While May took its time, we're now seeing some late spring mileposts. Asparagus and rhubarb are in. Bright radishes, young garlic, fresh herbs and lettuces too. Strawberries are coming soon. Beets, peas, early summer squash, and cherries arrive later this month. Each week you arrive at the Market you will find a bit more of the growing season has arrived too.
Masks Are Mandatory & Other Guidelines To Shop
Help the Market remain a safe and efficient place to gather food. Your adherence to these shopping guidelines assists us in keeping the Market open to support residents and vendors alike. Masks are required to be worn while in the Market. Currently, there's a well-spaced queue to enter from 8:30am to approximately 10:30am.
- Wear a mask or cloth, covering both nose and mouth, when visiting the Market.
- Remember to bring your reusable bags.
- Wear clean gloves or make use of our handwashing station located near the main entrance.
- Physically distance yourself 6' from other shoppers while in the marketplace.
- To help lessen crowding, please keep your visit to the Market as short as possible.
- Preorder items from vendors to help our vendor lines move quickly (a list of vendors present with pre-order items is provided further down this newsletter).
- If your trip is only to collect preordered items, or you wish to avoid the morning rush, arrive after 11:00am when lines have receded (preordered items will be waiting for you).
- Select just one member of your family as the "designated shopper" to send to the Market.
- If arriving as a couple, bring enough reusable bags so that you can split up shopping duties.
- Please do not use the Market as a social or family outing.
- The marketplace begins the day with only one entrance at the south end, and a queue to admit shoppers. Be prepared to wait on the sidewalk in a queue, spaced 6' from fellow shoppers. The Market begins admitting shoppers at 8:30am.
Absolutely avoid the Market if you are sick. Especially so if you exhibit any symptoms of the COVID-19 virus (temperature of 100° or above, a cough, a sore throat, shortness of breath). The New York State Department of Health has set up a hotline at (888) 364-3065 where Department of Health experts are available to answer questions regarding COVID-19.
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The Market cannot guarantee that it will stay open without a gap in service during this health crisis. We post whether the Market will be open on our website's homepage every Wednesday.
Who's In This Week?
View our Map of the Market to see where vendors visiting this Saturday will be located in the marketplace.
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This Saturday weekly vendors Morgiewicz Produce and Chaseholm Farm Creamery return. Rotation Vendor Bombay Emerald Chutney Company is back. Also new vendor Cooper's Daughter Spirits makes their first visit this Saturday as well.
In addition to our Weekly Vendors the Rotation Vendors listed below will also be in this Saturday.
- Bombay Emerald Chutney Company
- Conant Valley Jams
- Cooper’s Daughter Spirits
- Forward Roots
- Red Barn Bakery
- Strudel House
Who's In Soon?
Wright's Farm and Tree Juice maple Syrup will return next Saturday, 6/6.
And Harper Keehn Knife Sharpening will be in on 6/6 and 6/13 to receive knives for sharpening (wrapped and labelled with your name, email address and telephone number). Knives will be sharpened during the week and Harper will email you with the exact cost. The Saturday following drop off Harper will return with your knives and collect payment.
On Pause:
Dancing Sprits Herbs, Go-Go Pops, Head & Heal CBD, Healing Home Foods and SallyeAnder have paused their participation until further notice.
Open When?
The Market is open Saturday from 8:30am to 1:00pm at Memorial Plaza.
Phelps Health Tip:
Lead Sponsor Phelps Hospital Northwell Health shares the following: "Based on some estimates, vegetables supply over 50% of vitamins C and A, and much of our B6, magnesium, niacin, thiamin, and iron. Eating a variety of seasonal plant foods, which supply these and many more nutrients, can help reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease."
PREORDER LISTING
We've created a pdf, updated weekly, listing all vendors offering the option to preorder items. Rotation Vendors offering preordering are listed with the weeks they're present (please only preorder on weeks they are in). For some vendors who are absent but still producing, you can receive items by mail or by picking those up at the vendor's location. To review preordering click:
Market Vendor Preorder Information
VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS FOR SATURDAY
New Vendor!
Cooper's Daughter Spirits at the Olde York Farm Distillery & Cooperage sources, farms and forages Hudson Valley ingredients to make unique, seasonal batch spirits. This week they're highlighting two items, Black Walnut Bourbon (aged in their own white oak barrels, then finished in barrels that stored their farm harvested black walnut syrup) and Ramp Vodka (crystal clear vodka infused with wild ramps to create an intense onion flavor with a slightly sweet, grassy finish). Preorder by clicking here and select Pleasantville Farmers Market at the bottom for pick up.
Morgiewicz Produce Is Back!
Morgiewicz Produce returns this Saturday. Welcome them back and gather items from their mounds of early spring produce.
Chaseholm Farm Creamery
Chaseholm Farm Creamery is in weekly again, now located at the north end near Teagevity.
Red Barn Bakery
Red Barn Bakery will be in the Market Saturday with their sweet and savory baked items. To preorder items click here. Going forward, Red Barn will visit on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month.
Spice Revolution
This week Spice Revolution is featuring green herby spices to highlight the season including pot herbs, Italian meatball mix, fines herbs, herbs de Provence, zesty Italian, savory, marjoram and more.
Edgwick Farm
Edgwick Farm's Firthcliffe is an ashed goat milk bloomy rind that ripens as it ages and is made from the same recipe as the world famous Humboldt Fog. Production of this cheese was temporarily suspended with the pandemic but started up again in late April. This week's batch was made April 21st and started ripening on May 3rd. Bottom line? It's perfect now.
Kiernan Farm
This Saturday Kiernan Farm is reminding shoppers they can buy five 1lb packages of ground beef at $10.75/lb, to get $10.00 off the total.
Simply Planted Greenhouses
Simply Planted is now located at the south end (near Mead Orchards) with an assortment of Drop-n-Grows for shade or sun, assorted hanging baskets, a large assortment of perennials, herbs and 6" annuals (incl. Begonia's, geraniums, new guinea's inpatients).
Woven Stars Farm
Woven Stars Farm notes will have a sale on their delicious eggs: 2 dozen for $12.
Add Some Flavor To Your Menu
Saturday we host three producers that can add a lot of flavor to your meals: Bombay Emerald Chutney Company is back with their sweet and savory chutneys; Conant Valley Jams will have ramp pesto and a full line of fruit-forward jams including a fresh batch of Apricot Jam; and Forward Roots is back with their fermented kimchi sauces, kimchi kraut, kimchi slaw, kimchi rice bowls (to go) and more.
IN THE COMMUNITY
Shop Local Business Listing: Updated Daily
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. Their Shop Local Business Listing is updated daily with the latest on store hours and pick up options. To view the listing visit pleasantvillechamber.com.
Summer Escape Book Club
The librarians from Mount Pleasant Public Library and Jennifer from The Village Bookstore have teamed up to host a series of virtual, monthly chats about fun reads. For books being read, dates for chats, and more info click here.
