Fall And The Market Are Both At Peak

This Saturday will be sunny and colorful at the Pleasantville Farmers Market, with a harvest of fall squash, root vegetables, broccoli, cauliflower, pears, apples and many other fall items. Lead Sponsor Phelps Hospital Northwell Health will visit (8:30-12:30) and host a Giant Pumpkin Carving Demo by artist Jessica Manfro (buy a raffle ticket between 9:30-11:15 -- her creation will be awarded to a lucky recipient at 11:30am). Saturday is also our fall Hillside Donation Day where shoppers can "buy an extra item for Hillside" (details below). Our Music Series performance is by Paul Mueller, playing the hammer dulcimer (10:00-12:00). And Pleasantville Recycles has the final day of their Spooktacular Halloween Costume Swap in the Memorial Plaza Gazebo (9:30-12:30). This Saturday, fall and the Market, are both at peak.

Who's In This Week?

View our Map of the Market to see where vendors visiting this Saturday will be located in the marketplace. You can also have a look at our Vendor Page by clicking here -- note that each vendor's "Frequency" is listed, clarifying how often they will visit the Indoor Market each month.

In addition to our Weekly Vendors the Rotation Vendors listed below will also be in this Saturday.

• Bombay Emerald Chutney Company
• Conant Valley Jams
• Kriemhild Dairy Farms
• Spoonful Of Sugar Bake Shop
• Strudel Z
• Whitecliff Vineyards

Apple Pie Contest Had County-wide Participation

Good weather, and a large community turn out, were key factors in the success of last Saturday's Phelps Annual Apple Pie Contest at the Pleasantville Farmers Market. 24 entries came from throughout the county. And now the winners have bragging rights for one year!

The following 2017 winners received medals and bountifully-filled prize bags (loaded with items generously donated by vendors of the Market):

• Best 2 Crust Pie: Sara Cetron
• Best 1 Crust Apple Pie/Dessert: Kim Turner
• Best Apple Pie by Junior Chef: Olivia Salib
• Honorary Mention: Zachary & Eli Neilson-Papish

Congratulations to all the home bakers that participated - you helped make this our best Contest ever.

Using SNAP At The Market

The Pleasantville Farmers Market welcomes shoppers using SNAP EBT. To use SNAP benefits begin at the Manager's Tent, located at the north end of the marketplace. A Market Manager will help you to redeem your benefits as tokens. And due to a generous grant from Market Sponsor The Pleasantville Lions Club, you'll receive 40% more value as "Bonus Bucks", enhancing your ability to purchase nutritious, farm fresh foods for you and your family. Learn more about SNAP benefits by clicking here.

Phelps Health Tip:

Reducing Sodium & Increasing Potassium

Lead Sponsor Phelps Hospital Northwell Health shares the following: "Health experts have emphasized the significance of reducing sodium and increasing potassium levels in the US diet. Sodium intake can be lowered by avoiding processed foods, and by eating more fresh produce. Potassium occurs naturally in items like fresh beets and beet greens, Swiss chard, kohlrabi, mushrooms, radishes, spinach and squash".

Jack-o-lantern Week & Winter Squash Harvest

Wright's Farm says this week they'll have a great selection of jack-o-lantern pumpkins for kids to choose from.

Wright's Farm and many of our produce farms have fall squash including Butternut, Spaghetti, Delicata, Honeynut, Acorn, Kobacha, Blue Hubbard, Cheese Pumpkin, and Sugar pumpkin varieties. Get out your cookbooks, squash season is here.

And of course if simply seeking a sweet pumpkin pie, check out offerings by Bread Alone, Wright's Farm and Dutch Desserts (tart).

VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS

Kiernan Farm: Rib SALE

This week Kiernan Farm has a SALE on their their beef back ribs at $7.75/lb (reg. $9.75) and their pork country style ribs are discounted too.

Cowberry Crossing Farm: Lamb

Cowberry Crossing Farm will have a fresh batch of Certified Organic Lamb. Customers can call ahead by Friday at 5:00pm to have them put aside a preferred cut.

Spice Revolution

Spice Revolution is featuring wild NEW Greek oregano, grown on an olive farm in Loconia Greece. They're also featuring a regional dill & sage, grown at the base of the Berkshire mountains.

Whitecliff Vineyards

Whitecliff will highlight a red and a white this week: 2016 Reserve Gamay Noir, and 2016 Vidal Blanc, two of the best of their current line up. The Gamay is all grown at their home vineyard and is a wonderful Thanksgiving wine; it's light bodied, similar to a Pinot Noir, and won't overpower the turkey. The Vidal Blanc is a classic, clean dry white, which just won Best Wine in Show at the Hudson Valley Wine Competition.

Final Week For Mums

Saturday is the last weekend of the season for Simply Planted and their mums. Available in multiple colors. Stop by and thank them for a great season in Pleasantville.

Trotta Foods Fall Soups

Stop by and check out seasonal soups including Pasta & Fagoli, Italian Wedding soup and more.

Bombay Emerald Chutney Company

Bombay Emerald Chutney Company has Plum, Pomegranate, and Cranberry chutneys for fall - all great to prepare with any type of squash.

Thanksgiving Turkey Sign-Up Sheets

Campanelli's Poultry is taking sign ups for Thanksgiving turkey. They have Broad Breasted Whites, from 10lb - 25lbs, to be delivered fresh on November 18. And Cowberry Crossing Farm still has their sign up process going - stop by their tent to learn about their Certified Organic/ Biodynamic turkeys.

Kriemhild Dairy Farms

Kriemhild Dairy Farms will visit with their full line of Kriemhild Meadow Butter and also with Trimona Bulgarian Yogurt. They're currently out of Creme Fraiche.

Conant Valley Jams

Good season for toast with preserves - Conant Valley Jams will be in with their line of flavorful jams, as well as their olive oil infused with wild ramps.

Bread Alone Pumpkin Pies & Pumpkin Muffins

Bread Alone's seasonal Hudson Valley Pumpkin Pies & Pumpkin Muffins are back. They source their gourds locally from Mead Orchards, and then roast and puree them in house, enhancing their autumnal flavor with their own blend of seasonal spices.

THIS SATURDAY:

BUY TWO -- DONATE ONE

This Saturday, September 21 the Market will have its second Hillside Donation Day of 2017. Highlighting the generous, weekly donations our farmers make to help eradicate food insecurity in Westchester (9000 pounds of fresh food so far this year), this event provides shoppers the opportunity to "buy an extra item of produce" so they can make donations of their own. Representatives will be on hand from the Pleasantville Community Garden (their volunteers collect vendor donations every week) and from Hillside Food Outreach (including Kathy Purdy, the Executive Director and Founder of this Pleasantville-based charity which provides meals for thousands of Westchester residents each year). This weekend please stop by and add your donation to this special cause.

EVENTS AT THE MARKET

Special Event: 9:30am - 11:30pm

Giant Pumpkin Carving & Raffle

Jessica Manfro, pumpkin carver extraordinaire, will demonstrate her carving techniques Saturday morning on a giant pumpkin. Come by between 9:30am - 11:15am to watch Jessica carving, buy a raffle, and stay for the announcement of the raffle winner at 11:30am.

Music Series: 10:00am - 12:00pm

Hammered Dulcimer By Paul Mueller

Welcome back longtime Pleasantville Farmers Market performer, imaginative rhythmist and hammered dulcimer player Paul Mueller. Paul creates a sound that is both hypnotic and dynamic. Don't miss Paul's performance of this unusual and beautiful instrument. Learn more about Paul's group Mecca Bodega by clicking here.

Spooktacular Halloween Costume Swap

at Memorial Plaza Gazebo 8:30am - 12:30pm

Pleasantville Recycles is holding the last week of their annual costume swap. Stop by the Memorial Plaza Gazebo to swap a gently used costume, or to simply select a costume to keep (no trade required).

UPCOMING MARKET SCHEDULE NOTES

Mark-et in your calendar: seasonal vendor visits have been scheduled: Living Edge Designs (10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18), Alpacatrax (11/4, 11/18), Tree Juice Maple Syrup (11/4), Harper Keehn Knife Sharpening (11/4, 11/11). Also, we're a year-round Market of course, with growers bringing fresh winter-grown vegetables, well-stored root vegetables, apples, cheeses, honey and more. So note the Market transitions into the Pleasantville Middle School for the winter months on December 2, after a closure 11/25, following the final Saturday outdoors on 11/18. Please stick with us all year -- create delicious meals while supporting regional farms each week.