Pleasantville Farmers Market: Winter Ready!

The producers at the Pleasantville Farmers Market are ready for you with winter-grown produce, cellared root veggies, fresh baked items, just caught seafood, excellent prepared items to add interest to your meals, a wide range of frozen meats, and much more. As the largest weekly, year-round, fully inspected farmers market in the region -- and the only one offering all products for online preorder with a single, convenient click to pay -- winter is no big deal, and certainly not an impediment to staying connected to the vendors and foods you love.

PFM-O: BRISK SERVICE FOR COLD WEATHER

Saturday's weather will be chilly so preorder to get in and out quickly! Pleasantville Farmers Market Online (PFM-O) is designed to ease winter shopping outdoors - whatever the conditions. Benefits include:

• Get what you want! Don’t worry about items selling out.
• Quick and easy pickup. No standing on long lines!
• Pay in advance with one click, no matter how many vendors you preorder from.
• Prices are the same online as in the Market.

WEATHER NOTICES
DURING WINTER

We have great municipal support at Memorial Plaza to help clean up after snowstorms. This Saturday looks ok to run the Market after some potential Friday snow.

If winter weather creates conditions making it necessary to close a Saturday market (ie ongoing, heavy snow) we always set a notice by 9am on Friday at pleasantvillefarmersmarket.org so you are aware. We also send out a brief newsletter with that information as well.

In the event of a closure, preorders are cancelled and credit cards are not charged.

OMICRON & SHOPPING SAFELY

Pleasantville Farmers Market remains committed to the health and safety of the whole community, including shoppers, vendors, volunteers, and staff.

As we contend with Omicron in the latest COVID-19 challenge:

• All vendors, volunteers and staff will wear masks.
• Unvaccinated shoppers are required to mask while shopping.
• It's recommended that ALL shoppers mask while at the Market (regardless of vaccination status, and including children ages 3+).
• All shoppers are requested to maintain physical distancing in the marketplace.

Avoid the Market if you're 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.

PARKING OPTIONS

Click here for directions to the outdoor Market. Do you know the "hidden parking lots of Pville"? There are 8 parking lots within a few blocks of the Market, with over 400 parking spaces available - plus metered street parking throughout the Village. Review them all by clicking here to view a summary of parking lot locations.

Pango! The Village of Pleasantville has introduced a smartphone app as an option to pay for all metered and pay station parking in Pleasantville. Visit Pango to download the free Pango app for iPhone or Android devices, and follow the prompts to set up an account and method of payment. Parking meters have stickers (and QR codes) that indicate the parking zone—and parking lots have signs posted with zone numbers. There is a 16% service fee charged by Pango. The app will deliver a reminder message five minutes before time expires, and (in most locations) time can be extended via the app.

HARVEST HEROES & WINTER WARRIORS:
THANKS!

Support your Market and receive some fun, complementary thank you items! Donations can be made through PFM-O (Tuesday 7pm - Thursday 7pm). Here are the details:

Contribute as a $50 HARVEST HERO to receive:

Contribute as a WINTER WARRIOR to receive:

THANKS in advance if you're able to support us in this way - your collaboration helps make a year-round Pleasantville Farmers Market possible. Please note that because the Market is a 501 (c)(4) nonprofit organization, individual contributions are not tax deductible.

ANOTHER WAY TO GIVE: VOTE!

Last year the Market was among over a dozen Pleasantville businesses awarded the honor of “Best of Westchester” by voters in Westchester Magazine’s annual contest. As a community-based service, we’re proud of this feedback as an indication that we’re fulfilling our mission to our community, farms and food artisans.
Now the 2022 “Best of Westchester” first round voting is open. Please take a minute to VOTE TODAY for your favorite farmers market and all local, small businesses that have earned your loyalty.

TO BEGIN use this Best of Westchester link which takes you to the Reader's Ballot to place your vote for a favorite farmers market in two categories: Best Farmers Market (#34), and Best Produce (#62). Then explore the categories listing other great county-based businesses. Once you have voted, encourage fellow shoppers and family members to vote to help the contest garner more momentum. Thanks for participating!

PFM-O OPENS
TONIGHT, 7:00pm

WHO'S IN SATURDAY?

View our Map of the Market to see where all vendors visiting this Saturday will be located in the marketplace.
NOTE: Dutch Desserts is absent this Saturday. Edgwick Farm, absent this week, will return on 1/22.

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

• Bombay Chutney Company
• Demi Olive Oil
• Forward Roots
• Manor Sangria
• Rock City Mushrooms
• Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery

(Note: Conant Valley Jams, Strudel House and Red Barn attend weekly during the winter)

First time user of PFM-O? Please register at Pleasantville Farmers Market Online. Then login to browse our producer's items and place preorders Tuesdays, 7:00pm - Thursdays, 7:00pm. Saturday collect preorders from the producers you preordered from.

Phelps Health Tip:
Lead Sponsor Phelps Hospital Northwell Health shares the following: "During the cold days of winter you should consider eating more carbohydrates like those from root vegetables – they help the body to sustain a little more weight, which is needed to insulate against the cold weather. Warming vegetables like potatoes, cabbages, carrots, onions, rutabagas, and winter squash all store well in cool, dark places, and can provide energy and comfort throughout the winter season".

VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS

Did you enjoy Maple View Farm's microgreens, lettuces, mustard greens, bunched bok choy or kale, pea shoots, claytonia and bunched red radishes over the holidays? By now it's time to stock up again and Maple View has their PFM-O store ready. The cold weather likely means no product will be set out for walk up shopping this week, so preorder!

Pura Vida Fisheries uses its fresh seafood to create soups and other convenient items each week. Pick some up while gathering fish for the week. No reason to not enjoy perfect seafood in the new year.

Spice Revolution is featuring cozy curries to keep one warm all winter long including Jamaican yellow curry (mild), citrus Thai curry (medium), NEW vindaloo (medium), baharat (hot/medium), hot Indian curry (hot) and many more!

Warwick Valley Winery will be in with their gin, bourbon, cordials, hard ciders and wines.

Rock City Mushrooms (also offering their Dogwood Farm turkey items) visits Saturday (they're in on the 2nd & 4th Saturdays of each month during the winter).

Pika's Farm Table has warming dishes such as pot pies and soups. Check out all their offerings for some convenient and delicious meals this week.

Say cheese! Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse has their PFM-O store set with artisanal cheeses (and breads). Note that Chaseholm Farm Creamery is in next week - they visit on the 1st & 3rd Saturdays in winter. And Edgwick Farm will be absent until January 22nd so that they can deliver over 100 baby goats - as of this morning, 40 baby goats have been born! Follow their Facebook and Instagram pages to view baby goat videos.

Gajeski Produce has their PFM-O store loaded with items for your weeks meals, whether fresh greens or cellared roots veggies - dive in and get preordering!

Mead Orchards has crisp apples, rich squash and more -- the cold weather means products won't be displayed for walk up so please preorder!

Kiernan Farm has discounted beef stew cubes $13.50/lb (reg. $15.50/lb), and Pork Country Style Ribs (two in a pack) to $13.00/lb (reg. $15.00/lb). Also, buy five 1lb packages at $13.00/lb, get $10.00 off the total.

Manor Sangria will be in. Stock up on Bo's fresh, well-crafted blends.

Hudson River Apiaries has their PFM-O store loaded with honeys to choose from.

Red Barn Bakery and Strudel House are all in to provide baked goods.

Also in on rotation this week are Forward Roots (small batch, naturally fermented kimchi products), Bombay Chutney Company (Indian chutneys, samosas, soups and simmer sauces) and Demi Olive Oil with their superb EVOO.

IN THE COMMUNITY:

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