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Many of our producers have excellent well stored, frozen or jarred products to add variety and flavor to your early spring meals. But this week, note asparagus, green garlic, kale, chard, lettuces and radishes are in, alongside diary products, breads, seafood and more. All fresh, fresh, FRESH!
The Market's farmers and food artisans are local so the seasonal items you love only travel a short distance. Our farms grow for taste, not for shipping durability. And they harvest late week so their foods are perfect for your weekend, and terrific all week.
Need a fresh idea for your meals? Speak to our producers or their staff - they enjoy sharing new ways to enjoy the Market's weekly harvest. Can't wait that long? Browse and shop ahead of time from our vendors using Pleasantville Farmers Market Online.
METERED PARKING NOW AT MEMORIAL PLAZA
April 11th the Village of Pleasantville transitioned the Memorial Plaza parking lot to metered parking. The Village's Pango smartphone app and a new pay station are available for all metered streetside and Plaza lot parking.
If you prefer free parking note the lots that are blue (free) in our Village map of parking lots. Get to know these "hidden parking lots of P'ville" as 6 out of 9 offering free parking. Between all these parking lots and dozens of street meters, there are over 400 parking spaces available. Review them all by clicking here to view our Village map of parking lot locations.
Sharper Harper (Harper Keehn Knife Sharpening) will be in this Saturday to sharpen your knives while you shop. Get the edge back on your favorite knives so you're set for a delicious season of slicing fresh foods from the Market.
View our Map of the Market to see where all returning and new vendors visiting this Saturday will be located in the marketplace. In addition to Weekly vendors the following Rotation vendors will also be in this Saturday:
First time user of PFM-O? Please register at Pleasantville Farmers Market Online. Then login to browse our producer's items and place preorders Tuesdays, 7:00pm - Thursdays, 7:00pm. Saturday collect preorders from the producers you preordered from.
Lead Sponsor Phelps Hospital Northwell Health shares the following: "The vegetable of the week is KALE! Kale is an excellent source of beta-carotene, vitamins C and K as well as a healthy dose of calcium. The darker the green the better, and make sure to choose small to medium leaves without yellowing when enjoying raw, braised, sautéed or in a soup".
Kriemhild Dairy Farms is hiring! Kriemhild is looking for an outgoing individual to help them at the Market on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month. Please call Bruce at 315-825-5529 if you're interested.
It Takes a Village (aka: a lot of Crew): Pleasantville Farmers Market relies upon volunteers to support many of its best programs. Sign up if you want to help support Market operations, Managers Tent coin services, weekly Music Series performances, Kids Events and more. If you think you can contribute volunteer hours please email us asap at: info@pleasantvillefarmersmarket.org.
Market Intern Program The Market is accepting applications from area students, grades 8 - 12, for the our spring/summer/fall Intern Program. For information email info@pleasantvillefarmersmarket.org. The Market Is Seeking Music and Kids Events
Pleasantville Farmers Market remains committed to the health and safety of the whole community, including shoppers, vendors, volunteers, and staff.
Avoid the Market if you're sick. Especially so if you exhibit any symptoms of the COVID-19 virus (temperature of 100° or above, a cough, a sore throat, shortness of breath). The New York State Department of Health has set up a hotline at (888) 364-3065 where Department of Health experts are available to answer questions regarding COVID-19.
Simply Planted Greenhouses is in with cool season annuals, lots of pansies, spring combos, Drop & Grows, hanging baskets and more - all grown without pesticides - all can tolerate down to 28°.
Knot of This World Pretzels is back this week with their traditional and stuffed, freshly baked pretzels.
Gajeski Produce is in the thick of the spring asparagus harvest! Along with numerous stored root crops you will also see red and green cut lettuce, and plenty of green garlic.
This week Woven Stars Farm has a 25% OFF SALE on chicken wings, as well as discounts on chicken drumsticks and pork chops. But their BIG highlight is the launch of their new bulk Variety Boxes - exclusively available by preorder through PFM-O. Examples of themes are Breakfast/Brunch Box, Chicken Variety Box, and Ground Meat Variety Box. Buy a box and save 10% off individual product prices. Visit PFM-O to explore this new way to buy Woven Stars Farm products.
Little Seed Gardens has lots of fresh items to offer including sorrel, arugula, kale and other salad mixes, green garlic, Little Gem head lettuce and baby bok choy. This week they added a tender green chard and white Japanese turnips.
Forward Roots is in this week. We see they've added Cauliflower Water Kimchi, Radish Relish Kimchi, and Radish Carrot Relish Water Kimchi. Yum!
Spice Revolution is back this week and featuring their new Green Curry. This is a beautiful mix of lemongrass, lime leaves, shallots, jalapeños, galangal, peppers & garlic -- a great all purpose grill mix, just in time for warmer weather. It's listed in PFM-O under both New Spice Mixes and Curry.
Kriemhild Dairy Farms will be at the Market on Saturday with their full product line of butter and milk. To help them know the the amount of Organic Creamline Grassfed milk to bring they ask shoppers to please preorder milk and chocolate milk - to avoid disappointment.
Maple View Farm is highlighting their offerings will include the first scallions of the season, romaine and green leaf head lettuces, and a full assortment of washed baby greens. Parsley, cilantro, dill round out the culinary herb offerings.
Manor Sangria will be in and they've a wild new blend available - Jalapeno! They say, "We took all the heat out of the pepper to make this delightfully unique blend. The aroma and flavor of the Jalapeno are beautiful".
Kiernan Farm has a nice SALE on pork hot dogs (8 in a pack) at $10.00/lb (reg. $14.50/lb), and on beef knuckle bones which are great for making bone broth, $4.00/lb (reg. $8.00/lb; specify lbs desired). They've discounted NY strip steaks to $24.50/lb (reg. $29.50/lb; .75 lb average size each). Also, buy five 1lb packages of ground beef at $13.00/lb, you get $10.00 off the total.
Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery will make their May visit this Saturday with their extensive line of wines, hard ciders, fruit liqueurs, gin, bourbon and more.
Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse creates a variety of breads, all produced in their wood-fired oven, including a delicious Medieval Rye Levain, also offered with either Kalamata olives or whole cloves of garlic. Enjoy some this week with Mom, along with Bobolink's cheese such as Drumm, Cave Aged Cheddar, or Frolic.
Puras Paletas is back with their yummy ice pops. Find them at the south end near Little Seed Gardens. Get your pops home still frozen: buy a Puras Paletas insulated bag!
Hudson River Apiaries is in (every week) and we noticed they added Blueberry Blossom and Pumpkin Blossom varieties of honey to their PFM-O store.
Edgwick Farm continues to highlight (justifiably!) their delicious seasonal pairing of fresh strawberry rhubarb jam and fresh Canterbury soft goat cheese (try a sample at Edgwick's tent). IN THE COMMUNITY:
Shop Local: The Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce can help you stay connected to the small businesses that make Pleasantville such a wonderful place to visit and to live. They have a new website for 2022 with a fresh new look, enhanced navigation, improved member directory, and an additional feature to help find parking spots. It's also fully responsive with mobile devices, making it easier to navigate on a wide range of web browsers and devices. Visit the Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce to learn more.
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