Summer: Make Your Mealtime Memories!

Summer's recent heat (and rain) has produced a beautiful harvest of squash, corn, cucumbers, carrots, berries, cut flowers and more. Gather ingredients for meals that celebrate the season! This Saturday Pleasantville Farmers Market will also host some nice programs including a Bits & Bites event focused on recipes using seasonal ingredients, a craft event for kids, a visit by Community Table Sponsor Patty Anker and The A Team at Howard Hanna Rand Realty, and a performance of Indian music. Details on all events are further down this newsletter. See you at the Market!

Thank you to all of the shoppers that have been checking in on our vendors given last Sunday's historic rainfall. Cleanup continues but our farms appear to have weather the weather alright - including Edgwick Farm, Little Seed Gardens, Maple View Farms and others.

WHO'S IN THIS WEEK?

View our Map of the Market to see where all vendors visiting this Saturday will be located in the marketplace.
In addition to Weekly vendors the following Rotation vendors will also be in this Saturday:

• 3×3 Kitchen Provisions
• Bombay Chutney Company
• Conant Valley Jams
• Kriemhild Dairy Farms
• Noble Pies
• Spirits Lab
• Strudel House
• Whitecliff Vineyards

Lead Sponsor Northwell Health Tip:
"Eggs from hens raised on pasture have more of the good stuff (compared to standard, non-pasture egg farm production): Get eggs at the Market and you get 7 times more beta carotene, and 2-3 times more vitamin A, vitamin E, and omega-3s". Brought to you by Northern Westchester and Phelps, your local Northwell hospitals.

Market Intern Program
The Market is accepting applications from area students, grades 8 - 12, for the our spring/summer/fall Intern Program. For information email info@pleasantvillefarmersmarket.org.

The Zero Waste Composting Station is seeking youth volunteers (shifts are valid for community service hours). The composting station helps decrease the amount of trash produced by the Market. To assist a teen to volunteer CLICK HERE and add their name to whichever weekends they can volunteer. If you have any questions you can contact our Zero Waste Station Coordinator Jadyn Serebin at jadyn@serebin.com.

VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS

Cold wine and tasty cheese! Whitecliff Vineyards will bring a lineup of hot weather wine -- white, rosé, and a couple of chillable reds -- perfect for the selection of artisanal cheeses at the Market.

Noble Pies is in with their diverse line of sweet and savory pies, including a special recipe called Colorado Cache made with with chicken, onion, celery, garlic, peas and spices slowly simmered in a curry sauce and baked in their handmade butter crust.

This week Edgwick Farm will be sampling two of its customer favorites: Rosemary Fig Canterbury goat cheese, and Horseradish Garlic Canterbury goat cheese.

Puras Paletas are back this week!

Kyle of Maple View Farm says this is the week to enjoy all the summer favorites, including cucumbers, summer squash, eggplant, cherry tomatoes, and heirloom tomatoes. The farm also has baby carrots, head lettuces, and washed salad greens.

Nina White of Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse recommends a perfect summer meal of Drumm cheese (deliciously gooey at the edge these days), its breads of Cranberry Walnut Loaf and Rustic Loaf, and seasonal fruits such as strawberries, blueberries, red currants, and raspberries!

Spirits Lab makes their visit for July this Saturday with their exciting line of distilled items and premixed cocktails.

Mead Orchards is running a special on their sparkling apple cider, dropping the price from $3 a can to $2.50 a can ($10 for a four pack). This refreshing item has been popular in the hot weather lately.

Spice Revolution is featuring summer salts this week -- perfect for seasoning everything. With more than 40 different salts to choose, some of our favorite’s include: rosé sea salt, black garlic sea salt, rosemary lemon garlic sea salt, Chile lime sea salt, espresso sea salt, hickory smoked sea salt, Thai ginger sea salt and many more.

Thirsty but on the go? Teagevity has their red iced teas readty as Tea2go each Saturday -- ice cold, brewed to perfection.

Dobler Farms and Gajeski Produce have plenty of summer corn now!

Tivoli Mushrooms has an inspiring offering of foraged edibles and cultivated mushrooms every Saturday. Farmer/owner Devin is with us each week to help shoppers learn how to add these delicious items to their menu.

EVENTS AT THE MARKET

Community Tent:
9:00am - 12:00pmMeet our Community Tent Sponsor Patty Anker of PleasantvilleInsider.com and The A Team at Howard Hanna Rand Realty (9:00am-12:00pm) for info on the Chamber of Commerce, community events, and the local housing market. At 11:00am Patty will lead a half mile Pleasantville Tour for Newcomers. This Village tour of shops & schools is free, but spots are limited, please reserve by emailing TheATeaminRealEstate@gmail.com, using the subject line "Village Tour." All participants will receive $5 Market Bucks to spend at the Market upon returning at 12 noon!

Health & Sustainability Event
8:30am - 12:15pmNutritionist Marina Stopler, MS, RD, IBCLC will hold another Bits and Bites event with with author and nutritionist Toby Amidor preparing several recipes from one of Toby’s Meal Prep Cookbooks. Her “The Diabetes Meal Prep” cookbook will also be available to purchase. Our Health & Sustainability events are made possible by the support from our local hospitals, Phelps Hospital and Northern Westchester Hospital, both part of the Market's Lead Sponsor Northwell Health.

Market Sprouts Kids Event:
9:30am - 11:00am
Calling all kids! It’s crafting time with Ms. Callie, a New York City preschool teacher. While helping pick out the freshest fruits and veggies with your grown ups, stop by to take a break and make your very own fruit or veggie craft inspired by the colorful food we eat! Our Market Sprouts kids events are made possible thanks to generous support from our Sponsor Kiwi Country Day Camp.

Music Series Performance:
10:30am - 12:30pm
Indian Music Duet: The Biryani Boys
Mustafa Bhagat (Sitar) and David Freeman (Tabla) have been playing music together for over 15 years. Their new album Puja, is a celebration of Indian Classical Music and the teachers who have shared the tradition along the way. Puja is available through Team Love Records and is available on Bandcamp and all streaming platforms. Find out more at www.thebiryaniboys.com. Our Music Series performances are made possible in 2023 thanks to generous support from our Sponsor the Jacob Burns Film Center.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

Hours: 8:30am - 1:00pm

For the health and safety of our shoppers, please note that the Village of Pleasantville and Market operator, Foodchester, Inc., run the Pleasantville Farmers Market as a dog-free environment.

Update for Parking in Plaza lot: Pleasantville's Memorial Plaza parking lot is FREE between 8am - 1pm. After 1pm the parking lot requires payment for any cars present. Note that ###strong on Saturdays at all times. The Village's Pango smartphone app and two pay stations are available to make payment. For additional free parking options get to know the "hidden parking lots of P'ville" (6 out of 9 lots are free) by clicking here..

Visit Pleasantville Farmers Market and double your SNAP dollars! The Pleasantville Farmers Market happily accepts SNAP/EBT benefits -- and now you can double your SNAP dollars (up to $40) thanks to a generous grant from our local hospitals, Phelps Hospital and Northern Westchester Hospital, both part of the Market's Lead Sponsor Northwell Health. Simply bring your SNAP card to the Managers Tent at the entrance to the Market where we can swipe your card to exchange the amount of benefits you wish to use as $1 or $5 SNAP Market coins. For every dollar you redeem (up to $40), you will receive two dollars in SNAP Market coins. These coins are accepted at any Market vendor displaying our green SNAP signage.

IN THE COMMUNITY:

Farm Fire
Hodgin's Harvest was with us for the 2022 season before retiring from farmers market to refocus his farm plan on the production of medicinal mushrooms. Aaron Hodgins Davis of Hodgins Harvest lost his home and mushroom growing operation in a devastating fire last week. We're sharing with our shopper and farm community that a GoFundMe was set up by his family to help him get back on his feet. If you would like to contribute the link is here.

Shop Local:
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. Check out the Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce website for a full member directory, an event calendar, and a feature to help find parking spots when visiting.