Grown on Aquidneck Island

Hawk & Handsaw Farm is a small market farm business run by Kidder & Horus. We are a Queer owned Farm based out of Aquidneck Island, RI.

Aquidneck is an island intersecting at Narragansett and Wampanoag peoples lands. Respectfully, we acknowledge the Narragansett and Wampanoag lineage as traditional stewards and first harvesters on whose land we meet.

Please Support local indigenous led efforts by:

The Tomaquag Museum non-profit of Rhode Island

and

The Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust a farm forward tribally run non-profit

what we Grow:

  • vegetable crops

  • culinary/medicinal herbs

  • edible flowers

  • fiber and natural dye crops

  • native and eco-type plant stock

Where/how can you buy from us?

  • Wholesale: this includes restaurants, caterers, cafeterias, retail stores, etc.. please contact if interested

  • CSA Membership: Individual/family Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) memberships (vegetable shares).

  • Farm stand: Tuesdays 2-6pm (June-Nov)

    Cloverbud Ranch

    497 Jepson ln.

    Middletown, RI 02842

  • Anna D’s Cafe Farmer’s Market: Mondays 2-6pm (June- Nov)

    954 East Main rd.

    Portsmouth, RI 02871

Our mission is to bring quality cultivated crops to our community with positive impact on our environment, people and place, with emphasis on creating a safe space for typically marginalized populations.

Some of the things we do to fulfill our mission:

We offer sliding scale pricing or payment plans to make our CSA Shares more accessible. Visit our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) webpage for more details. Access to quality local food is a right not a privilege.

We work with dedicated chefs that highlight seasonal local produce on their menus.

Since 2020 we have held a wholesale account with the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center to bring quality vegetables to underserved locals through their “Produce to the People” program.

We support farm and health educational opportunities through classes / workshops at our farm locations. Stay tuned for events we put on ourselves or coordinate with other teachers in our area. If you are a teacher who wants to host an event at our farm please get in contact with us.

Our Farming Practices:

We are dedicated to sustainable regenerative farming methods, commonly shared by indigenous communities all over the world, to contribute to carbon sequestration and well being for all. We cultivate our crops using no-till methods while following “organic” practices and beyond (although we are not under certification). We focus on soil building and creating a closed loop farm system through seed saving and the use of on site or local amendment materials and compost.

We have based our farming business out of Island Community Farm in Middletown, RI since 2018 and in April of 2022 we moved onto our new farm location (10 min away) in Portsmouth, RI. This new location will serve as farm headquarters and its 7 acres of open field will offer us the ability to expand what we do.

Island Community Farm is located on an 8 acre parcel that was conserved by the Aquidneck Land Trust. Established in 2012 this community farm incubates small farm businesses and hosts roughly 40 community gardener allotments. Island Community Farm is operated through the non-profit called Aquidneck Community Table and, through the ongoing support of many, this farm space continues to grow.