Nubian Square Farmers MarketEST: 2020
Fresh produce and related products, brought directly from local farmers to the residents of Roxbury — in the heart of the Square.
Nubian Square Farmers MarketEST: 2020Fresh produce and related products, brought directly from local farmers to the residents of Roxbury — in the heart of the Square.
The Nubian Square Farmers Market's mission is to improve the health of our residents while providing a venue where local farmers, producers, crafters and artisans can come together to provide a variety of fresh produce and related products directly to our residents, visitors & community.
This market ran four years before the City of Boston recognized the work. Its business certificate has stood on file with the Boston City Clerk since June 27, 2023, and the company behind it — Visit Nubian Square, LLC — was certified by the City of Boston as a Minority Business Enterprise and Small Local Business Enterprise on October 30, 2026. The market is Roxbury's own: growers and vendors at the table, and the neighborhood gathered around it.
Our market is powered by a passionate team of women who believe every community deserves access to fresh, local produce at fair prices. We are committed to building a stronger food system in Roxbury — one that supports small farmers, uplifts local families, and promotes healthy eating for all.
Open Thursdays, 4 PM – 7 PM — the market after work, in the evening.
Open Saturdays, 11 AM – 3 PM. See you at the market.
Volunteer gardening, 11 AM – 2 PM — join the crew that keeps the market growing.
Vendors on site 10 AM – 4 PM on market days. Become a vendor — bring what you grow and make to the Square.
Increase access to fresh foods, improve food security, and provide fresh, affordable produce.
Increase physical activity through garden maintenance activities; improve dietary habits through education; increase fruit and vegetable intake; reduce risk of obesity and obesity-related diseases.
Improve mental health and promote relaxation; build a sense of community; get people active & improve physical health; educate about gardening, nature & cooking.
Local farmers and producers bring a variety of fresh produce and related products directly to our residents, visitors & community — no middleman between the grower and the neighborhood.
Providing food assistance, including SNAP, and connecting our neighbors to mental health resources — because a market in this Square is about health in every sense.
Delivery for our elderly neighbors and neighbors with disabilities, so the market's fresh food reaches the people who cannot always come to it.
A venue for crafters and artisans alongside the farmers, and partnering in conservation programs that care for the land the food comes from.
The Nubian Square Farmers Market did not begin with a certificate. It began with tables in the Square and a simple conviction: the people of Roxbury deserve fresh food close to home, and the farmers and makers of this region deserve a place to sell it. The market ran four years before the City of Boston recognized the work — and when the recognition came, it came on paper that stands on file today.
Owner of the Nubian Square Farmers Market — a Visit Nubian Square, LLC business.
Market Manager — runs the market's operations and events, including the Day After event at the Murphy School.
Providing food assistance at the market, including SNAP — good food should be within every neighbor's reach.
Providing mental health resources alongside the produce — the market feeds more than the body.
Delivery service for elderly residents and residents with disabilities.
Partnering in conservation programs — caring for the land and the growers who work it.
A Thanksgiving-week community event at the Murphy School in Dorchester, presented by the Nubian Square Farmers Market and organised by Market Manager Hortencia Do Rosario. Watch this page — the date will be announced here.
For five years, the market and Visit Nubian Square have given out Thanksgiving turkeys at the Bolling Building, together with partnering food distribution groups.
Around the Square and across the city — from boston.gov, the City of Boston's official calendar. Times and details can change; check the City's calendar before you go.
6:00–8:00 PM · With Mayor Michelle Wu and City staff — an art display and artist talk celebrating Native American Heritage Month.
9:00 AM–12:00 PM · A City of Boston Environment Department volunteer morning.
5:00–6:00 PM · Boston Parks and Recreation Department, North End.
~11:00 AM · The Nova Scotia tree arrives on Boston Common by police escort.
2:00–4:00 PM · Food Rescue US – Boston at Nubian Square, City-approved (Ref #6690), with a second site at the Murphy School, Dorchester.
5:00–6:00 PM · Smith Family Waterfront, Seaport / Fort Point.
10:00 AM–3:00 PM · Free help during Medicare open enrollment (clinics also run in Mattapan, South Boston, and Downtown into early December).
5:00–6:00 PM · Boston Parks and Recreation Department.
6:00–8:00 PM · The City of Boston with the Province of Nova Scotia, followed by the Lighting of the Trees on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall at 8:00 PM.
The compassion our volunteers show to the people we serve is an inspiration for us all. We at the Nubian Square Farmers Market know how stressful it can be for the people who find themselves in need of the services we provide, and the words and actions go a long way toward helping them keep their dignity.
Follow the Square's stories on the Hub: Instagram — @visitnubiansquare.
From the market's own journal, October 18, 2024 — a trip out to Yorkshire Farms, the market's parent farm, for fresh peppers.
From the market's journal, June 14, 2023 — opening the season at the Bolling Building.
From the market's journal, June 9, 2023 — the City's compost program and the market's conservation partners.
More from the market's journal and gallery came over from its first website — the full archive is preserved on the market's own server.
Farmers, producers, crafters and artisans — and neighbors who want to volunteer, join, or sponsor: the door is open.
As a volunteer you are doing more than just filling their bellies with fresh produce. You are showing them that your community members do care, and that gives them hope. Sometimes hope is just what people need to try to change their lives.
Farmers, producers, crafters and artisans — the market is a venue to bring fresh produce and related products directly to our residents, visitors & community.
Join the farmers market family by participating in local events — and encourage your community members to participate in your local farmers market.
Encourage local membership & sponsorship. Sponsorship enquiries are welcome — call or email the market.
Volunteering, vending, membership, sponsorship — or anything else: send the market a note and we will write back. Manager Hortencia Do Rosario's team replies to every enquiry.