Make a Difference Saturday on "Buy Two, Donate One" Food Donation Day

This Saturday, 9/9 the Market has its final "Buy Two, Donate One" Food Donation Day of the season! Highlighting the generous weekly donations our farmers make, this event invites shoppers to purchase extra items as donations to help ease food insecurity in our area. Breads, fruits, and veggies can be donated at vendors’ tents, and any donation can be brought to the Health & Sustainability Tent staffed by our event partners the Pleasantville Community Garden and Hillside Food Outreach.

PRE-REGISTER FOR THE
APPLE PIE CONTEST!

The Annual Apple Pie Contest Is Coming Up!
Join the fun as one of our participating bakers. On 10/14 you might go home with a canvas tote full of Market goodies and a medal proclaiming your pie to be the best. This year offers good odds as the Contest will offer MORE awards in each competition category!

For complete event details and to pre-register speak with our volunteers at the Apple Pie Contest Tent this Saturday, from 9:00am -12:30pm.

Basic Apple Pie Contest Details:

• Contest day is 10/14 (rain date 10/21)
• Entry free $5 (pre-register by 10/7 to receive $5 back in Market Bucks on Contest day)
• One pie entry per household
• One baker per pie
• Amateur chefs only

Pies Can Be Entered In One Of Three NEW Categories:

• Best Traditional Two-Crust Apple Pie
• Best Decorative Two-Crust Apple Pie
• Best Apple Crisp

Prefer Eating To Baking?
After the winners have been announced at 11:00am on Contest day you can buy a slice of delicious pie ($3 per slice, $5 for two). All proceeds (entry fees and revenue from sale of pie slices) support the Pleasantville Farmers Market Intern Program.

CORN ROAST &
ZERO WASTE STATION ACCOMPLISHMENT!

Last Saturday 15 volunteers arrived at 7am to shuck the 540 ears of corn that Dobler Farms, Mead Orchards, and Gajeski Produce contributed to the Annual Customer Appreciation Day Corn Roast! Our volunteer team had all cobs shucked in 21 minutes, 37 seconds (a new record)! Our friend Pono Wong roasted all that corn so it could be offered free (with Kriemhild butter!) to shoppers as a thank you for their support of the Market.

Volunteers make the Market run well, while having fun. Young people staff the Market's Zero Waste Station each Saturday, helping shoppers sort their waste into trash, recycling or compost bins. Last week, these volunteers did a fantastic job, not only ensuring all those husks (4 bins worth) were set aside for composting, they also took in a huge influx of cobs, Himalayan Delish dumpling plates & utensils, and the market's other compostable waste -- greatly limiting our event's carbon footprint on one of the busiest days of the year!

If you have a teen in your house interested in being part of our volunteer teams please note the two opportunities below:

Market Intern Program
The Market is accepting applications from area students, grades 8 - 12, for the our fall Intern Program. For information email info@pleasantvillefarmersmarket.org.

The Zero Waste Composting Station is seeking youth volunteers (shifts are valid for community service hours). The composting station helps decrease the amount of trash produced by the Market. To assist a teen to volunteer CLICK HERE and add their name to whichever weekends they can volunteer. If you have any questions you can contact our Zero Waste Station Coordinator Jadyn Serebin at jadyn@serebin.com.

WHO'S IN THIS WEEK?

View our Map of the Market to see where all vendors visiting this Saturday will be located in the marketplace.

If shopping for Rosh Hashanah this week, our vendors have many items that are traditionally sought for the holiday including brisket, chicken, honey, apples, carrots, sweet potatoes and wine (sangria). Large round challah (plain or with raisins) can be ordered at Orwasher's tent THIS week for pick up NEXT Saturday, 9/16.
In addition to Weekly vendors, the following Rotation vendors will also be in this Saturday:

• Bohemian Baked
• Demi Olive Oil
• Forward Roots
• Manor Sangria
• Red Barn Bakery
• River Valley Community Grains
• SallyeAnder

Note: Warwick Valley Winery is absent on 9/9.

Lead Sponsor Northwell Health Tip:
"The fewer the ingredients, the more healthful the food. Great advice when it comes to purchasing fresh, seasonal food from regional farms. Tomatoes, peppers, carrots, apples, leafy greens all just have one ingredient: themselves!" Brought to you by Northern Westchester and Phelps, your local Northwell hospitals.

VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS

Demi Olive Oil has a new product from their farm in Greece: Arborgina olive oil! Spanish variety planted in their Greek soil. Used as a finish oil, Arborgina has a more delicate flavor than Demi's standard (Greek) olive oil, given it is very low in acidity (0.02%). Look for the RED Demi label to try out this one of a kind EVOO!

Did you know SallyeAnder uses seasonal ingredients for seasonal soaps? A good example is their Apple Crisp essential soap, which is made with real apples and healthful for your skin.

In the late winter, Edgwick Farm makes a hard goat cheese using a classic cheddar recipe. For each batch, 258 pounds goat milk is turned into 6 wheels of hard goat cheese totaling 25 pounds. The wheels are aged a minimum of six months in the cheese cave. Sackett Ridge hard goat cheese is now available at the Market.

Pura Vida Fisheries has great, late summer seafood selections including oysters, Littleneck clams and mussels, black sea bass, flounder and yellow fin tuna for the grill.

Red Barn Bakery will have sweet treats such as fresh pies, and Organic chocolate raspberry rugelach!

Spice Revolution notes that roasting a chicken is by far the easiest way to make a simple dinner that impresses everyone. Gather poultry from Hilly Acres Farm or Woven Stars Farm and then stop by Spice Revolution for perfect herbs, spices and salts for roasting.

Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse is highlighting two cheeses that are at peak: their tangy Drumm cheese and a special Cider Amram cheese. Perfect with summer peaches or early apples.

Manor Sangria will be in Saturday with multiple blends of their handcrafted sangrias!

EVENTS AT THE MARKET

Community Tent:
8:30am - 12:15pmWe’re excited to welcome A-Home Housing, a non-profit organization assisting low income older adults, adults with disabilities and single parent families with affordable housing in northern Westchester. Stop their booth and learn more. Our Community Tent is made possible by the support from our Sponsor Patty Anker of PleasantvilleInsider.com & The A Team at Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty.

Kids Event:
9:30am - 11:00pm
We have some fun activities planned with our Kids Events Sponsor, Kiwi Country Day Camp, a local summer camp for children ages 3-15, committed to ensuring each camper's well-being and growth. Stop by their booth where your kids can enjoy Kiwi's inflated basketball experience, get a cool tattoo, you can learn more about Kiwi's Camp, and please thank them for supporting our season of kids events!

Music Series Performance:
10:30am - 12:30pm
Swing by to enjoy a performance by Shovel Ready String Band of heartfelt original songs, up-tempo fiddle tunes, country blues, bluegrass, and traditional ballads of love and loss. Our Music Series performances are made possible in 2023 thanks to generous support from our Sponsor the Jacob Burns Film Center.

WIN FREE MARKET BUCKS!

Pleasantville Farmers Market values your input, so please take a moment now to fill out our annual survey. Doing so takes just a few minutes. And by taking our survey you're eligible for a prize drawing for FREE Market Bucks -- a total of over $200 in Market Bucks will be given away!

We'll also have table displays with QR codes set at our seating areas in the Gazebo and the Music Series area -- so you can use the QR code there to conveniently fill out the Market's survey on your phone. You'll also find the QR code displayed at the Manager's Tent and in our Market Sprouts Kids Event area too. Make the Market better - share your input today!

WE'RE STILL HIRING!

The Pleasantville Farmers Market, which is operated by Foodchester, Inc., a Pleasantville-based non-profit organization, has identified a need for a part-time Day Manager to join our management team. The call for interested candidates is open now. If you're interested, or know someone that may be the ideal candidate, please reach us asap!

Our Day Manager position includes assisting with the set-up and breakdown of the Market every Saturday, engaging with the public as host, and teamwork with all staff to successfully implement logistics and themes to assure a smooth and safe market.

Interested? Please submit a resume and a cover note indicating your interest in the position, explaining why you are the ideal candidate, to steven@pleasantvillefarmersmarket.org with the subject line “Day Manager.” To view a full summary of the position on our website click here.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

For the health and safety of our shoppers, please note that the Village of Pleasantville and Market operator, Foodchester, Inc., run the Pleasantville Farmers Market as a dog-free environment.

Pleasantville's Memorial Plaza parking lot is FREE between 8am - 1pm. After 1pm the parking lot requires payment for any cars present. Note that ###strong on Saturdays at all times. The Village's Pango smartphone app and two pay stations are available to make payment. For additional free parking options get to know the "hidden parking lots of P'ville" (6 out of 9 lots are free) by ###a href="https://www.pleasantvillefarmersmarket.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/market_parking_map_2022_flyer_v10.pdf" target="_blank">clicking here.

Visit Pleasantville Farmers Market and double your SNAP dollars! The Pleasantville Farmers Market happily accepts SNAP/EBT benefits -- and now you can double your SNAP dollars (up to $40) thanks to a generous grant from our local hospitals, Phelps Hospital and Northern Westchester Hospital, both part of the Market's Lead Sponsor Northwell Health. Simply bring your SNAP card to the Managers Tent at the entrance to the Market where we can swipe your card to exchange the amount of benefits you wish to use as $1 or $5 SNAP Market coins. For every dollar you redeem (up to $40), you will receive two dollars in SNAP Market coins. These coins are accepted at any Market vendor displaying our green SNAP signage.

IN THE COMMUNITY:

PCTV's 1st annual End of Summer Party!
This Sunday, 9/10, 2:00 - 5:00pm
Enjoy delicious food, refreshing drinks, live music, fun activities, raffles and silent auction! By purchasing a ticket to this fantastic event, not only will you have a great time, but you'll also be supporting a meaningful not-for profit that brings our community together! To purchase a ticket click here.

Local Author Book Club event
at the Mount Pleasant Public Library
Thursday, 9/14, 7:00 - 8:00pm
If you haven’t already, head to The Village Bookstore to purchase Joseph Wallace’s terrific novel Diamond Ruby and get reading! Then register for the Library & Village Bookstore’s free event which will have a lively discussion with author Joe Wallace! To register click here.

Shop Local:
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. Check out the Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce website for a full member directory, an event calendar, and a feature to help find parking spots when visiting.