Winter Harvest? Of Course!

The winter season has a harvest thanks to our talented Pleasantville Farmers Market producers. Winter-growing farms offer fresh items such as herbs, microgreens, kale, chard, carrots, scallions, leeks, radishes, bok choy, and they have cellared root vegetables too. Regional grains, grown and stored in the fall, are sold as raw ingredients for your baking, or they're brought in as part of the many fresh baked goods offered at the Market. Summer has been bottled as honey, jams, chutneys, and sauces. Farms selling proteins have abundant items of pork, beef, duck, and chicken. Eggs continue to arrive, and are also a key ingredient in fresh pastas. Our fisherman has some seafood only seen during winter months. Our orchard has over twelve varieties of apples stored so they remain crisp, as well as jarred apple and pear sauces. With a winter harvest of interesting options, menu planning remains full of potential. And when you want to take it easy in the kitchen, the Market has a number of prepared food items made with regionally produced ingredients. Your weekly support directly helps all these farmers and food artisans. Make a difference, and a delicious menu, by shopping at the Market throughout the winter season.

NEW HOURS IN EFFECT

Please note our NEW hours of 9:30am - 12:00pm.

PFM-O OPENS TONIGHT
WHO'S IN THIS WEEK?

Visit Pleasantville Farmers Market Online to preorder, Tuesday 7pm - Thursday 7pm. It's easy, quick, and convenient -- a perfect match for winter shopping!

View our Map of the Market to see where all returning and new vendors visiting this Saturday will be located in the marketplace.

Note absences: Spice Revolution is out this week. Merchant's Daughter Ciderworks, Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse, and Edgwick Farm are all out in January and return on 2/4.
In addition to Weekly vendors the following Rotation vendors will also be in this Saturday:

• Chaseholm Farm Creamery
• Cooper’s Daughter Spirits
• Noble Pies
• Strudel House

Northwell Health Weekly Tip;
Your local hospitals, Phelps Hospital and Northern Westchester Hospital, both part of the Market's Lead Sponsor Northwell Health, share the following: "Health experts have emphasized the significance of reducing sodium, and increasing potassium levels, in the US diet. Sodium intake can be lowered by swapping processed foods for more fresh produce. And potassium occurs naturally in produce such as fresh beets, beet greens, Swiss chard, radishes, spinach and squash."

LAST CALL FOR
HARVEST HEROES & WINTER WARRIORS

Offer open through 1/14:
Support your Market and receive some fun, complementary thank you items! Donations can be made through PFM-O Tuesday, 7pm - Thursday, 7pm. Here's the details:

Contribute as a $50 HARVEST HERO to receive:

• Two orange PFM reusable bags
• No PFM-O service fees, December – March ($48 value)

Contribute as a $100 WINTER WARRIOR to receive:

• Choice of sweet PFM swag!
• No PFM-O service fees, December – March ($48 value)

THANKS in advance if you're able to support us in this way. Please note that because the Market is a 501 (c)(4) nonprofit organization, individual contributions are not tax deductible.

ANOTHER WAY TO GIVE: VOTE for PFM in the BOW!

The 2023 “Best of Westchester” first round voting wraps up soon! Please take a minute to VOTE for your favorite farmers market and all local, small businesses that have earned your loyalty.

To begin use this Best of Westchester link which will take you to a Reader's Ballot for "Food: Shops" where you can place your vote for:

• a favorite Farmers' Market, and
• a favorite venue to purchase Best Produce

Then explore the other entries and categories highlighting our many great county-based businesses.

The format to vote is new this year, with some added steps. Please stick with it to get your votes in, thanks for participating, and thanks for considering Pleasantville Farmers Market in your voting!

VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS

What can a farmers market provide you in January? PFM-O is the ultimate tool to answer that question as it lists ALL products from ALL vendors in the Pleasantville Farmers Market (and PFM-O offers one-click-to-pay convenience).

Maple View Farm's microgreens, lettuces, mustard greens, bunched kale, pea shoots, claytonia, bunched red radishes and more are available -- so fresh they last more than a week in the fridge. And this winter they're offering a "Farmer's Choice Bag" which offers a bulk discount on 7-9 items of seasonal produce selected for you from a variety of roots, greens, and herbs.

Pura Vida Fisheries has fresh seafood from our region - browse PFM-O to see what they will have this week. Don't overlook their creative prepared food items too.

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!

Noble Pies will be in this Saturday with a full line of sweet and savory pies including Chicken Curry Pie, Vegetable Curry Pie, Pecan Cheesecake Pie, and Apple Walnut Caramel Crumb Pie.

Hilly Acres Farm visits with beef, poultry, pork, lamb, and eggs. They're offering a free Hilly Acres insulated bag to all shoppers with an online order of $50 or more. Also, this week they're highlighting that their 1lb. packages of ground beef are $7.99/lb, and they have smoked, nitrate-free, ham steaks (b. 1/2 - 1 lb) for $8.99/lb. Browse PFM-O to get to know their many offerings.

Trotta Foods is always crafting new pasta options. This week they've added fresh Radiatori and Rigatoni in PFM-O.

Conant Valley Jams is now offering their excellent, fruit-forward jams and marmalades in two ways: $12 for a 8oz jar packaged with artistic fabric and ribbon, or $11 for a simpler labeled jar. Look for the drop down menu in PFM-O to select which option you prefer.

Pika's Farm Table has warming dishes such as pot pies and soups. We see this week Pika added Chili with Beef, Cream of Potato Broccoli soup, Mushroom Bisque, Potato Leek Soup, and Tomato Parmesan Soup to her PFM-O store - Yum! Check out all her offerings for convenient and delicious meals this week.

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

Mead Orchards has Honeycrisp apples again! These just came out of controlled atmosphere storage so they’re as fresh and crunchy as when they were picked.

Forward Roots is in this week with their small batch, naturally fermented kimchi products.

Given Edgwick Farm and Bobolink Dairy & Bakehose are out in January, Chaseholm Farm Creamery is making extra visits to supply your dairy needs. See them this week with their cows milks soft and hard cheeses.

Cooper's Daughter Spirits will be in Saturday with their unique distilled items.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

Metered Parking in Plaza lot:
The Village of Pleasantville's Memorial Plaza parking lot requires payment on Saturdays. The Village's Pango smartphone app and two pay stations are available to make payment for Plaza lot parking and metered street side spaces. Have your license plate number when making payment. For the most convenient way to pay, download the free Pango app today and follow the prompts to set up an account and method of payment. If you prefer free parking get to know the "hidden parking lots of P'ville" (6 out of 9 lots are free) by clicking here.

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).

Market Bucks:
Any Market Bucks you have from our spring/summer/fall season can be used throughout the winter with any vendor. We do pause providing new Market Bucks until April when our Manager's Tent returns. Note: vendors take credit cards for purchases and accept cash of course -- easiest of all, avoid payment at the Market by preordering.

Using SNAP at the Market:
The Pleasantville Farmers Market welcomes shoppers using SNAP EBT. To use SNAP benefits during winter locate the Market Manager who will help you redeem your benefits as tokens. And 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, you'll receive 40% more value as "Bonus Bucks", enhancing your ability to purchase nutritious, farm fresh foods for you and your family.

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.