Nubian Square Farmers Market
Nubian Square · Roxbury, MA · 02119
Fresh produce and related products, brought directly from local farmers to the residents of Roxbury — in the heart of the Square.
Fresh 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.
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.
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.
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.