Sunny Holiday Market!

This Saturday is our final market with the "winter" hours of 9:30am - 12:00pm.

Next Saturday, 4/6, the Market returns to our spring/summer/fall hours of 8:30am - 1:00pm.

The weather for Saturday looks beautiful -- get out to the Market to chat with friends and your producers, and see Simply Planted Greenhouses and Gajeski Produce with flowering plants for Easter.

Ramadan has begun and continues through 4/9, Passover is from 4/20 to 4/30, and Easter is this Sunday, 3/31. If you’re celebrating one of these holidays, keep in mind your vendors are always ready to help those gatherings be extra delicious!

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: out until 4/6

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

• Bohemia Baked (pending)
• Cooper’s Daughter Spirits
• Simply Planted Greenhouses

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

Lead Sponsor Northwell Health Tip:

"An apple a day may indeed help keep you out of the doctor’s office, and scientists are just beginning to find out why. Plenty of vitamins and minerals, as well as phytonutrients, are packed into one baseball-sized piece of fruit. Considerable research is currently centered on the role of phytonutrients that act as antioxidants, which are found in many fruits, red wine and tea. Antioxidants counteract chemicals in the blood that oxidize, or damage, certain molecules. Flavonoids are the most common group of phytonutrients in foods. Apples are particularly high in one of the flavonoids called quercetin, which has high antioxidant activity." 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 bulbs 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

PREORDERS? All our vendors offer products for WALK UP purchases. A few vendors have also set up their own methods for shoppers to be able to preorder products. 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

THANKS to all our shoppers that made it to the Market last (rainy) Saturday. Your steadfast support of our farmers and food artisans a big deal!

VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS

For Easter Bien Cuit is highlighting that they will have Cherry Pecan Purple Potato Hot Cross Buns. (Where else will you find hot cross buns like these?!) We also will see Red Barn Bakery and Noble Pies in with multiple treats for holiday shoppers.

Both Gajeski Produce and Mead Orchards are back this week.

Edgwick Farm will be sampling its horseradish garlic soft goat cheese this week. Their classic soft goat cheese seasoned with horseradish and minced garlic makes a savory spread with just a touch of spice. Try a taste at their table this week.

Bohemian Baked is concluding a renovation of their kitchen this week. If the work wraps up in time they will bake items for the Market this Saturday. Here's hoping!

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.

Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse is recommending their Autumn Drumm with dried figs for your Easter table, and they note that their Rosemary Epi always tastes springy with fresh sweet rosemary!

This Saturday, Spice Revolution is featuring a new spice for everyone’s Easter feast, adding to their already extensive collection of paprikas: a NEW smoked sweet Hungarian paprika. Choose from all paprika options including: smoked Spanish, Hungarian 1/2 sharp, unsmoked Spanish, and hot smoked Spanish.

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. They're highlighting a special price on their T-Bone steaks and London Broils. London Broil is a delicious cut of meat that can serve many recipes, at a very reasonable price.

Cooper's Daughter Spirits will visit this week and is pitching their Cacao Maple Vodka for an Easter cocktail: In a large mixing cup with ice set 2 oz unsweetened chai (DONA concentrate is ideal), 1.5 oz Cooper's Daughter Cacao Maple Vodka, 0.5 oz vanilla maple syrup, 1 dash cinnamon, 3 drops black walnut bitters, 1.5 oz half and half, and shake well. Pour ice and all into 12 oz glass top with whipped cream and garnish with Cadbury mini eggs and a marshmallow peep (Easter only)!

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 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.