The Market is OPEN Saturday: rain, shine, or brrrrr!

We're eager to march into pleasant spring market weather, but Saturday's looks cool and damp. Our farmers and food artisans are bringing the antidote: great food! Please bring your umbrella and reusable bags so you can tote home ingredients for a week's worth of nice meals.

Last year observances of Ramadan, Easter, and Passover were close together on the calendar. This year Ramadan has begun and continues through 4/9, Passover is from 4/20 to 4/30, and Easter is 3/31. If you’re celebrating one of these holidays with family and friends, keep in mind your vendors are always ready to help those gatherings be extra delicious.

Please note the upcoming transition in Market hours:

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

PERFECT TIMING!

Timed with last week's sunny market day Kiwi Country Day Camp was on hand with a pre-season visit, sharing camp registration info & their Kiwi-Ball activity for kids. We'll see them again at the Market on 4/27.

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).

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 too!

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:

• Mead Orchards: absent this Saturday, back 3/30
• Himalayan Delish: out until 4/6

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

• Bohemian Baked
• Bombay Chutney Company
• Chaseholm Farm Creamery
• Dancing Spirits Herbs
• Manor Sangria
• SallyeAnder

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

Lead Sponsor Northwell Health Tip:

"Want to improve gut health? Eat fiber from fresh fruits and vegetables such as the winter-grown spinach abundant at the Market currently. Also seek foods that feed a healthy gut including onions, scallions, and honey. A healthy gut is important for the synthesis of enzymes, vitamins, and for a healthy immune system." " Brought to you by Northern Westchester and Phelps, your local Northwell hospitals.

Market Intern Program

The Market is seeking 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:

• 3/30: Simply Planted Greenhouses brings flowering bulb in time for Easter!
• 4/6: Himalayan Delish returns with Momo dumplings and egg sandwiches.
• 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 CHANGE SOON!

• Please note market hours are 9:30am-12:00pm on 3/23 and 3/30.
• Then on 4/6 the Market's hours 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. 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.

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

VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS

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.

Edgwick Farm will be sampling its fresh ri(goat)ta this week! Stop by their tent to try a taste of this rich and buttery Italian style, whole goat milk ricotta.

Bohemian Baked visits on the 2nd & 4th Saturday of each month with wheat-free croissants, cookies, cinnamon buns, pretzels, baguettes, and more!

With Teagevity you can enjoy a hot cup of tea, coffee, or hot cider at the Market. On the go? Choose from their 16oz. bottles of Tea2go with favorite iced teas such as Hibiscus Pineapple, and Blood Orange & Hibiscus. You can also shop for loose tea (2oz. kraft bags) and roasted coffee beans (8oz. kraft bags) to take home.

Noble Pies is highlighting their Pulled Pork Pie and Banana Cream Pie this week.

SallyeAnder shares a PSA before the gardening season: stock up on No-Bite-Me Repellent & After-Bite Itch Relief! It is a perfect 2-in-1 spring companion for enjoying the outdoors. This all-natural, DEET free bug repellent has been trusted for 40 years! Comes in a 2oz container or an 8oz Family Value Size.

Spice Revolution has one of our favorite tart spices: Sumac! Use with soup, lentils, chicken, fish, root veggies and more. Check with them for more ideas to spice your spring meals.

Need an easy evening in the kitchen? Trotta Foods has dinner all set. Browse their vegetarian options such as Trotta Foods Veggie Lasagna, Eggplant Parm, Manicotti & Stuffed Shells Parm, and a Totally Vegan Ravioli as well.

Hilly Acres Farm will be at the Market with a large assortment of pork, beef, chicken, and fresh brown eggs. This week they are offering sirloin and sirloin tip steaks for a special price of $12.99/lb.

Someday you'll want to grill and Bombay Chutney Company's chutneys are terrific with meats and veggie on the grill. Until the weather allows grilling, seek out Bombay's simmer sauces to add delicious flavor to your meals.

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.

Mead Orchards is out this week, back next Saturday.

Dancing Spirits Herbs will make their March visit with a unique line of sweet and savory vinegars, as well as herbal balms and salves.

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.