Market Forecast: Grilling Weather!

Clean up the grill, sweep off the patio, find where the skewers are. Pleasantville has enough weather data now to know it's going to be a beautiful, warm, August weekend. So pick up the phone and invite some friends over-- there's plenty to share from the bountiful summer harvest of vegetables, fruits and meats rolling into town Saturday at the Pleasantville Farmers Market.

The Market has a diverse selection of meats for summer grilling, including squid (delicious when marinated in olive oil and herbs), and swordfish or tuna steaks. Cowberry Crossing Farm has Certified Organic hamburger patties and ground lamb for lamb burgers. Kiernan Farm has grass-fed beef items including hamburger or steaks, as well as terrific pork items, and a number of interesting sausages (including hot dogs). Campanelli's Poultry Farm and Yellow Bell Farm have great poultry items, and Hudson Valley Duck Farm has fresh duck breast and their links of either Italian style or Rillette duck sausage, which are really special when grilled. And vegetables taste great on the grill too including corn, peppers, onions, summer squash and eggplants. If you get thirsty while grilling, enjoy some wine from Whitecliff Vineyard - they're in this Saturday at the Market.

The Market also has great programming Saturday. For our Kids Event the music group Joannas 'n Bananas will present TWO performances (starting at 9:30am, and at 10:30am). The local Axial Theater will visit to highlight their upcoming events (8:30am - 12:30pm). And the Music Series will present Austin Carrothers and Marc Moss (10:00am - 12:00pm) -- both top notch local farmers affiliated with Yellow Bell Farm, as well as amazing professional musicians. Stop by to enjoy hearing Folk, Americana and Irish tunes, as well as some original songs as well.

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• Hours and Where to Park
• Phelps Health Tip
• Using SNAP At The Market
• Vendor Highlights and Sales
• Events At The Market

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 following Rotation Vendors 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

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.

SHARE YOUR IDEAS

WE'RE ALL EARS!

Farmers market shoppers know their input matters. Many items now commonplace at markets began as shopper suggestions to farmers. The Pleasantville Farmers Market also values customer input. Please take a moment now to fill out our annual survey (participants are eligible for a prize drawing of Market Bucks and Market t-shirts!).

Hey! Thanks Chad David Kraus

Have a look at an album of images from last week by official Market Photographer Chad David Kraus. Chad drops by at times to volunteer his professional photographic skills so the Market has beautiful imagery to highlight the Market. Interested in Chad's award-winning photo services for an event of your own? You can learn more about him by clicking here.

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:

Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Lead Sponsor Phelps Hospital Northwell Health shares the following: "Healthy fats like monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat and omega-3 fatty acids are found in fish grass-fed beef and farm-raised chickens. Lucky for us we have these at the Market!"

VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS

Whitecliff Winery

Whitecliff Vineyard is celebrating summer by bringing TWO different dry roses to the Market this weekend --this summer's most popular wine. One is our classic value-priced blend, the other will be our Rose of Gamay Noir, estate bottled from Whitecliff's Gamay for a more complex and delicate dinner wine. Come taste and compare!

Conant Valley Jam

Conant Valley Jam has Wild Raspberry Jam, and many other tastes of the summer.

Bombay Emerald Chutney Company

Bombay Emerald Chutney Company uses family recipes from India to create delicious chutneys and frozen products like samosas, kofta, saag, rajma and delicious roti rolls.

Kiernan Farm: 1/2 Price Pork SALE

This week Kiernan Farm has pork, sirloin chops at 1/2 price: $5.75/lb (reg. $11.50/lb). Their beef, sirloin tip steaks are discounted to $14.75/lb (reg. $18.75). Also, buy 5 one pound packages of ground beef at $10.25/lb and get $10.00 off the total (making for an avg of $8.25/lb).

Cowberry Crossing Farm

In addition to many meats and vegetables this week Cowberry Crossing Farm will have freshly harvested shallots.

Spoonful of Sugar Bake Shop

GF baker Chris Galli will have for the first time gluten free savory scones. She has taken advantage of zucchini season to make Zucchini Parmigiana Scones with Fresh Basil. She will also have black and white cookies which are always a treat.

Spice Revolution: Spice Rub

This week Spice Revolution is featuring their new spice mix "Rub It Up", a sweet, smoky spice mix perfect for ribs, chicken, shellfish, mushrooms and for making a killer BBQ sauce.

Healing Home Foods

Have healthy meals covered but snack time proves a bit more difficult? Healing Home Foods has some delicious answers for you. Their business was recently highlighted in this article about six healthy snack producers working right here in Westchester.

Pickle Licious: Pickled Sliced Carrots

Pickle Licious shopped from J&A Farm for carrots to make Pickled Sliced Carrots. During the summer they add regionally grown carrots to their Giardiniera but they decided to showcase this batch alone. So they sliced the carrots and brined them in their Sweet Horseradish Brine. They are delicious! Slightly crunchy, with a kick. A nice addition to salads, or as a snack by itself.

EVENTS AT THE MARKET

Visiting Organization: 8:30am - 12:30am

Axial Theater

Visiting organization Axial Theater, which operates out of St. John's Episcopal Church, will visit to highlight their upcoming events and shows. Stop by Saturday to learn more about the Axial Theater.

Kids Market Sprouts Activity:

Performances at 9:30am & 10:30am

Joannas n' Bananas

Joannas 'n Bananas (Joanna and Rob "Bobby Bananaz" Levine-Pawlings) are musicians and music educators based in NYC/Westchester. Join them in our Kids area for a special, super fun musical performance.

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

Fresh Off The Yellow Bell Farm:

Austin Carrothers & Marc Moss

Austin Carrothers and Marc Moss are both top notch local farmers affiliated with Yellow Bell Farm, as well as amazing professional musicians. Stop by to enjoy hearing Folk, Americana and Irish tunes, as well as some original songs as well.

To keep on top of over 60 events at the Market throughout the season view the website's calendar page by clicking here.