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(Above: On Saturdays, Nurta Abdullahi brings fresh vegetables from her Uamami Farm to the Grant Street Providence Farms International Farmers Market.)
Saturdays through October, an international farmers’ market sprouts in the parking lot of the M&T Bank parking lot at 130 Grant St.
Founded in Orchard Park in 2019, Providence Farm Collective has given immigrant farmers a way to return to the land, feed their families, and pass on their culture to their children. “With 29 farms, a demonstration plot, and more than 200 farmers, our collective effort is not just about growing crops — it’s about nurturing communities and preserving cultural heritage,” said executive director Kristin Heltman-Weiss.
Providence Farm Collective plots are cultivated by people who grew up growing vegetables as a way of life. At its Orchard Park farm store, produce and honey is available 3 p.m.-7 p.m. Monday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursdays, through October…