wayne, Deb and Gail!

11/12/2025

Composting Crew today at 3:15-4pm at the farm! Park at the farm stand and head to the back of the farm. Newcomers, seasoned volunteers, and people with no experience are all welcome!

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Federal Road
Barrington, RI
02806

Website

http://barringtonfarmschool.org/

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The Barrington Farm School is a not for profit educational organization, specializing in teaching and outreach relating to small scale market gardening practices, including local food scrapping and composting, summer farm stand business, and soil health initiatives using cover cropping and native habitat restoration. The Vendituoli Farm, a 120-year-old farmland sits between Lincoln Avenue and Federal Road at Middle Highway. It is the last farm remaining in Barrington, RI. Now, we are a protected farm thanks to the generosity of the community and the Barrington Conservation and Land Trust.

Community support continues to be imperative to our farm for growing, supplies, farm stand, structures, cultivating the woodland habitat to reach students and community members of all ages. The open space has beekeeping, fresh food tastings, student environmental groups, teachers, artists, nature studies and conservation practices. Join us as a volunteer, benefactor, customer, or friend! See you at the farm!