REC Mobile Farmers Market - Webster Square Towers

REC Mobile Farmers Market - Webster Square Towers is part of the Regional Environmental Council, a Worcester nonprofit food justice organization with a 53-year history of working on environmental sustainability and social justice in the city. At Webster Square Towers, that mission takes a practical form: a weekly mobile stop that brings fresh, local, affordable food to 1060 Main St. on Tuesdays from June into December. The market sits within a larger REC network that also includes community and school gardens, YouthGROW, and other farmers market sites across Worcester.

Why it matters locally

The Regional Environmental Council runs this market as part of a wider Worcester food access effort that includes Community and Mobile Farmers Markets, Urban Garden Resources of Worcester, and Youth Growing Organics in Worcester, a youth employment and urban agriculture program for Worcester teens. REC also describes itself as a nonprofit food justice organization working in Worcester on environmental sustainability and social justice, which places this stop inside a long-running local mission rather than a standalone retail event.

That local focus also shapes who sells here. REC markets are positioned as outlets for small and medium-size farms, with explicit encouragement for small urban growers and BIPOC growers, plus technical assistance around Farmers Market Nutrition Program coupons and SNAP/HIP transactions.

What you'll find there

The vendor mix leans heavily toward produce, eggs, honey, baked goods, and culturally significant crops, with a few specialty items that stand out in a one-hour mobile market stop. Several growers name specific greens, gourds, mushrooms, and microgreens rather than a generic produce lineup, which gives this market a distinctly Worcester-area REC character.

• -Browse Bucket List Maple Syrup for pure maple syrup, maple cream, maple sugar, and maple candies.
• -Find organic produce and fresh eggs from layer chickens at Cotyledon Farm.
• -Pick up herbs, culturally significant crops, honey, and salves from Global Village Farms.
• -Look for sunflower, broccoli, sweet pea, and radish microgreens from Just For Fun Farms.
• -Shop Misigaro Farms for edible gourds, pumpkin leaves, amaranth greens, jilo, mustard greens, and shell beans.
• -Get vegetables and culturally relevant crops grown through the REC YouthGROW Farm program.
• -Choose breads and baked goods made from scratch with organic flours at Wooden Bakery.
• -Stop at Daphne’s Tears Bakery Cafe for pastries, coffee, and traditional Turkish coffee.
• -Bring home fruits and vegetables from Harper Farms & Garden, including “Mirai” corn.
• -Pick up raw, treatment-free honey, pasture-raised eggs, beeswax candles, and skincare products from Kelly Homestead Apiary.
• -Seek out bitter gourd, hot peppers, long beans, mustard greens, daikon, cilantro, eggplant, and cucumbers from Nuestro Huerto Urban Farm.
• -Add grass-fed beef, fruits, vegetables, and award-winning ice cream from Rota Spring Farm.
• -Check Coolidge Hill Farm for diversified fruits and vegetables plus heritage breed pigs.
• -Buy fresh produce grown with non-GMO seeds and Integrated Pest Management practices from Fay Mountain Farm.
• -Try Juakumbah Farms for tomatoes, peppers, okra, water spinach, sweet potato leaves, gourds, amaranth greens, malabar spinach, and lalu.
• -Shop source-identified foods from Marty's Local.
• -Find nutrient-dense food raised with sustainable farming practices at Rattle Root Farm.
• -Look for Shiitake, Blue Oyster, Golden Oyster, Pink Oyster, and Lion’s Mane mushrooms from the Southeast Asian Coalition of Central MA.

REC’s mobile market season runs across multiple Worcester locations on Tuesdays, with Webster Square Towers as one stop in that broader route. REC also operates seasonal Friday and Saturday markets at Beaver Brook Park and University Park.

At Webster Square Towers, the strongest through-line is REC’s blend of food access and cultivation programs. The organization’s own work spans Mobile Farmers Markets, community and school gardens through UGROW, and YouthGROW, a youth employment and urban agriculture program for Worcester teens. That same thread shows up in the vendor bench: REC YouthGROW Farm brings vegetables and culturally relevant crops, while growers like Global Village Farms, Misigaro Farms, Nuestro Huerto Urban Farm, and Juakumbah Farms name herbs, greens, gourds, and other culturally significant crops in precise terms. The result is a mobile market whose identity is closely tied to Worcester-based food justice work rather than a generic weekly produce stop.

Know before you go

This is a short stop: Webster Square Towers runs for one hour on Tuesdays, from 2:00pm to 3:00pm, during the mobile market season that runs from June 16 to December 17, 2026. The market is located at Webster Square Towers on Main Street; REC lists that mobile stop at 1060 Main St..

Two practical details may shape your visit. Dogs are not allowed, and restrooms are not available at the market. If you follow REC’s broader mobile market schedule, note that the Tuesday route has listed closure dates during the season.

Payments & SNAP

SNAP/EBT is accepted at this market stop. REC also provides assistance around SNAP/HIP transactions and Farmers Market Nutrition Program coupons across its markets, reflecting the organization’s focus on affordable food access in Worcester.