Summer Is At The Market!

Rain or shine, summer makes its appearance at the Market every week now. Though early spring frosts greatly impacted the Hudson Valley cherry crop, you'll find luscious sweet cherries at Wright's Farm and Mead Orchards this week. Many farms, including Dobler Farms and Little Seed Gardens, are sending crisp garlic scapes (click here for some ways to use them in your kitchen). Little Seed has its first sugar snap peas, Gajeski Produce has delicious red and yellow new potatoes, and our farms have fresh greens and carrots now too. Mead Orchards and many other farms their final strawberries, a few still have asparagus, and we'll see the first raspberries and blueberries arrive soon. Chicken, duck, beef, lamb, pork and seafood items are available for your grill. With artisanal cheeses and breads, honey and jams, pickled items, fruit pies and tarts, the Market's farmers and food artisans are ready to help your summer get off to a delicious start.

This week visitors will also find PCTV tabling to highlight their new programming and summer events (8:30 - 12:15), Market Sprouts has a yoga event for kids with Jenny Minelli of Sanctuary Yoga (9:30-11:00), and our Music Series performance is by the acoustic vocal duo The Forget Me Knots (10:30 - 12:30). See you at the Market!

It's 7:00 pm Tuesday:
PFM-O is now OPEN!

To begin shopping with Pleasantville Farmers Market Online CLICK HERE. Preorders can be made Tuesday 7pm - Thursday 7pm.

PFMO CLOSURE AFTER 7/1

Since March 14, 2020 you've worked with Foodchester, and its farmers and food artisans, to ensure the Market can serve you every week. During a phase when farms saw restaurant orders pause and many farmers markets close, the Pleasantville Farmers Market remained active and vital each Saturday thanks to your use of PFMO. The Market and our vendors took on added time and cost to help support the platform each week too. Now we need your help as the pandemic has reached a calmer phase, PFMO concludes on 7/1 due to lessened usage, and our farms and food artisans are seeking to stay connected with you in this next phase. Please continue to shop directly for your week's meals with these vendors! As some producers develop the option to preorder we will share that information. Thank you so much for your continued support of your farmers and food artisans.

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:

• Bohemian Baked
• Dancing Spirits Herbs
• Demi Olive Oil
• Forward Roots
• Manor Sangria
• Merchant’s Daughter Ciderworks
• Red Barn Bakery
• River Valley Community Grains
• SallyeAnder

Happy PRIDE Month! We're proud to be a part of a vibrant, diverse community and we enthusiastically support our LGBTQ+ farmers, food artisans and shoppers. The Market is a place where everyone's true colors shine brightly.

Lead Sponsor Northwell Health Tip:
"Authentic artisanal cheeses aid digestion through the presence of enzymes and/or anti-viral MCTs (medium-chain triglycerides). They also contain less salt than processed cheeses, and none of the dyes, preservatives, stabilizers and other unnecessary ingredients found in more conventional cheese products". 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.

Valley Table Magazines are in! To read up on Hudson Valley farms, food and cuisine pick up your copy of the summer edition this Saturday at the Managers Tent (while supplies last).

BIG SNAP UPDATE!

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.

VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS

Merchant's Daughter Ciderworks can help you stock up for your 4th of July celebration with some great hard cider! Stop by to purchase 4 packs of smaller bottles, or enjoy a 20% off SALE on a 750ml Semi Dry bottle!

Woven Stars Farm says they've again discounted pork chops to $15/lb (reg. $17/lb).

Mead Orchards, Wright's Farm, Dobler Farms and Gajeski Produce all have fresh strawberries. Mead and Wright's also have sweet cherries this week too.

After a winter off from cheesemaking to rest their cows, Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse starts producing cheeses in the spring -- and those need at least 60 days to age. As June wraps up Bobolink can finally report that the cheeses made in April are starting to arrive. They'll have a limited supply of Drumm, and a lot of delicious Baudolino this week.

Gajeski Produce has new potatoes, Little Seed Gardens has sugar snap peas, Dobler Farms says carrots are in now. The growing season's first significant harvest are coming in.

Dancing Spirits Herbs will be in with their unique line of vinegars, and they're highlighing a Poison Ivy Solution as it's high gardening season!

Edgwick Farm's seasonal pairings with Canterbury soft goat cheese are one with sweet Blueberry and one with savory Green Garlic Pesto.

SallyeAnder is highlighting their 8 ounce No-Bite-Me Bug Repellent jars as a value size! No-Bite-Me Bug Repellent is DEET Free and safe for the whole family to use -- babies and pets included. Their 8 ounce jars are perfect for nights around the bonfire with friends, family reunions, team sports and more!

Hilly Acres Farm has great options for lunch or dinner in under five minutes. Beef minute steaks can be pan fried and served on fresh bread or roll with BBQ sauce. Their smoked ham steaks can be pan fried, grilled or oven heated, delicious with fresh brown eggs for breakfast, or served in a sandwich or as a dinner item. (All smoked products are nitrate free).

The River Garden is now shifting from early season dried floral craft items to mounds of fresh cut flowers. Get dried craft items this Saturday if you have gifting to do. These items will be paused during summer as River Garden focuses on their cut flowers.

EVENTS AT THE MARKET

Community Tent:
8:30am - 12:15pm
PCTV will be in to highlight all of the exciting new programming and awesome events they have coming up this summer, such as Media Makers Summer Camp on August 21-31 and their End of Summer Party on Sept 10th from 2-6pm where you can check out the studio. Our Community Tent Sponsor. Our Community Tent is made possible by the support from our Sponsor Patty Anker and her A Team at Howard Hanna / Rand Realty.

Market Sprouts Kids Event:
9:30am - 11:00am
Bring the kids by for a fun yoga class with Jenny Minelli of Sanctuary Yoga. Your kids will get to stretch like silly animals, balance like graceful trees and breathe like peaceful butterflies. 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
Prepare to be serenaded with the delightful harmonies and rhythms of acoustic duo, The Forget Me Knots. Unwind, sing along and forget your stresses! 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

Summer Hours: 8:30am - 1:00pm

Update for Parking in Plaza lot: The Village of Pleasantville's Memorial Plaza parking lot is now 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.

IN THE COMMUNITY:

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.