Keeping Connected

As we continue to find ourselves homebound and unsure of what's to come, it seems worth noting what we have accomplished together in sustaining the Pleasantville Farmers Market throughout this spring.

The Market can provide satisfying connections to both the natural world and to each other. Nature is unfurling layers of growth which will soon appear as asparagus, rhubarb, green onions, head lettuce, yellow squash, strawberries, and so forth. These items arrive due nature's steady march, but also due to the connection we have with our producers who nurtured, harvested and delivered each. As we greet our fellow shoppers in line at the Market we feel yet another bond.

As our staff closes up at the end of the market day it's these connections that impress us. In the span of 4 1/2 hours each Saturday so many ties are shared between nature, food and people. Arriving home we admire the day's shopping on the kitchen counter and get to work creating a meal while thinking of the people we saw.

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.
• Wear gloves, and remember to bring your reusable bags.
• If needed, 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 your neighbors. 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.

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.

THANKS Chad David Kraus Photography
Chad was in on 5/2, documenting mask use by our shoppers. Learn about his work at chadkraus.com. Or follow him on Facebook, or on Instagram at @chadkrausphoto.

Who's In This Week?
View our Map of the Market to see where vendors visiting this Saturday will be located in the marketplace.

Dutch Desserts, Hudson Valley Duck Farm, Simply Planted and The River Garden are now in weekly.

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

• Conant Valley Jams
• Rock City Mushrooms
• Strudel House
• Whitecliff Vineyards

Morgiewicz Produce and North Winds Lavender Farm are expected on 5/23. Wright's Farm will return on 6/6.

Bombay Emerald Chutney Company, Chaseholm Farm Creamery, Go-Go Pops, Head & Heal CBD, Healing Home Foods, Red Barn Bakery 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: "­­Authentic artisanal cheeses aid digestion through the presence of enzymes and/or anti-viral MCTs (medium-chain triglycerides). They also contain less salt than processed cheeses, and none of the dyes, preservatives, stabilizers and other unnecessary ingredients found in more conventional cheese products".

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

Whitecliff Vineyards: SALE!
This Saturday Whitecliff Vineyards will make their visit for the month of May with the following sale: buy 2, get 1 free on bottles of their Dry Rose!

The River Garden
The River Garden is now back at the Market with their dried floral items and a few early spring treats like pussy willow cuttings.

Spice Revolution
This week Spice Revolution is featuring featuring a very good tri-pepper blend (whole black, white & green peppercorns), and a flavorful salt Tarragon Lime Sel Gris (lime zest, French tarragon, Mysore green peppercorns and fine French grey sea salt). Also they'll have buttermilk chai panna cotta made with their chai spice powder, fresh Tahitian vanilla beans and Bobolink Dairy's grassfed cultured buttermilk.

Edgwick Farm
Edgwick Farms is your source for fresh milk at the Market. Yes, it's goat milk which may seem exotic, but it is so fresh, creamy and delicious. And goat milk has the benefits of being easy to digest and having less lactose. Edgwick pasteurizes their own milk in their own farm facility and they bottle it fresh every week for the Market. Give it a try!

Duck Season Is Open
Hudson Valley Duck Farm is now officially in every week.

Teagevity: Sure Green Tea, But Which One?
Looking for something new? Review a menu of loose leaf teas Teagevity posts in front of their tent to consider which of their many green teas (or other varieties) you'd like to take home to brew. Email all pre-order requests to teagevity@gmail.com.

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 hanging baskets, annuals, perennials and Drop & Grows for sun and shade.

Trotta Foods
Ed Trotta reports they'll have asparagus & crab ravioli as a special offering for the next few weeks. They also bring a large selection of prepared dinners. Feel free to preorder using the contact info in the Preorder Listing.

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.

The Examiner Needs Your Support
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Pleasantville Community Blood Drive
There is a huge blood shortage going on as all community drives have been cancelled until further notice (one at the High School on April 21 has been cancelled). Donations are down by 75%. Blood is still urgently needed during the crisis. Donors can now help in a safe way and during a time that works for them by going to the Elmsford Donor Center by appointment. The Blood Center has increased the capacity at its Donor Centers by expanding their hours of operation and adding additional days. They also provide for more physical space between donors, have reduced the number of donors per hour, and take several additional sanitary measures and precautions regarding both donors and staff. In order to control donor flow, appointments must be made and walk-ins will be not accepted until further notice. For questions regarding eligibility (travel, medications, last donation, etc), call 800-688-0900. To schedule an appointment to donate at Elmsford Donor Center, 525 Executive Blvd: https://donate.nybc.org/donor/schedules/center/20