Barrington Farm School

Barrington Farm School Mailing address::::
PO BOX 41
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.

RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 3!! Due to rain on 4/26, we are rescheduling our memorial planting for 5/3 at 10am at BFS. All are w...
04/24/2025

RESCHEDULED FOR MAY 3!! Due to rain on 4/26, we are rescheduling our memorial planting for 5/3 at 10am at BFS. All are welcome to join as Barrington Farm School, , and Troops #485 and #457 to work together to plant a memorial pear tree. AND May 3 is also the Grand Opening of our Farm stand alongside a Maker’s Market! So many fun things at the farm that morning and an act of hope and togetherness for us all. Hope to see several of you there!

All are welcome to join as Barrington Farm School, , and Troop #485 work together to plant a memorial pear tree on Sat...
04/17/2025

All are welcome to join as Barrington Farm School, , and Troop #485 work together to plant a memorial pear tree on Saturday April 26th at 10am at the farm. An act of hope and togetherness for us all. Hope to see several of you there!

April showers…no volunteer hours! Tomorrow 4/12, our Saturday morning volunteer session 9-12 will be cancelled due to we...
04/11/2025

April showers…no volunteer hours! Tomorrow 4/12, our Saturday morning volunteer session 9-12 will be cancelled due to weather. Stay dry and warm; we hope to see you next week!

Starting 4/5 (tomorrow!) is our first Saturday volunteering session of the season! We’ll be at the farm from 9-12pm and ...
04/04/2025

Starting 4/5 (tomorrow!) is our first Saturday volunteering session of the season! We’ll be at the farm from 9-12pm and as luck may have it, since it’s the first Saturday of the month, it’s also “Coffee Crew”! That means it’s our regular Saturday session PLUS coffee and treats! ☕️Drop any questions below; we hope to see you there. 👨‍🌾

Thinking about coming to a compost crew volunteer session? Meet some of our compost crew regulars:Photo 1: Indie (BHS in...
04/04/2025

Thinking about coming to a compost crew volunteer session? Meet some of our compost crew regulars:
Photo 1: Indie (BHS intern student on left) and Megan (farmer, yoga teacher, + more) moving an enormous
curing compost pile. These gals are regular BFS volunteers and are wicked strong (lifting compost builds muscle!).
Photo 2: BFS Compost Manager, heavy lifter extraordinaire, Jill! Jill keeps all the volunteers (and Girl Scouts), and pile-turning-sequences in order. No small feat! Jill is also a plant herbalist and is in charge
of the care, planting, and maintenance of BFS’s
herb garden and the making of herbal salves and teas.
We hope you’ll come to meet them and hang alongside these awesome composters!

Spring Volunteer Sessions are BACK!All Volunteer Sessions are Drop-in. Janelle, our Farmer’s Assistant, will be at the f...
03/31/2025

Spring Volunteer Sessions are BACK!

All Volunteer Sessions are Drop-in. Janelle, our Farmer’s Assistant, will be at the farm on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday mornings from 9-12pm. On the first Saturday of each month (next week, April 5th), we will have “Coffee Crew”: think hot coffee and breakfast snacks awaiting you at the farm. There are always multiple ways to volunteer. Feel free to email [email protected] with any questions or to let Janelle know you’re coming.

Join us this Saturday at the to discuss our future at BFS. Details above. We need your thoughts and opinions and experi...
03/17/2025

Join us this Saturday at the to discuss our future at BFS. Details above. We need your thoughts and opinions and experiences and we hope to see and hear from you!

03/10/2025

What’s new at BFS? Picnic tables! They are sitting in the shade of the solar panel and they are ready for field trips of children, groups of volunteers, picnics, afternoon tea, and gatherings of any sort. We welcome you to come check them out!

We have a Local Girl Scout Troop (ten 10-11 yr old girls) here at BFS to work on their “Bronze Award” as a troop. They ...
02/24/2025

We have a Local Girl Scout Troop (ten 10-11 yr old girls) here at BFS to work on their “Bronze Award” as a troop. They will be coming to help us chop, mix and turn very soon! They all took a bucket home and will be bringing food scraps back for mixing. They also had the idea to play “compost reporter” and want to video tape interviews with all our different workers!
More to come! Thanks, Lindsay and Jill, for taking this project on with these girls!

Harvesting native seeds grown right here at BFS! Echinacea, Rudbeckia Maxima, and Veronia. And Asclepia: everyone’s favo...
02/18/2025

Harvesting native seeds grown right here at BFS! Echinacea, Rudbeckia Maxima, and Veronia. And Asclepia: everyone’s favorite milkweed!

What are native seeds, you ask? They are seeds that come from plants that grow naturally in this area without our intervention that help support our ecosystem and biodiversity. We love our native plants! 🌱

More snow, ice, and rain on the horizon means we need to change our composting session from Sunday morning to **Saturday...
02/14/2025

More snow, ice, and rain on the horizon means we need to change our composting session from Sunday morning to **Saturday 9/15 at 9:30 AM**!! Meet us at the rear of the farm to mix all the food scraps and turn compost piles. We would love to have you! (Note: this does not affect our food scrap drop off locations which are all open 24/7).

Come join us this Thursday morning for a 30-minute tour to see our Hydroponic growing system! **But keep watch here in t...
02/11/2025

Come join us this Thursday morning for a 30-minute tour to see our Hydroponic growing system! **But keep watch here in the case the weather causes us to make any changes to the event.** Hope to see you then! (No signup necessary, but drop a comment below if you think you might join!).

02/08/2025

No composting Sunday 2/9 due to the forecasted winter storm. No Barrington Farm School Compost nor Foster Gloster. Please spread the word! And stay safe and warm! -BFS

02/05/2025

Question: What does 1 humpback whale and 160 pianos have in common?

Answer: They are the same weight of the food scraps we diverted at BFS in 2024!
Impressive!

Thanks to you, we have some impressive numbers! And it’s only going up from here!

02/03/2025

Look at all those footprints in the fresh snow already! Thanks for continuing to drop off all of your food scraps at the farm stand and at local collection sites (Kent St. and Peck Center lot). Happy snowy Monday! 👣

01/30/2025

Will you take 3 minutes to fill out your 10-question Vision Survey? As we move into new seasons at BFS we’d love to hear what you think about us. What would be advantageous for the land? How can we be good news to our community? What’s been working well and what can we do better?

Please complete by midnight on Friday 1/31 to be entered into the drawing for a free basket of fresh produce: farmer’s choice! (One participant will be chosen at random). Thank you!!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BTDGR77?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabJK433vAAh_vLC6cX9G5Lho8h-akZcCyDcOsn_ZyM6dNxU3wQlZqXLsMo_aem_HYcb4uOTQKkwdffKtQnN0g

Compost crew meets today at the back of BFS from 3:15-4:30. Bundle up and meet us there!
01/22/2025

Compost crew meets today at the back of BFS from 3:15-4:30. Bundle up and meet us there!

This is the string around your finger to remind you to place your online orders by 11am on Mondays and Thursdays! We’ve ...
01/16/2025

This is the string around your finger to remind you to place your online orders by 11am on Mondays and Thursdays! We’ve got lots of greens ready for you.

Available Online: Honey, arugula, watercress, Swiss chard, lettuce mix, pea shoots, kale, garlic, rosemary, cilantro, parsley, turmeric, ginger.

Order here: barrington-farm-school.squarespace.com.
And post your purchases and tag us on social media! . 😘

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Federal Road
Barrington, RI
02806

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9am - 11am

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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!