Market Shoppers: Mask Up!

When it comes to providing area residents a safe process to gather groceries, the Market has things well covered. You can take that literally, as vendors have their hands, face, and displayed foods covered, or protected, to mitigate the risks posed by our current health crisis.

This week please contribute to a safe marketplace by following NYS guidance: wear a mask or cloth, covering both nose and mouth, when visiting the Market.

Given our vendors' hyper-vigilant attention (on farm, in kitchen, in market) you can be confident that the foods they offer have been as well protected and little handled as any you're likely to obtain through other channels.

We Need Your Help
Below are ways as a shopper you can 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. Currently, there's a well-spaced queue to enter from 8:30am to approximately 9:45am, with fewer lines after that time.

• 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.
• Pre-order 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 pre-ordered items, or you wish to avoid the morning rush, arrive after 10:00am when lines have receded (pre-ordered 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.

The Market has implemented some of the strictest market safety protocols in the country to protect people and food from the potential transmission of germs. Our vendors have been incredible partners in this effort. We thank our shoppers for their patience as we continue to adapt and improve. To read the Market's Statement of Purpose during Covid-19 click here.

Who's In This Week?
View our Map of the Market to see where vendors visiting this Saturday will be located in the marketplace. Note: Bread Alone Bakery weekly participation this Saturday, 4/18.

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

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

Morgiewicz Produce and North Winds Lavender Farm are expected on 5/23.

Bombay Emerald Chutney Company, Chaseholm Farm Creamery, Dutch Desserts, Dancing Spirits Herbs, Go-Go Pops, Head & Heal CBD, Healing Home Foods, Red Barn Bakery, SallyeAnder, The River Garden, and Wright's Farm 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: "Protections work together. Your nose reduces the risk of viral particles getting to your throat. A mask reduces the risk of the viral particles getting to your nose, and social distancing reduces the risk of them getting to your mask. Together, these countermeasures work very well" (Peter Tippett MD PhD).

NEW: PRE-ORDER LISTING

We've created a new pdf, updated weekly, listing all vendors offering the option to pre-order items. Rotation Vendors offering pre-ordering are listed with the weeks they're present (please only pre-order 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 pre-ordering click:
Market Vendor Pre-Order Information.

VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS FOR SATURDAY

Bread Alone Bakery
Bread Alone Bakery resumes their weekly participation in the Market this week. Been waiting for your cheese danish?

Whitecliff Vineyards
Last with us on 3/14 as the Market moved outside, Whitecliff Vineyards is back this Saturday. They'll have a special offer of 20% off 2 or more bottles of their Dry Rose. They'll also be bringing their newly released 2019 steel-fermented Chardonnay, and some of their top-of-the-line Bordeaux blend red, Sky Island Red, for those who have fallen in love with it where it is featured at Rivermarket in Tarrytown.

Conant Valley Jams
Margery notes she will have her first batch of ramp pesto this Saturday.

Rock City Mushrooms
Rock City Mushrooms will be in, now holding to visits on the 1st & 3rd Saturdays of each month. Stock up!

Campanelli's Poultry Farm
Campanelli's Poultry Farm is back after last week's vacation.

Pika's Farm Table
Need lunch to be easy? Pika has so many soups to choose from. Check with her each week to see what her kitchen has made for yours.

Edgwick Farm Is Trying To Keep Up
Edgwick Farm is trying to keep up but their Rosemary Fig Canterbury keeps selling and selling. Nevertheless, they have made up another batch to bring to market!

Little Seed Gardens
Claudia and Willy are now back at the Market. They have spinach, Chinese cabbage, pea shoots, and a number of micro greens and salad greens too.

Teagevity: Make Your Favorite Fruity Teas
Missing casual Saturdays at the Market with your favorite Teagevity fruity tea? You can buy those as loose tea to make a gallon at home! Hibiscus Pineapple, Strawberry Fields and Blood Orange are full of vitamin C to give one the will to fight on to summer! One 2oz bag makes a gallon of iced tea for the fridge. Email all pre-order requests to teagevity@gmail.com. Note: you'll want to get honey from Hudson River Apiaries or Mead Orchards to sweeten your tea to perfection.

Kiernan Farm
This Saturday Kiernan Farm's beef kabob cubes are on sale at $10.00/lb (reg. $13.00/lb) and their pork country style ribs (2 pieces/pkg) are on sale at $9.50/lb (re. $12.50/lb). Also buy five 1lb packages of ground beef at $10.75/lb, you get $10.00 off the total.

Simply Planted Greenhouses
Simply Planted is located at the north end (near Teagevity) with an assortment of flowering herbs, lettuce bowls, mountain pinks, tulips, pansies, daffodils, perennials and cool season Drop & Grows.

Trotta's Making Dinner
Trotta Foods creates heat & serve dinners which make for an easy night in the kitchen. They'll bring a good supply and nice assortment on Saturday along with their usual offerings.

Sweet!
Strudel House will be at the Market Saturday.

IN THE COMMUNITY

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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.

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