Mission:Nutrition is a nutrition club, health food store and juice bar. It sells and serves the HerbaLife line of health food products and vitamins. Services available include complimentary wellness coaching and nutritional counseling.
The DeCastro Family has been in business since 1941 and at the current location since 1975. They are local residents who started the farm from a small house-front stand. Owners Richard and Steven DeCastro now offer plants, fruits, vegetables, flowers, and landscape materials. They are proud to offer home grown produce and are known for their delicious corn. They provide summer produce and fall pumpkins with over 10,000 mums to choose from. At Christmas, the shop stocks trees, poinsettias, and center pieces. They are closed from Christmas Day until the week before Easter every year.
Nature's Goodness is located near the intersection of East Main Road and Aquidneck Avenue, next to The Grape Room. Nature's Goodness has been open since 1985, and provides a large selection of natural, organic and whole foods. It carries a range of natural products, from food, body care, athletic supplements, natural pet care and health information.
John Wood and Aly Marks-Wood are the proud owners of this three-year-old market. They are committed to offering local goods from Manic Organic, Simmons Farm, Allen Farm, Aquidneck Farms, Run Dog Run, and Wishing Stone Farm, to name a few. They are also supporters of local transitional farms that are attempting to become certified organic. They specialize in natural and organic products.
Dave's Marketplace is locally owned and operate grocery store with several locations in the area. The market offers an extensive selection of fresh and natural foods. It offers baked goods, a butcher shop, fresh produce, a seafood store and delicatassen. Dave's also offers prepared "on the go" meals, and offers catering services. It specializes in natural, organic items and specialty health foods, and has a selection gluten-free, wheat-free and other products for food allergies and diets.
Owner Greg Beaune is proud that he's been serving top quality produce and meats to his customers in the same location since 1981. Italian specialty foods and pantry necessities fill the rest of the space in a small shop that has a little bit of everything. Top-quality local produce, meats and cheese are featured too. Hot and cold sandwiches are made fresh at the deli counter along with house specialties like the "Tony Soprano" and the "Green Monster." Prepared dishes, antipasti and soup are sold, along with specialty meats to be cooked at home such as gorgonzola burgers and garlic chicken sausage. Catering is also available.
In 1980, Sweet Berry Farm opened their farm stand and today, countless people enjoy buying fresh produce and the goods baked on the premises in the post-and-beam building. Customers can also sit in the Greenhouse cafe eating breakfast or lunch overlooking the one hundred acre preserved farmland vista. During the summer you can pick your own strawberries and blueberries. In the fall apple picking is a favorite with families. The wide open orchard field is available to rent for weddings, corporate events or gala fundraisers. Free concerts are held in the picnic area some evenings in the summer. Newport Life Magazine readers voted Sweet Berry Farm the Best Locally Grown Food 2010.