South Kingstown
Festivals & Sales
01:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Produce from the Cedar Edge Farm of Wyoming will be available at the Coastal Growers’ Market in Richmond.
The Providence Journal / John Freidah
Church festival: Wakefield’s St. Francis of Assisi Church will raise funds with its annual summer festival, running Friday from 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday from noon to 10 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., in Marina Park, off of Route 1.
An Italian dinner will be served Friday night, with a chicken barbecue Saturday night. Carnival rides, children’s games and activities will run throughout.
Book sale: The Robert Beverly Hale Library, off of Route 1 in Wakefield, will host a book sale Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Farmers’ markets: The Coastal Growers’ Market is open for the season, selling local produce, meat, flowers, bread, seafood, cheese and more, and hosting yoga classes, alpaca visits, cooking and craft demonstrations, every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at Casey Farm, 2325 Boston Neck Rd., Saunderstown.
The Coastal Growers’ Market also operates a farmers’ market Saturday morning from 8:30 a.m. to noon on the lawn of the Richmond Town Hall, 5 Richmond Town House Rd., Richmond, through October. It features certified organic produce from Cedar Edge Farm and One Love Farm, and meats from the Stoney Hill Cattle Company. Other farmers and local growers interested in joining the market may receive an application by e-mailing Brent Petersen, at onelovefarm@hotmail.com.
URI hosts a farmers’ market each Saturday morning from 8:30 to noon, in the Keaney Gym parking lot, off of Route 138 in Kingston.
And a farmers’ market in sponsored by the South County Conservancy is open Friday morning from 9 to noon, through Sept. 12, at the Cross’ Mills Public Library, 4417 Old Post Rd., Charlestown. Featured are locally grown produce and flowers, shellfish, beef, pork and eggs.
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