The Market Opens Outdoors This Saturday

The Pleasantville Farmers Market is indeed outside again at Memorial Plaza, starting THIS Saturday, 3/14.

We are grateful to the Pleasantville Union Free School District for providing us a warm environment for the Market over the last few months. Moving outdoors now enables the Market to continue as an essential food resource to our community and sustain the livelihood of our farmers and food artisans with a lower potential for interruption.

Statement of Purpose During Covid-19
The Market has always been attentive to food safety, and we’ve responded to the current Covid-19 situation with heightened protocols including portable hand washing stations, effective market-wide use of food safety gloves, and adjustments to the display of food and samples. We love that our event is historically a social one but with no special event programming at this time, our core role remains: provide a safe space for residents to make quick and purposeful trips to get groceries. And our team of vendors are the right professionals to provide food safely. If at any point we're ordered by a public health agency to close a market, we certainly will comply and broadcast that information so you are aware.

We welcome you to get outside to the Market Saturday for your quick and purposeful trip to gather great food (as well as some vitamin D from this weekend’s ample sunshine).

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 -- each vendor's frequency is listed, clarifying how often they will visit the Market each month.

Note: Kiernan Farms will not be in on 3/14.

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

• Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse
• Bombay Emerald Chutney Company
• Buddhapesto
• Demi Olive Oil
• Living Edge Designs
• Red Barn Bakery
• Rock City Mushrooms
• Whitecliff Vineyards

Open When?
The Indoor Market is open Saturday from 8:30am to 1:00pm at Memorial Plaza.

Market Intern Program
The Market is accepting applications from area High School students for the upcoming spring Intern Program. For information inquire at the Managers Table.

Phelps Health Tip:
Lead Sponsor Phelps Hospital Northwell Health shares the following: "There is a good reason vitamin D is called the "sunshine vitamin". When your skin is exposed to sunlight, it makes vitamin D from cholesterol. The sun's ultraviolet B (UVB) rays hit cholesterol in the skin cells, providing energy for vitamin D synthesis to occur".

VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS

Irish Soda Breads Are In
Orwasher's Bakery, Red Barn Bakery and Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse are in this week, each with an Irish Soda Bread.

Buddhapesto: Back To Weekly Visits
Buddhapesto has returned to a weekly schedule for March and beyond.

Chaseholm Farm Creamery
Chaseholm's cow's milk and yogurt arrive each week, along with their artisanal cheeses and Jacuterie charcuterie. So, basically, great, great and great.

Red Barn Bakery
Just wants you to know they have a perfect fig cream pastry waiting for you at the Market.

Whitecliff Vineyards
First-ever March visit by one of our wineries! So nice to kick things off with Whitecliff Vineyards.

Teagevity: Flu & Virus Fighter
Teagevity will have have iced or hot by the cup two medicinal wellness teas: Organic Elderberry tea and also Elderberry-infused Ginger tea. Organic Elderberry will also be sold in 2oz kraft bags of dried loose tea for home use. Powerful stuff? Ask Dr. Oz - he got his from Teagevity last week.

Orwasher's Goes Irish
Orwasher's will take $1 off their Irish Soda Bread this week (reg. price $6).

Living Edge Designs
First visit of the outdoor season for Living Edge Designs. Stop by to shop for one of their unique cutting boards.

Edgwick Farm: NEW Cheese!
Edgwick Farm's seasonal pairings for March are soft chevre with local maple syrup, and also a soft chevre with garlic & horseradish. BUT Edgwick also has a new item: Sackett Ridge craft beer cheddar. Two years ago, they experimented by washing cheddar curds in a craft beer (Keegan Ale's Mother’s Milk in this batch) before pressing the curds. Aged two years, they cut a few wheels open this month and it tastes amazing! The result is a nutty, medium-sharp cheddar with a hoppy aroma and taste. They have half pound wedges Saturday at $15/wedge and you can try a taste at their table.

IN THE COMMUNITY:

March 21: Hudson Valley Fermented
12:00pm - 4:00pm
Enjoy an afternoon tasting of regionally produced craft beers, spirits, wines, hard ciders and more presented by the Rotary Club of Pleasantville to benefit local and global charitable projects. Held at Pace University, Pleasantville, NY. For more information and to purchase tickets click here.