2026 Rhode Island Farm Scavenger Hunt

2026 RI Farm Scavenger Hunt news.

I am sorry to announce that there will not be a 2026 Rhode Island Farm Scavenger Hunt.  Over the past few months, I have reevaluated the cost vs response over the four years RIFB has operated it.  The hunt dropped to just 26 farms in 2025, and several farms have not responded for this year.  Despite receiving emails of interest from several new locations, none were ready to sign up for the 2026 Scavenger Hunt.  We need more farms to make this work.

Due to the costs and work involved in making the Scavenger Hunt work, I have made the difficult decision to take a pause and work to reinvigorate the Scavenger Hunt for 2027.  We distribute approximately 15,000 to 18,000 fliers for this popular summer activity.  While we know many people don’t get to all the locations, we have not received enough complete (visit all the farms) and partially complete (visit at least 20 farms) to determine the benefit to the farms.

I want to thank all the farms who have already agreed to continue for 2026.  Those who have paid will have their payment returned. 

As I work through ways to boost the event for 2027, please think of farms you visit, farms you are friends with, or perhaps your own farm to participate.  If you don’t want to ask them yourself, please give me the farm name and I will be happy to reach out.


Participation Requirements:

  • Physical location to make purchases and consistent hours of operation.
  • $175/farm to participate for 2027.
  • A photo representative of your farm. No farm name visible in the photo, please.
  • We ask that farms redeem up to 10- $5 gift certificates, which are supplied to the participants (2 for those completing 20 farms, 4 for those completing all the farms.)  These are farm specific to keep a balance.
  • We provide the Grand Prize for the winner drawn from all the entries who visit every participating farm.

 

I will be working on the 2025 participant gift certificates this week and will make notification on our website when those have been sent.  The winner of the grand prize will receive a phone call to notify them.

Have a farm you’d like to recommend for 2027?  Email us at rifarm@rifb.org with the farm name and location,  and we will reach out to ask.