Saturday Forecast: Sunny Winter Market!

Get to the Market this week to gather great food, enjoy the warm company of neighbors & producers, and get some vitamin D from shopping outdoors!

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 opens at 7pm tonight. Every week Tuesday, 7pm thru Thursday, 7pm, shoppers can browse and preorder from all the farm's offerings. To begin click https://www.mapleviewfarmny.com/shop. (To help with pick up please bring your order number). Their system ensures you can reserve what you need, and on winter Saturdays that are below freezing the farm can rely on sheltering preorders in their heated van to keep providing tender, winter-grown greens to our community. 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/

Specialty Foods
Bombay Chutney:
Bombaychutneyco.com

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

STRIVING TO BE THE BEST, EVERY WEEK

Last year the Market was among the Pleasantville businesses awarded the honor of “Best of Westchester” by voters in Westchester Magazine’s annual contest. As a community-based service, we’re proud of this feedback as an indication that we’re fulfilling our mission to our community, farms and food artisans -- year-round.Now the 2024 “Best of Westchester” first round voting is open. Please take a minute to VOTE TODAY for your favorite farmers market and ALL local, small businesses that have earned your loyalty.

TO BEGIN use this link Best of Westchester. Or first go to place votes for a farmers market, which can be voted upon in two "best" categories: “Farmers Market” and “Produce”. The contest requires participants fill in an entry in at least five categories.
Once you have voted, encourage fellow shoppers and family members to vote to help the contest garner more participation. Also, when visiting the Market Saturday enjoy collecting a set of free Market Coasters created to highlight the Best of Westchester contest.

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
• Bombay Chutney Company
• Demi Olive Oil
• Forward Roots
• Manor Sangria
• SallyeAnder
• The River Garden
• Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery

Note: These Rotation vendors are in weekly in December:

• Chaseholm Farm Creamery
• Red Barn Bakery
• Strudel House

Lead Sponsor Northwell Health Tip:
"There is a good reason vitamin D is called the "sunshine vitamin". When your skin is exposed to sunlight, it makes vitamin D from cholesterol. The sun's ultraviolet B (UVB) rays hit cholesterol in the skin cells, providing energy for vitamin D synthesis to occur." 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

The River Garden will visit this Saturday, 12/9 (could be the last visit of the season!) with gorgeous, evergreen, holiday wreaths in larger and smaller sizes (they'll also have dried floral craft items too).

SallyeAnder has joined us this winter, visiting on 12/9 and 12/23 with beautiful soaps that make great gifts.

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

Alpacatrax is in on 12/9 with skeins of wool and finished items made with wool from the farm's alpaca herd.

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.

Kyle Nisonger, of Maple View Farms, is highlighting a new product: Winter Salad Kits! For $8 each kit contains a package of micro-greens and 1-2 root veggies for grating into your salad. Just mix with your favorite dressing. A ait yields 4 servings. Enjoy easy, nutritious salads all winter. (Available for walk up purchases this week or preorder using Maple View's new preorder system: mapleviewfarmny.com/shop).

Bohemian Baked visits Saturday with their line of diverse baked goods including wheat free breads, sweet pastries, and pretzels.

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).

If you're celebrating Hanukkah, the Market has multiple vendors with traditional menu ingredients such as potatoes, onions, and eggs. Red Barn Bakery (now in weekly) also has some great baked goods to choose from too.

Demi Olive Oil visits this Saturday and on 12/23 with their excellent EVOO -- great as gifts!

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.

Manor Sangria will be in with their handcrafted, fresh sangria blends, and Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery will be in with their diverse line of wines, cordials, hard ciders and distilled items.

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

Bombay Chutney Company is encouraging preordering to guarantee you get what you're seeking. Their chutneys and simmer sauces are great for holiday gift boxes/baskets. Their frozen samosas, kofta, saag, rajma, dal, chana masala, and roti rolls are all great for satisfying your cravings for Indian food. Great food for your body, soul and mind. To preorder from their website click: Bombaychutneyco.com.

Hilly Acres Farm will be at the Market with pork, beef, chicken, and plenty of fresh brown eggs. Stop by to check out their assortment of beef roasts (chuck, top, bottom, eye round rump roasts, or sirloin tip). They also have delicious beef minute steaks that make an extremely quick meal, just a quick pan fry and they're ready to eat!

Forward Roots is making their final visit of 2023 so shoppers can stock up on kimchi items. They will be out until spring so note this opportunity!

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 is 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

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

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:

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.