Mother's Day

This year the Pleasantville Garden Club is not be able to partner with us to present their plant sale, but ideas for Mother's Day should spring to mind Saturday as a number of our vendors have items Mom would love. Gajeski Produce has veggie starts and herbs for her garden. Simply Planted Greenhouses has flowering annuals which would look great on her deck. The River Garden makes their first visit of 2020 with stunning dried floral arrangements and wreaths. Although early in the season, Neversink Farm has some cut flower bouquets. And of course from 8:30am - 1:00pm you can shop to load up on groceries to deliver to Mom. The Pleasantville Farmers Market can help you convey to Mom that she is extra special.

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 9:45am.

• 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.

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

Weekly vendors that have rejoined us this month are Dutch Desserts and The River Garden.

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

• Demi Olive Oil
• Forward Roots
• Hudson Valley Duck Farm*
• Simply Planted*
• Strudel House
• The River Garden*
• Warwick Valley Winery

* Will be in weekly going forward

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: "­­For centuries, moms have told children that vegetables are good for them. And they were right! Based on some estimates, vegetables supply over 50% of vitamins C and A, and much of our B6, magnesium, niacin, thiamin, and iron. Eating a variety of seasonal plant food, which supplies these and many more nutrients, can help reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease".

NEW: 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

Forward ROOTS
Forward ROOTS will be back this Saturday with their fermented kimchi sauces, kimchi kraut, kimchi slaw, kimchi rice bowls (to go) and more. (Note that their next visit will be 5/30).

The River Garden
The River Garden is returning to the Market this week. Stop by to shop their dried floral items.

Spice Revolution: Spices For Mom
This week Spice Revolution is offering spices Mom will love with a focus on sea salts including Chili lime, fumee de sel rosemary lemon garlic, Cyprus flake and more! Also cookies: matcha chip vegan, brown butter hazelnut and Italian chocolate chip.

Dutch Desserts Is back!
Been too long without a fruit or chocolate tart? You can solve that this weekend.

Neversink Farm
Each week Neversink Farm has an expanding selection of indoor-grown produce, and this week they have a limited supply of fresh cut flower bouquets too (preorder perhaps to ensure you obtain one, link in prior section). They will also have sustainably harvested wild ramps this Saturday.

Edgwick Farm
Edgwick Farms is offering these seasonal pairings: Strawberry Rhubarb Canterbury (fresh rhubarb compote mixed with strawberry preserves and layered under Edgwick's classic soft goat cheese) and Horseradish Garlic Canterbury (soft goat cheese dressed up with spicy horseradish and minced garlic). Also: they've made up a Mother's Day batch of decadent chocolate goat cheese truffles!

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

Teagevity: What Does Mom Need?
Look over a menu Teagevity posts out front of their tent so you can consider which of their many, many teas your mom would most enjoy receiving weekend. 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.

Pura Vida Fisheries
Apparently, we're all in the same boat and eating more seafood at home than ever (article about that here). In Pleasantville that's probably because Pura Vida's super fresh seafood is delicious and easy to cook. Remember to pick up some scallops or fish for mom while shopping Saturday.

Simply Planted Greenhouses
Simply Planted is located at the north end (near Teagevity) with an assortment of hanging baskets, annuals, perennials and Drop & Grows for sun and shade.

Sweet!
Strudel House will again be at the Market Saturday.

Warwick Valley Winery & Black Dirt Distillery
Warwick Valley Winery will make their May visit this Saturday.

Demi Olive Oil: Their Ship Came In!
Much flavor and health from EVOO is tied to freshness. Demi Olive Oil's John Grado and Vasilios Vlahakas (shown here in front of a 1200 year old olive tree located on their farm in Greece) harvested and pressed olives last December - and that oil has come in. The first batch has been bottled for Saturday and John says it's REALLY good. He'll have standard bottles and his larger 1.5 liter bottles too.

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