Holiday Market & Kiwi Country Day Camp Event this Saturday!

WE DID IT! SPRING IS (almost) HERE!

It will be spring next Tuesday. Though March has sent us a batch of varying weather, this Saturday looks partly cloudy and in the 40's so things are moving in the right direction.

We have a fun holiday market Saturday, loaded with Irish Soda Bread options, Kiwi Country Day Camp is in with a preseason event, The Rotary Club will highlight Hudson Valley Fermented, and the marketplace will be full of great food for your week's meals. More information below.

Please note the upcoming transition in Market hours:

• March: 9:30am - 12:00pm (for our 3/16 and 3/23 markets)
• April: market hours return to 8:30am - 1:00pm starting 4/6

SPECIAL THIS SATURDAY: KIDS EVENT SPONSOR VISIT!

Hey Pleasantville, we have a special Kids Event Sponsor Visit coming up! Kiwi Country Day Camp will be on hand for a pre-season visit with camp registration info & their Kiwi Ball activity for kids – this Saturday only!

ABOUT KIWI: Since 1952 Kiwi has provided campers with a traditional camp experience showcasing magnificent facilities, creative curriculum, and a highly spirited staff. If your children would enjoy a summer of sports, adventure, performing & creative arts, and daily swim instruction led by professional educators, call and schedule your tour today (914-276-2267), or stop by the Market this Saturday to learn more about Kiwi’s camp.

THANKS KIWI! Since 2014 Kiwi Country Day Camp has been the Kids Event Sponsor for Pleasantville Farmers Market, enabling weekly programs for kids of art, craft, theater, culinary, and yoga workshops, as well as music, magic, and puppetry performances. They support the Market Sprouts Rewards Program

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.

Absences: Himalayan Delish will be out until 3/23.

Busy market! In addition to Weekly vendors, the following Rotation vendors will also be in this Saturday:

• 3×3 Kitchen Provisions
• Cooper’s Daughter Spirit’s
• Kriemhild Dairy Farms
• River Valley Community Grains
• The Cracker Workshop
• Whitecliff Vineyards

(Note: Red Barn Bakery and Noble Pies are weekly vendors in March.)

The Rotary Club of Pleasantville tables this Saturday to highlight their event Hudson Valley Fermented, coming up on March 23 (1:00pm - 4:00pm) and held locally at Pace University. Stop by the Rotary's table to learn about this fun tasting of regionally produced craft beers and wines. Proceeds benefit local and global charitable projects. For more information and to purchase tickets click here.

Lead Sponsor Northwell Health Tip:

"Arugula is a leafy green containing nutrients such as beta-carotene and vitamin C. Arugula is also a good source for calcium. When making salads at home, consider choosing a variety of leafy greens. Using these greens in salads and on sandwiches creates a more nutritious meal." Brought to you by Northern Westchester and Phelps, your local Northwell hospitals.

Market Intern Program

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

WHO'S IN SOON?!

Here's the news on returning producers, and new ones:

• 3/23: Himalayan Delish returns with Momo dumplings and egg sandwiches.
• 3/30: Simply Planted Greenhouses brings flowering bulb in time for Easter!
• 4/6 & 4/13: Sharper Harper is back to sharpen your knives while you shop.
• 4/6: Hells Onions arrives with spice onions in hot sauce (think relish with an attitude)
• 4/13: Grown In Brooklyn will offer excellent tempeh, and Eltee's Goods visits with tomato jam and unique baked items.
• 4/20: Maple Syrup Day! This year we have new Soukup Farms visiting with maple syrup, candy, sugar, cream and more! Then, on a weekly basis in 2024 shoppers can obtain Soukup Farms' syrup at Hudson River Apiaries' table.
• 4/27: Milea Estate Vineyard joins visits at our winery tent for the first time.

We'll also see in April:

• Fjord Vineyards, Buddhapesto, Red Barn Bakery, Strudel House, and mid-April Little Seed Gardens returns.

Then in May we'll welcome:

• Puras Paletas, The River Garden, Wright's Farm, and (new) Mimomex Farm!

MARKET DETAILS

HOURS? Please note market hours are 9:30am-12:00pm, and we're open Rain or Shine or Brrrrrr! (On April 6 the Market's hours will shift back to 8:30am - 1:00pm)

SNOW?! If a weather-related closure is required due to ongoing snow on a Saturday, we send out a special Friday newsletter announcing that closure, and post a notice to our website's homepage and social media.

PREORDERS? Our vendors offer products for WALK UP purchases all winter. 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 (and the same information can be found anytime on our website by clicking here).

Produce:

Maple View Farm's preorder system is open Tuesday, 7pm thru Thursday, 7pm

To shop click https://www.mapleviewfarmny.com/shop.

Their system ensures you can get their tender greens when Saturdays are below freezing and the farm cannot display greens for walk up purchases.

Baked Goods:

Bobolink Dairy and Bakehouse

https://www.cowsoutside.com/s/shop

Specialty Foods:

Bombay Chutney Company

(2nd & 4th Saturdays of each month)

https://www.bombaychutneyco.com/

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

IRISH SODA BREADS

ARE IN!

Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse has Irish soda bread from their wood-fired oven!

Red Barn Bakery has Organic and wheat-free Irish soda breads!

Orwasher's Bakery has a soft round Irish soda bread waiting for you!

VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS

Mr. Trotta always brings his best efforts to our St. Patrick's Day market, and this year is no exception. Using fresh spinach to achieve a beautiful green pasta, he didn't rest (he never rests) until he created a full menu of hand-rolled spinach Busiate, Pappardelle, Ravioli (multiple sizes), and Mafaldine. Expect us to explain the details of each here? Nah! Stop by the Trotta Foods booth to view each and receive best advice on use there. Suffice to say, the right pasta is ready for your menu.

Spice Revolution is featuring their Oatmeal Pie bars made with local maple, cinnamon, brown sugar and River Valley Community Grains' Organic rolled oats. And get them talking about their favorite spring spices: fennel seeds, rosé sea salt, and fenugreek powder.

Need oatmeal for your own recipes? River Valley Community Grains is in with their full line of grains produced with regenerative agricultural practices on Saturday.

Edgwick Farm milks 56 goats every day, twice a day, in order to bring fresh milk, yogurt, and cheese to market. If you have not tried fresh goats milk before, step up and try a taste Saturday. Mead Orchard's apples roll out of their controlled atmosphere storage in phases during the winter -- crisp for a few weeks until that "apple cohort" softens, at which time they are perfect for baking, sauces, and (in purchases) continued support of keeping regional orchards strong as they invest in spring. If not enough apples in that "cohort" are bought they become the best, freshest cider you've ever tasted. To each apple (phase) a purpose... Stop by Mead's tent to see what apples they have ready for you, and also shop from their line of ciders, sparkling cider, jarred sauces, apple cider vinegar, and honey.

Kriemhild Dairy Farms will be at the Market Saturday with their full line of Organic Grass Fed Meadow Butter as well as Creamline milk, creme fraiche, churn buttermilk with cultures, and of course their delicious churn buttermilk with chocolate.

Cooper's Daughter Spirits will be in and they are highlighting their Thai Basil Liqueur -- distilled from New York apples and infused with locally grown, organic Thai Basil from Whistle Down Farms. Add a splash to gin, vodka, bourbon, or tequila cocktails.

Hilly Acres Farm will be at the Market with a large assortment of pork, beef, chicken, and fresh brown eggs. They've several delicious pork roasts, fresh or smoked boneless hams, and shoulder roasts. And in the beef they're highlighting top round, bottom round, rump roast, chuck roast, tri-tip roasts, sirloin tip roasts, and eye round roasts. Not seeking to roast? They have many options for early season grilling!

Maple View Farm has lots of Certified Organic spinach, radishes, bunched mustards, parsley, bok choy, little gem lettuce heads and more. To use their preorder system (open Tuesday, 7pm thru Thursday, 7pm) click https://www.mapleviewfarmny.com/shop.

Tivoli Mushrooms carries an excellent variety of fresh mushrooms at all price levels, but they also offer their Go Mushrooms line of medicinal tinctures, scientifically extracted from six different mushroom types.

Whitecliff Vineyards will bring a great new spring wine, its 2022 Riesling. This off-dry wine, entirely from Hudson Valley-grown grapes, is smooth, aromatic, and a perfect accompaniment to holiday meals.

COMMUNITY SERVICE &

ZERO WASTE!

The composting station at the Farmers Market was started by a Girl Scout for her gold award. It is our community’s job to keep it going when it returns in April. That’s why we are looking for students to volunteer at the composting station. For your help, you will receive community service hours. The composting station is there to decrease the amount of trash produced by the Farmers Market. That includes helping members of the community place their items in the correct bin. To sign up as a volunteer CLICK HERE and add your name to whichever shifts you can volunteer. Then fill out the Market's waiver for volunteers with this LINK. If you have any questions you can contact the Zero Waste Station Coordinator at jadyn@seredin.com. Thank you!

VILLAGE JOB POSTING:

2024 LOT COORDINATORS!

The Village of Pleasantville provides two Lot Coordinators each Saturday to manage the arrival of shoppers to the Market's main parking lot at Memorial Plaza. These service professionals help welcome our customers and ensure their safety. The Village is hiring to add more Lot Coordinators to our team for 2024.

If you think you'd like to join us on Saturdays please review the Village's Lot Coordinator job posting!

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:

March 23: Hudson Valley Fermented

1:00pm - 4:00pm

Enjoy an afternoon tasting of regionally produced craft beers, wines, and more presented by the Rotary Club of Pleasantville to benefit local and global charitable projects. Held at Pace University, Pleasantville, NY. For more information and to purchase tickets click here

March 28: "The Street Project"

The Mount Pleasant Library

The Mount Pleasant Library, Films on Purpose, and The Pedestrian Committee are partnering to show this film about how change can happen to make streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists. Film followed by a panel discussion of local advocates, and a Q&A on making our walking village better. To register for the file sign up here. To learn more about "The Street Project" and this community-run series showing films on social issues click here.

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.