Every week you can help us make a delicious difference!

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!

GREAT WEATHER
& FULL MARKET!

After a fall that challenged shoppers and producers with eight Saturdays in a row of rain, December has been very kind so far! Saturday's forecast is for a dry, partly sunny day, with moderate temperatures and low wind -- our favorite winter season combo! As a venue we seek to create a connection for shoppers to regional farmers and the food artisans sourcing them, and this run of nice weather only makes our mission (and your shopping) easier!

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. Shoppers can browse and preorder from all the farm's offerings. 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 can rely on sheltering preorders in their heated van. This week the weather will allow for both a display for walk up purchases and Maple View's preorder pick up.

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
• The Market is open every week in December (including 12/23 and 12/30)
• Market Bucks will be available at the Market during December
• 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:

• 3×3 Kitchen Provisions
• Cooper’s Daughter Spirits
• Himalayan Delish
• Kriemhild Dairy Farms
• Living Edge Designs
• River Valley Community Grains
• Noble Pies
• Tree Juice Maple Syrup
• Whitecliff Vineyards

Note: These Rotation vendors are in weekly in December:

• Chaseholm Farm Creamery
• Red Barn Bakery
• Strudel House

Lead Sponsor Northwell Health Tip:
"The vegetable of the week is chard. Chard provides antioxidant beta-carotene, vitamin K, magnesium, potassium, and sodium and can be eaten raw in salads or cooked quickly and paired with lemon juice and olive oil". 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

Final call: The River Garden will make their FINAL visit of 2023 this Saturday, 12/16

Tree Juice Maple Syrup makes their FINAL visit of 2023 this Saturday (not back until April!) so stock up on the sweet stuff for gifting and your pantry!

Living Edge Designs will be in on 12/16 with their artistic and gift-able cutting boards -- FINAL shopping opportunity of 2023!

Hudson River Apiaries has begun their annual holiday production of beeswax candles. Tapers are available, and each week they add a few more specialty shaped candles too.

Meatloaf alert! Woven Stars Farm is highlighting a 20% off discount on their ground beef this Saturday!

Stock up: During the winter Kriemhild Dairy Farms visits on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Their arrival this Saturday is well timed for the holidays. Their 32oz Creme Fraiche is back in stock and as a seasonal treat they will be selling Organic Grassfed A2A2 Egg Nog from our friends at Family Farmstead Dairy.

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. All produce sold by Maple View Farm is Certified Organic from seed to sale. Enjoy fresh produce each week knowing it is organic and sustainably grown. You can preorder Maple View Farm's products using their new preorder system: mapleviewfarmny.com/shop. Try their conveinet Winter Salad Kits or the Farmer's Box.

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

3x3 Kitchen Provisions will be in with their gluten free baked goods on both 12/16 and 12/30. Shop from their diverse line of sweet and savory baked items!

Himalayan Delish is in Saturday to offer early morning egg sandwiches (made with fresh eggs from Hilly Acres Farm on a choice of Orwasher's onion or Ciabatta roll) and their wonderful Momo dumplings (frozen to go, or hot to eat at the Market).

Pika's Farm Table is highlighting their new assortment of appetizer trays including mini chicken pot pies, mini lobster pot pies, mini spinach quiches, mini pigs on a pillow, mini assortments. These require minimal preparation, just reheat per the instructions for super cute appetizers with unexpectedly delicious flavors!

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

Cooper's Daughter Spirits will be in for their December visit this Saturday. They're highlighting their Black Walnut Bourbon -- a one of a kind bourbon for your bourbon loving friends and family, aged in a cask used to hold black walnut syrup tapped from trees on the farm. They're also tempting us to order an extra bottle of Cacao Maple Vodka for spiked hot chocolate on Christmas morning. Shop from their farm sourced, artisanal, and ultimately gift-able distilled items this week!

Gajeski Produce has items for walk up shoppers including fresh herbs, stored squash, potatoes, roots veggies, fresh scallions, leeks, greens, and lettuce mixes.

Hilly Acres Farm will be at the Market with plenty of pork, beef, chicken, and has the following specials this week: T-bone steaks are $19.99/lb and their pork sausage (Mild Italian, Hot Italian, Fresh Chorizo, Fresh Kielbasa, Fresh Andouille) is discounted to $9.99/lb. They also provide gift certificates for the holiday season as well.

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

Heads up from Teagevity, 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.

Nina of Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse notes their website offers the ability to preorder gift cards, as well as gift baskets & cheese samplers. To explore further visit https://www.cowsoutside.com/shop/gift-baskets-and-cheese-samplers. This week shoppers will see Bobolink offer their Rosemary Holiday Wreath -- essentially the same Epi usually shaped as a baguette but set in a wreath shape. Made with unbleached organic wheat flour (Champlain Valley Mill), organic corn flour (Farmer Ground), whole oat groats, fresh rosemary (Phillips Farm, Milford, NJ), salt, and yeast -- pure bread and a real treat!

Both Orwasher's Bakery and Bien Cuit have delicious, artisanal breads and pastries each week. Gather what you need for your week on Saturday.

Whitecliff Vineyards will bring a variety of wines perfect for gifts and holiday parties, including their Blanc de Blanc champagne method wine which won Best Wine in the Hudson Valley at this year’s Hudson Valley Wine Competition, and their popular Bourbon Barrel Blond, which is a lightly sweet white port aged in Bourbon barrels.

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.

GIFT SOME MARKET BUCKS!

What avid shopper wouldn't enjoy receiving Market Bucks for the holidays? Adding Market Bucks to your gift list is a fun way to share the Market with family and friends.

IN THE COMMUNITY:

Village Gas Powered Trade In & Electric Purchase Rebate Program:
This Saturday, 12/16, 9am - 12pm
Department of Public Works, 1 Village Lane, P'ville
Thanks to a $5k NYS grant the Village of Pleasantville received (due to the hard work of the Climate Smart Community Committee and the Village), Village residents may be assisted in purchasing electric snow blowers, lawn mowers or leaf blowers. Save your receipts! THIS SATURDAY, turn in your old gas clunkers between 9am - 12pm and receive a rebate for new electric equipment, or arrive to learn about rebates for first time buyers. Rebates are first come, first served, while funds last. Limit of one snow blower, lawn mower or leaf blower per household. Email receipts and.or any questions to climatesmart@pleasantville-ny.gov.

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.