Mark National Farmers Market Week With A Visit Near Harrison

HARRISON, NY — Aug. 4-10 is National Farmers Market Week. And it being August, it's time for bountiful harvests, with the tables piled high at markets near Harrison: Larchmont, New Rochelle, Rye and White Plains.

Tomatoes, fruit, corn, lettuces, potatoes, chard — there's so much to taste and try. Plus the breads, herbs, soups, soaps, oils and other artisan-made goods.

"Given that theme, and the August harvest, on the weeks you're in town please pledge to buy lotsof food in August directly from regional farmers and from food artisans that source ingredients from them. Your farmers will notice the support. And you'll ensure you don't let summer slide by without meals to remember once fall settles in," said Steven Bates of the Pleasantville Farmers Market.

Farmers market benefit our communities in many ways: it stimulates the local economy, increases access to fresh, healthy food, promotes sustainable farming practices that protect our water and soil, and preserves farmland, say the folks at the Nyack Chamber of Commerce, which hosts the big Thursday market in Nyack.

Here's a list of farmers markets in our region. If we forgot one, please tell us in the comments!

Dutchess

Amenia
3 to 7:30 p.m. Fridays, May-Oct., Town Hall, 4988 Route 22.

Arlington
3 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, May 30 through Oct. 31, Vassar Alumni Lawn, Raymond Avenue.
Beacon
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays, May 5 through Nov. 24, Veterans Place near Post Office.
Dover
11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sundays, late June through mid-October, 9 School St. at elementary parking lot.
Fishkill
11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Thursdays, May 30 through Oct. 31, 1004 Main St.
Hyde Park
9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturdays, June 1 through Nov. 2, 4390 Route 9.
Millbrook
9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturdays, May 26 through Oct. 27, 3263 Franklin Avenue.
Millerton
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 19 through end of the year, Millerton Methodist Church, 6 Dutchess Avenue.
Pawling
9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturdays, June 15 through Oct. 12, Charles Coleman Boulevard.
Poughkeepsie
3 to 6:30 p.m., Mondays, June 3 through Sept. 2, Waterfront Pavilion, Mid-Hudson Children's Museum, 75 N. Water St.
Rhinebeck
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sundays, May 5 through Dec. 29, Municipal Parking Lot, 61 East Market Street.

Ulster

Kingston
9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturdays, May 11 through Nov. 23, Wall Street, between John and Main streets.
Saugerties
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturdays, May 25 through Oct. 26, 115 Main St.
Woodstock
3:30 p.m. to dusk, Wednesdays, May 29 through Oct. 16, 6 Maple Lane.

Putnam

Brewster
The Brewster Farmers Market and Hudson Valley Regional Farmers' Market are partners. The market runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays year-round, 15 Mount Ebo Road South.

Cold Spring
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturdays at Boscobel.

Rockland

Haverstraw
Starting May 25, the Haverstraw Farmers' Market is open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays outside Village Hall on Maple Avenue.

Nyack
Open year-round, the Farmer's Market runs outside through Dec. 19 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. Free parking is available during Market hours in the Artopee lot adjacent to the Market. Street parking is always free in Nyack up to 11 a.m.

Piermont
Piermont Farmer's Market takes place at the M&T Bank parking lot in the heart of Piermont every Sunday from 10 – 3.

Westchester

Chappaqua
Saturdays 8:30-1 p.m. at the train station

Cortlandt Manor
The NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital Farmers Market is bi-monthly from April to November. In the hospital's main lobby, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., on Route 202.

Larchmont

8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturdays, April 27 through Dec. 28, MTA Upper Lot, Chatsworth Avenue.

New Rochelle

• Down to Earth market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Fridays, June 7 through Nov. 22, North Avenue at Sicard Avenue.
• Grand Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, June 1 through Oct. 26, Library Green at Ruby Dee Park.

Ossining
Saturdays at the parking lot on the corner of Spring and Main streets.

Peekskill
8 a.m.-2 p.m. on Bank Street

Pleasantville
8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays until December in Memorial Place.

Rye
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays, May 12 through Dec. 8, parking lot Theodore Fremd Ave.

Somers

Muscoot Farm, Every Sunday May 12 -Nov. 17, 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, May 25 through Nov. 23, Patriots Park.

White Plains
8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesdays, opening April 24; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturdays, opening May 18, Court Street between Martine Avenue and Main Street.