Delicious Holidays to You & Yours!

For a 4th Saturday in a row we'll see nice weather to shop for our week's meals and for items to make the holidays extra special. The River Garden (dried floral craft) and Living Edge Designs (beautiful cutting boards) have decided to add an extra (and final) holiday visit this Saturday. Hudson River Apiaries has beeswax tapers, cast candles, and excellent honey. Bobolink Dairy & Bakeshop has wreaths of their Epi bread, Edgwick Farm has holiday cheese balls and chocolate goats milk truffles, SallyeAnder has fantastic soaps, Bohemian Baked has gingerbread cookies, Warwick Valley Winery has Cranberry Spice hard cider, Manor Sangria has their holiday blend all set, the marketplace will be overflowing with produce, meats, cheeses, breads, pies, strudel, AND we're introducing a NEW producer Saturday, The Cracker Workshop. There's no more festive and fun day to shop the Market than the one coming up!

Note: The Market is also OPEN next week 12/30.

All our vendors offer their full line of products for walk up purchases December through March. A few vendors also have set up their own methods for shoppers to be able to preorder products if they wish. That information is listed below:

Produce
Maple View Farm's new preorder system is open Tuesday, 7pm thru Thursday, 7pm. To begin click https://www.mapleviewfarmny.com/shop. Their system ensures you can reserve what you need, including on winter Saturdays below freezing when the farm relies on sheltering preorders in their heated van.

Baked Goods
Bobolink Dairy and Bakehouse:
https://www.cowsoutside.com/s/shop

Dairy
Bobolink Dairy and Bakehouse:
https://www.cowsoutside.com/s/shop
Edgwick Farm:
https://edgwickfarm.square.site/

Herbs and Spices
Spice Revolution:
text 914-279-0077

Additional Market News:

• Winter season hours are now in effect: 9:30am-12:00pm
• In the event of a weather-related closure (ie: ongoing snow on a Saturday) we send out a special Friday newsletter announcing that closure, and post a notice to our website's homepage

WHO'S IN THIS WEEK?

View our Map of the Market to see where all 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:

• Bohemian Baked
• Demi Olive Oil
• Himalayan Delish
• Living Edge Designs
• Manor Sangria
• Noble Pies
• River Valley Community Grains
• SallyeAnder
• Strudel House
• The Cracker Workshop
• Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery

Lead Sponsor Northwell Health Tip:
"Health experts have emphasized the significance of reducing sodium, and increasing potassium levels, in the US diet. Sodium intake can be lowered by swapping processed foods for more fresh produce. And potassium occurs naturally in produce such as fresh beets, beet greens, Swiss chard, radishes, spinach and squash." Brought to you by Northern Westchester and Phelps, your local Northwell hospitals.

Market Intern Program
The Market is accepting applications from area students, grades 8 - 12, for the our winter Intern Program. For information email info@pleasantvillefarmersmarket.org.

VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS

Saturday we introduce The Cracker Workshop, from Towaco, NJ, which crafts a delicious line of unique crackers and cookies using regionally sourced, regeneratively produced ingredients.

Last call this week for those seeking to shop from The River Garden's dried floral wreaths and bouquets, or Living Edge Designs' unique cutting boards!

Hilly Acres Farm will be in with pork, beef, chicken, and fresh brown eggs. Also, they'll offer a special on beef short ribs and bottom round roasts.

Warm up at the Market with a hot egg sandwich or Momo dumplings from Himalyan Delish, a cup of coffee or tea from Teagevity, and a warm Knot of This World Pretzel or waffle from Pika's Farm Table.

Demi Olive Oil will visit for a last time in 2023 (next they arrive in March, 2024!) -- so check your supply of EVOO, and consider gifting a bottle too!

Hudson River Apiaries now has their full holiday offering of beeswax candles (tapers and specialty cast candles).

Kyle Nisonger, of Maple View Farms, is highlighting a BIG accomplishment. While Maple View Farm has always used organic practices since its inception, they now have made it official by becoming Certified Organic. This week Maple View is encouraging shoppers to make a great Christmas salad with fresh, sweet mesclun featuring a mix of lesser known but really tasty greens such as miners lettuce, tatsoi, mustard greens, cress and lettuces. You can preorder Maple View Farm's products using their new preorder system: mapleviewfarmny.com/shop. Try their convenient Winter Salad Kits or the Farmer's Box options.

Spice Revolution is offering complimentary gift packaging in multiple sizes. Spice packets make great little gifts and stock stuffers!

River Valley Community Grains is in this Saturday, and next, with their line of grains produced by local farms.

Get Manor Sangria for Christmas! They're stocked with plenty of festive blends which make great gifts, or a perfect wine to serve your guests during the holiday season.

Bohemian Baked will visit with their line of wheat-free baked goods, including a variety holiday items such as gingerbread people, Challah bread and they'll have neat holiday cookie tins.

Mead Orchards is in with almost all their varieties of Hudson Valley apples, and they offer fresh cider (regular and apple-cherry). Their Evercrisp apples are sooo crisp!

Pika's Farm Table is highlighting they'll have an extensive selection of fine quiches Saturday including Quiche Lorraine and Spinach & Goat Cheese Quiche (both have become a Christmas brunch tradition for many folks). Pika will also bring a limited number of Key Lime pies.

Edgwick Farm is offering two holiday seasonal pairings with its Canterbury soft goat cheese: Cranberry Orange (sweet) and Sun-dried Tomato Garlic (savory). Also available for the holidays (through New Year's Eve) are Holiday Cheese Balls (sweet or savory) and Chocolate Goat Cheese Truffles.

Gajeski Produce has items for walk up shoppers including fresh herbs, stored squash, potatoes, roots veggies, fresh scallions, leeks, greens, lettuce mixes, and huge heads of cauliflower!

Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery will be in with their excellent bourbon, gin, cordials, hard ciders wines and more. Try their seasonal treat, Cranberry Spice Cider -- perfect for holidays!

Teagevity notes the holidays are a great time to stock up on their top three herbal fruit teas: Hibiscus Pineapple, Blood Orange & Hibiscus and/or Strawberry Fields.

Red Barn Bakery, Strudel House, and Noble Pies are all in to provide baked goods for the holidays. Also, you can choose sweet treats from Orwasher's Bakery or Bien Cuit too!

PLEASE VOTE TODAY!
1st ROUND VOTING
is open for
Westchester Magazine's
BEST OF WESTCHESTER

As a community-based service, we’re so proud to have been awarded the honor of “Best of Westchester” in recent years by voters in Westchester Magazine’s annual contest. This feedback is an indication that we’re fulfilling our mission to our community, farmers and food artisans. And the attention it garners attracts new shoppers to the Market, which benefits our producers!

Now the 2024 “Best of Westchester” first round voting is open. Please take a minute to VOTE TODAY in two "best" categories: “Farmers Market” and “Produce”. The magazine's format to vote has some initial steps (sign in with an email, then register, and then input a confirmation code) -- please stick with it to get your votes in!

The contest requires participants fill in an entry for at least five categories -- please vote for all local, small restaurants and businesses that have earned your loyalty in the past year.
Pleasantville Farmers Market strives every week, year-round, to provide you and your family with:

• a delicious variety of fresh and regionally-grown foods
• which are fully inspected by our staff to ensure your purchases support regional producers
• and we provide a community gathering place to see friends and enjoy creative programs

All local markets do their part to support Hudson Valley farmers. At Pleasantville Farmers Market we also:

• Offer over 25 high-responsibility internships to high school students from across Westchester
• Provide direct aid and support for school programs and student merit awards
• Limit farm participation to family-run operations
• Inspect all farms and producers to ensure quality and regional sourcing
• Address hunger locally through the SNAP program and by helping direct excess produce to local food pantries
• Provide visibility to local non-profits to share their good works
• Host weekly music and kids events, as well as nutrition talks and culinary demos

Once you have voted, encourage fellow shoppers and family members to vote to help the contest garner more participation. Thanks for participating, and thanks for considering Pleasantville Farmers Market in your voting!

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

For the health and safety of our shoppers, please note that the Village of Pleasantville and Market operator, Foodchester, Inc., run the Pleasantville Farmers Market as a dog-free environment.

Pleasantville's Memorial Plaza parking lot is FREE between 8am - 1pm. After 1pm the parking lot requires payment for any cars present. Note that all street parking locations still require payment on Saturdays at all times. The Village's Pango smartphone app and two pay stations are available to make payment. For additional free parking options get to know the "hidden parking lots of P'ville" (6 out of 9 lots are free) by clicking here.

Visit Pleasantville Farmers Market and double your SNAP dollars! The Pleasantville Farmers Market happily accepts SNAP/EBT benefits -- and now you can double your SNAP dollars (up to $40) thanks to a generous grant from our local hospitals, Phelps Hospital and Northern Westchester Hospital, both part of the Market's Lead Sponsor Northwell Health. Simply bring your SNAP card to the Managers Tent at the entrance to the Market where we can swipe your card to exchange the amount of benefits you wish to use as $1 or $5 SNAP Market coins. For every dollar you redeem (up to $40), you will receive two dollars in SNAP Market coins. These coins are accepted at any Market vendor displaying our green SNAP signage.

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. Check out the Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce website for a full member directory, an event calendar, and a feature to help find parking spots when visiting.