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FARM TO SCHOOL: Farm Fresh Rhode Island’s AmeriCorps VISTA members Rose Serra, right, and Liesl Miller, left, assist Chartwell’s executive chef Steven Dafonseca and his assistant at Pocasset Elementary School in Tiverton, as they serve a harvest lunch made with locally sourced ingredients, including apples from Steere Orchard in Smithfield. / COURTESY FARM FRESH RHODE ISLAND

Editor’s Choice: Farm Fresh R.I. to host farm-to-school gathering

EDITOR’S CHOICE Farm Fresh R.I. to host farm-to-school gathering FARM FRESH RHODE ISLAND is bringing together local farmers and K-12 food service organizations to help...
FIRST MEETING: Doreen Pezza leads the first meeting of Rhode Island Women in Agriculture. In the foreground is Heidi Quinn, Rhode Island Raised Livestock Association executive director. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Nonprofit boosting women on the farm

As part-owner of the four-generation Pezza Farm in Johnston, Doreen Pezza knows what it takes to be a farmer. “Farming is not a glamorous industry,”...
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