Hudson Valley Hospital Extends Farmers Market into Winter

CORTLANDT, NY — The three-season Farmers Market at NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital has been so successful that the hospital has announced plans to hold a monthly Farmers Market throughout the winter months. Starting in January, the hospital will hold a winter Farmers Market in the Main Lobby once a month through March.

The 2018 winter market will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month:

• Jan. 16
• Feb. 20
• March 20

The one remaining Farmers Market in 2017 will be a special Holiday Fair-themed event on Dec. 19.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital will resume the bi-weekly Farmers Market schedule in April 2018—a month earlier than in previous years. It will be held in the Main Lobby from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.

About 500 shoppers attend each Farmers Market, with 15 Hudson Valley vendors selling fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, artisan baked goods, local grass-fed beef, and selected crafts and gifts.

An Education Table is now at each market, staffed by a clinical nurse instructor from NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital’s Education Department and/or a staff member from the hospital’s Cheryl R. Lindenbaum Comprehensive Cancer Center. As part of a green initiative this year, the hospital has supplied each vendor with paper bags for purchased items. EBT/SNAP customers are welcome and some farmers accept FMNP checks.

The Farmers Market is one of NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital’s community wellness initiatives, along with a variety of cooking classes and innovative programs at its Chef Peter X. Kelly Teaching Kitchen and Organic Healing Garden.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital is at 1980 Crompond Road.

PHOTO: Sabrina Nitkowski-Keever, MSN, RNC, Director of Maternal Child Health, chats with Kevin Sullivan of Do Re Me Farms at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital Farmers Market./ NY-PHVH