Great Food, Warm Company

February has provided some very inconsistent weather: biting winds, surprising snowfalls, oddly warm days and torrential rain. Throughout it all, the Pleasantville Farmers Market dependably provides fresh foods, well-stored staples, and a venue to seek out good company in the cozy environment of the Pleasantville Middle School. Saturday's weather is predicted to be somewhat overcast. So brighten your winter week by visiting the Market Saturday to see friends and shop for great foods.

Open When, and Park Where?

The Indoor Market is open Saturdays from 9:00am to 1:00pm. And please, adhere to the 9:00am start to allow our vendors the opportunity to prepare. Click here for directions to the Indoor Market. Click here for a map showing our three parking lots and nearby street parking.

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 (note Trotta Foods is absent this week) the following Rotation Vendors will also be in this Saturday:

• Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse
• Conant Valley Jams
• Dancing Spirits Herbs
• Demi Olive Oil
• Dutch Desserts
• Krazy For Kazu's
• Red Barn Bakery
• The Peanut Principle

Phelps Health Tip:

Apple A Day Is Still The Prescription

Lead Sponsor Phelps Hospital Northwell Health shares the following: "Apple consumption has been shown to lower risks associated with both coronary and cardiovascular disease. And eating an apple before you work out may boost your exercise endurance too. Apples deliver an antioxidant called quercetin, which aids endurance by making oxygen more available to your lungs. For an extra boost of energy and a great snack grab an apple!"

Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse: Cultured Butter

Bobolink Dairy creates Cultured Butter using cream from their grass-fed cows. Here's the process to arrive at butter that is cultured: The cream is vat pasteurized, then cultured with farmer Jonathan White's special combination of beneficial microbes. This is similar to how yogurt is made, but in this case using cream, and using more types of beneficial bacteria. The cultured cream is then churned in a batch churn, and the butter is scooped out and packaged. What's left? Buttermilk! And that can be purchased from Bobolink Dairy as well.

Edgwick Farm: Fresh Milk

Edgwick Farm brings very fresh pasteurized goats milk in half gallon containers, every Saturday until the end of October. Goats milk is a good source of protein, and it contains less sugar (lactose), 13% more calcium, 25% more vitamin B6, 47% more vitamin A, and 134% more potassium than regular cow's milk.

Extra Visits: Conant & Red Barn

Conant Valley Jams and Red Barn Bakery will both be in Saturday, each making an extra visit to the Market.

Dancing Spirits Herbs: Vinegars on SALE

Dancing Spirits Herbs returns Saturday with delicious vinegars, natural salves, sugar scrubs, liniments and fresh lip balms, all produced using locally sourced plants and fair trade ingredients. Also, all vinegars will be on SALE!

Kiernan Farm: Discounts On Beef & Pork

This week grass-fed/finished beef Sirloin Tip Steaks are discounted to $16.75/lb and pork Rack Ribs (St. Louis style) are discounted too at $11.50/lb.

Cowberry Crossing Farm: Fleeces!

Stop by to speak with farmer Cecile Harrison at her table for Cowberry Crossing Farm and learn about the beautiful fleeces she has for sale.

Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse: SALE

Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse will have a SALE on their Rustic Loaf, and their Medieval Rye Levain, in all 3 flavors...plain, olive, and garlic. The Rustic Loaf will be $4 each (usually $5.50/loaf), the Medieval Rye Levain will be $3.25/lb (usually $4.50/lb). The Rustic Loaf combines Organic stone ground unbleached wheat flour with whole corn flour and whole oat groats into a hearty loaf that is a real crowd pleaser. Our Medieval Rye Levain is made with Belgian ale starter, whole rye, whole wheat, and whole oat groats. A little tangy, it is superb as an accompaniment to soups, salads, and spreads.

Restaurant Week Is Back

The Valley Table's Hudson Valley Restaurant Week runs from March 6 - 19. Enjoy great dining and great deals at more than 200 restaurants throughout the Hudson Valley. No tickets or passes are required, although reservations are strongly encouraged. Hudson Valley Restaurant Week features prix fixe, three-course dinners for $32.95 and lunches for $22.95 (plus drinks, tax and tip). The 2017 Restaurant List is live! For more information and to make your reservations click here.

Consider Contributing Food

The Market maintains a bin every Saturday so shoppers may "buy an extra item of produce" to contribute to families in need. This week the bin is located in the center of the Market. Volunteers from the Pleasantville Community Garden collect all items at the end of the day, along with donations from farmers, and deliver them promptly to organizations such as Hillside Food Outreach. Since its establishment in June 2014, the Pleasantville Community Garden has donated over 30,000 pounds of fresh food! All this food has gone to kids, adults and seniors who don't have enough. This provides nutrition, which is expensive, but is very needed for people, and our communities, to remain healthy.