Year-Round Market!

The Pleasantville Farmers Market is the largest, year-round farmers market in Westchester. Its producers have great foods, and you have meals to cook, twelve months out of the year. So please continue to support your farmers and food artisans once they move into the cozy, warm Pleasantville Middle School for the winter months. Here's the Outdoor Market to Indoor Market schedule:

• November 18: LAST Outdoor Market
• November 25: Market CLOSED
• December 2: OPENING DAY Indoor Market

Can We Count You In?

Arrive December 2 for the Indoor Market Opening Day. December through March you can keep shopping the Market for fresh seafood, crisp greens, hardy vegetables, well-stored fruits and root crops, cheeses and meats, and numerous other delicious foods. Note: this year the Indoor Market hours will remain the same as the outdoor season's: 8:30am to 1:00pm.

This Saturday:

While waiting for your knives to be sharpened by Harper Keehn, get ingredients for warming dishes such as roasted meats and root vegetables, creamy fall soups, apple pies and cobblers. Steam a pot full of apples to stock up on homemade apple sauce. Get energized with superfoods such as kale, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and cauliflower. Shop wines, hard ciders or Apple Jack from Warwick Valley Winery (their final visit of the season) to enjoy by the fireplace, after your meal.

Who's In This Week?

View our Map of the Market to see where vendors visiting this Saturday will be located in the marketplace. You can also have a look at our Vendor Page by clicking here -- note that each vendor's "Frequency" is listed, clarifying how often they will visit the Market each month.

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

• Dancing Spirits Herbs
• Demi Olive Oil
• Harper Keehn Knife Sharpening
• Krazy For Kazu's
• Living Edge Designs
• North Winds Lavender Farm
• Red Barn Bakery
• SallyeAnder
• Warwick Valley Winery & Black Dirt Distillery

Last Visit Before Thanksgiving:

Harper Keehn Knife Sharpening

Making his final fall visit, Harper Keehn Knife Sharpening will arrive Saturday to sharpen knives.

Beautifully Crafted

The River Garden is outside two more weeks with beautiful, dried floral items - stop by and have a look at their unique wreaths, dried bouquets, harvest sheaves, and fresh eucalyptus. Saturday North Winds Lavender Farm will make their final visit of the season with a wonderful assortment of lavender themed gift items. Also, if you're looking for a gift item, Living Edge Designs will be in this Saturday and next, with their attractive cutting boards, bread peals and more.

Open When, and Park Where?

The Outdoor Market is open Saturday from 8:30am to 1:00pm. Where to park? Get to know the "hidden parking lots of Pville". There are 7 parking lots within a few blocks of the Market. Review them all by clicking here to view a parking map.

Phelps Health Tip:

Vegetable Of The Week: Sweet Potatoes

Lead Sponsor Phelps Hospital Northwell Health shares the following: "Sweet potatoes are a good source of magnesium, which is the relaxation and anti-stress mineral. Magnesium is also necessary for healthy artery, blood, bone, heart and nerve function, yet experts estimate that approximately 80% of the population may be deficient in this important mineral."

Using SNAP At The Market

The Pleasantville Farmers Market welcomes shoppers using SNAP EBT. To use SNAP benefits begin at the Manager's Tent, located at the north end of the marketplace. A Market Manager will help you to redeem your benefits as tokens. And due to a generous grant from Market Sponsor The Pleasantville Lions Club, you'll receive 40% more value as "Bonus Bucks", enhancing your ability to purchase nutritious, farm fresh foods for you and your family. Learn more about SNAP benefits by clicking here.

VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS

Final Week For Thanksgiving Turkey Sign-Ups

Rock City Mushrooms takes reservations Saturday for their own offering of Thanksgiving turkeys, joining Campanelli's Poultry and Cowberry Crossing Farm, both of which still have their own sign up sheets going. Hilary Corsun of Rock City Mushrooms says, "Our turkeys range 10 - 20 lbs, are delivered frozen to the Market Saturday, November 18, and cost $7/lb with a $50 deposit due at time of order. We raise our birds outdoors on pasture and feed them a locally milled, Certified Organic grain. All birds are humanely processed on the farm." Interested? Email them at info@DogWoodFarmNY.com (their home farm) to reserve a bird, or do so at the Rock City Mushrooms tent this Saturday.

Catch Them While You Can

Some vendors conclude their season with us on 11/18. It would pay to stock up for the holidays with Drink More Good soda syrups, or Warwick Winery items, Wright's Farm preserves, or with items from North Winds Lavender. And of course have one more Aba's Falafel or stir fry from Break Bread Not Hearts.

Warwick Valley Winery & Black Dirt Distillery

Warwick Valley Winery visits Saturday highlighting their Apple Jack as an autumn tradition and celebration of our growing regional distillery movement. Before prohibition the Black Dirt region was home to dozens of Apple Jack distilleries -- Warwick Winery now carries on this tradition.

Cold Days, HOT Teagevity

Teagevity has numerous hot teas (and coffees) to warm up with Saturday, as well as a great selection of dry tea blends to take home.

Kiernan Farm: Ham Steak SALE

This week Kiernan Farm has a SALE on their their extra thick, nitrate free, smoked ham steaks at $9.75/lb (reg. $12.75). And their beef chuck tender steaks, and ground beef (when a bulk purchase), are discounted too.

Cowberry Crossing Farm

Cowberry Crossing Farm still has Certified Organic Turkeys (15 - 23 lbs). Stop by their stand to reserve one. They'll have a fresh Certified Organic/Biodynamic sweet potatoes Saturday, as well as the harvest of beans (green, yellow wax, and gourmet Dragon Tongue).

Dancing Spirits Herbs: SALE

All their vinegars will be on sale at Market for $12. They'll also have a new Fig Vinegar. Come stock up for your hostess gifts and Christmas shopping -- it's never too early!

Spice Revolution

With Thanksgiving only two markets away, Spice Revolution will feature all their favorite Thanksgiving spices. Whether you're making the turkey, Brussels sprouts, mash potatoes, salads or dessert- they've got the spice to wow your family and friends. Spices include herbs de Provence, orange & spice brine, rosemary lemon garlic sea salt, thyme, sage, bay leaves, cinnamon, clove, ginger, black garlic, smoked sea salt, roasted garlic powder, smoked Spanish paprika and many more.

Soups On!

Come fall, Go-Go Pops rolls out unique soups including Veggie Chili, Curried Red Lentil, White Bean & Kale and African Sweet Potato. Trotta Foods brings in soups such as their Stracciatella, Wedding Soup, Tortellini en Brodo and Pasta Fagioli. And Pika's Farm Table brings their line of excellent soups. Given the choices available, shoppers can easily plan a light night in the kitchen while continuing to enjoy great tastes made with regional ingredients.

EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY

Babe

November 17* and November 18, 12:00 noon

(*Hands-on family activities accompany this screening)

Jacob Burns Film Center Kids invites you into the delightful world of Babe. The witty tale of a plucky little pig on an Australian farm, Babe behaves like a sheepdog and talks like a human. Seamlessly blending real animals and puppetry, this beloved Oscar-winner spins an irresistible tale about discovering who you are and being true to yourself. Buy one adult ticket and receive up to two free child priced tickets to Babe. Click on the event show time and enter the code BABEFREE in the promo code box. Click submit before selecting your tickets. Your free tickets will be reflected on the checkout page. Tickets available on our JBFC Kids webpage.

Tickets: $8 (members), $13 (nonmembers), $7.50 (children age 13 and under)

The Future Nurses Club Fundraiser:

November 11, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

The Future Nurses Club at Westchester Community College visited last week to highlight their educational events and activities. This Saturday they have a fundraising event at Lucy's in Pleasantville. Stop by to enjoy food, drinks and also live music by Rich Berta. Funds raised support the Club's mission to introduce students into a career in nursing.

Mount Pleasant Library November Events

The Mount Pleasant Library has a number of interesting events this month. For more information visit the Library's website by clicking here.

• Latest Trends in Resumes (11/09, 7:00pm - 8:30pm)
• Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus: A one man play (11/21, 2:00pm - 3:00pm)
• Memoir Writing Workshop (11/21, (10:30am - 11:30am)
• Magic Show for ages 3 - 7 (11/11, 11:00am - 11:45am)

Gleaning Event Friday, November 24

Last year the Pleasantville Community Garden held a gleaning event at Hilltop Hanover Farm. 50 volunteers arrived and harvested 2000 lbs of vegetables which were donated to food pantries in our area. They are holding the event again this year. Here's a great opportunity to get your guests out and moving after your Thanksgiving feast! Email dwjuros@yahoo.com if you'd like more information about volunteering with the Garden. Kids and adults are welcome.

Hudson Valley Restaurant Week: 10/30- 11/12

Enjoy great dining and great deals at restaurants throughout the Hudson Valley. No tickets or passes are required, although reservations are strongly encouraged. HVRW features prix fixe, three-course dinners for $32.95 and lunches for $22.95 (plus drinks, tax and tip). For a list of participating restaurants, that you can sort by cuisine type, or town, click here.