Fall's Here, At The Pleasantville Farmers Market!

After our recent summer-like weather, this Saturday will feel like fall. And the Pleasantville Farmers Market will certainly look like fall due to a terrific harvest of squash, crisp apples and fall vegetables. Some hints of summer remain in eggplants, tomatoes and corn, but our days are growing shorter, and our nights cooler, which favors the foods of fall. Eating seasonally, one can feel at peace with the transition when considering the many wonderful fall dishes that are to come.

In addition to the fall harvest, visitors to the Market Saturday can also enjoy a Nutrition Bits & Bites event with Market nutritionist Marina Stopler MS, RD, IBCLC focused on Food Day -- celebrating your role as a Market shopper in supporting healthier diets and a better food system (8:30-12:30). The Rewilding School will make its first visit to the Market as a Kids event host with a series of outdoor education activities, including friction fire kit demonstrations, natural charcoal painting, and crayon leaf rubbings (9:30-11:00). Our Music Series performance is by Mikel Berrier of Les Tappan Zigues playing chansons Francaises - traditional lyric-driven French songs (10:00-12:00). And this Saturday you can pre-register for the upcoming Phelps Annual Apple Pie Contest, held this year on 10/14 (rain date 10/21). To pre-register stop by the Manager's Tent or email info@pleasantvillefarmersmarket.org.

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.

• Conant Valley Jams
• Red Barn Bakery
• SallyeAnder
• Spoonful Of Sugar Bake Shop
• Strudel Z
• Tousey Winery

Open When, and Park Where?

The Outdoor Market is open Saturday from 8:30am to 1:00pm. Where to park? Get to know the "hidden parking lots of Pville". There are 7 parking lots within a few blocks of the Market. Review them all by clicking here to view a parking map.

PRE-REGISTER SATURDAY:

for Phelps Apple Pie Contest

The Phelps Annual Apple Pie Contest is October 14. (rain date 10/21)

Do you have the baked goods to win? Have fun finding out -- bring an all-from-scratch apple pie or apple dessert, and a $5 entry fee, to the Pleasantville Farmers Market on Saturday, October 14 (rain date 10/21). Entry fees support the Market’s scholarship fund, annually awarded to a graduating Pleasantville High School student on the basis of community service in areas of environmental stewardship, education and leadership. Help our event planning by pre-registering at the Manager's Tent any Saturday before the contest, or do so by emailing info@pleasantvillefarmersmarket.org. To review basic contest details click here. Want some creative inspiration for your pie crust? If so click here. You could win bragging rights for a year and an abundant gift basket. How do you like them apples?

Phelps Health Tip:

Fall Veggies Are Powerfully Healthy

Lead Sponsor Phelps Hospital Northwell Health shares the following tip: "Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, mustard greens, horseradish, and kale contain the phytochemical indole. Studies show that these foods may help reduce the damage to DNA caused by carcinogens and thus reduce the risk of some cancers".

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.

VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS

Strudel Z:

Strudel Z will make an extra visit with their delicious apple strudel Saturday.

Delicious Choices: Which Fall Squash?

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.

Tousey Winery

Tousey Winery, in Clermont, New York, overlooking the picturesque Hudson River and Catskill Mountains, grows Chardonnay, Riesling, and Pinot Noir grapes to create their unique, estate bottled, Hudson Valley wines. They're in for a second week in a row, so come by to taste their wines at the Market.

Spoonful of Sugar Bake Shop

Spoonful of Sugar Bake Shop missed an opportunity to visit mid-month. They will be in for an extra day this week. Stop by to stock up!

Mums & Pansies Are Here

Simply Planted will have mums for sale in all colors. Sizes range from from 6" to 16" and also some hanging combo baskets.

Sallyeander Soaps

Have you explored the soaps created by Sallyeander? Many are made with ingredients sourced from regional farms including cow milk, goat milk (Edgwick Farm!), calendula, rose and sunflower petals, and pumpkin. Beautiful to look at, and wonderfully fragrant, their soaps have been a great addition to the Market this season.

Spice Revolution: Fall Spices

For fall baking Spice Revolution has apple pie spice, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon sticks, clove, ginger, NEW orange & spice brine mix, NEW cinnamon sugar and more.

Conant Valley Jams

Conant Valley Jam reports they will have a fresh batch of their delicious Apple Pie Jam this week.

Red Barn Bakery

Red Barn will be in with their line of Organic savory and sweet baked goods. Artfully crafted, each item is a pleasure to look at, but even more so to taste.

Drink More Good

Did you know that for every bottle of seasonal syrup that Drink More Good sells they donate $1 to the regional farm that harvested the ingredients? With unique flavors and farm sourcing like that they shouldn't go unnoticed. Take time to explore Drink More Good's diverse and creative product line!

EVENTS AT THE MARKET

Health & Sustainability 8:30am - 12:30pm

Stop by the Health & Sustainability Tent to speak with nutritionist Marina Stopler MS, RD, IBCLC, of Lehman College for a Nutrition Bits And Bites event. Her theme is "Food Day" and celebrates your role as a Market shopper in supporting healthier diets and a better food system. She also provides farmers market shopping tips, ideas for shopping on a budget, discuss nutrient-dense diets, and recipe ideas that incorporate seasonal ingredients available at the Market.

Kids Market Sprouts Activity: 9:30am - 11:00am

New Event Host: The Rewilding School

The Wilding School offers outdoor education programs for children and adults. Saturday they'll provide a number of activities for kids including friction fire kit demonstrations, natural charcoal painting, and crayon leaf rubbings.

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

Les Tappan Zigues

Mikel Berrier of Les Tappan Zigues (guitar and vocals) will preform Saturday. Mikel specializes in performing chansons Francaises (traditional lyric-driven French songs), interpreting Brassens, Brel, Montand, Gainsbourg and creates original work as well.

IN THE COMMUNITY

The following are advance notices of neat events coming up in our community:

NEXT Saturday:

Mount Pleasant Public Library

50th Anniversary Celebration!

10:00am - 4:30pm

Since 1967 the Mount Pleasant Public Library has been serving our community. Come celebrate at a 50th anniversary event - there will be music, games, crafts, cake, and a museum of interesting things!

Starting NEXT Saturday:

Visiting Organization:

Spooktacular Halloween Costume Swap

8:30am - 12:30pm

Pleasantville Recycles will be starting up its annual costume swap. Stop by the Memorial Plaza Gazebo on October 7, 14 and 21 to swap a gently used costume, or to simply select a costume to keep (no trade required).

“Focus on Nature” Film Series

Jacob Burns Film Center

The annual “Focus on Nature” film series at the Jacob Burns Film Center will run from Thursday, October 5 - Monday, October 30. There will be an Opening Night reception, Q&As following several of the screenings, and a photo exhibit in the Jane Peck Gallery of the Film Center. Join us Saturday, October 7 for the family film, Amazon Adventure 3D, followed by our FREE Family Saturdays @ the Lab program, featuring nature-themed activities. For full details of the series and to purchase tickets, click here.