Seasonal Produce Changing Weekly! Mask Protocols, Not So Much...

Oh, May! On the one hand, we're ecstatic about the beautiful, warm days spring is (occasionally) delivering. And we can't say enough about the presence of new items from our produce farms each week now. Between Little Seed Garden's lemony sorrel, Gajeski Produce's asparagus and Maple View Farm's fresh chives, dill and parsley - what's not to like?! In normal times we'd be set, but...

Our valued producers, volunteers and shoppers are all arriving on Saturdays to a mass event to make exchanges (money, smiles, foods). Pleasantville Farmers Market has not proved to be a vector, and is committed to ensuring that COVID remains NOT part of our exchange -- so please do your part to help us follow CDC guidelines which continue to recommend effective mask usage when present at group events -- whether indoors or outdoors.

We're focusing on what we can control, and with your help we can keep the Market a safe zone to:

• make brief trips for awesome foods,
• support wonderful producers,
• and ensure healthy and inspiring meals for your family without issue

- all despite the ups and downs of our COVID era.

NEW VIDEO SERIES:
PFM MARKET MOMENTS!

We're trying something new! Every month our just-started Market Moments video series will share nutritional, cooking and kitchen organization tips, vendor interviews and news about your producers, and we'll also offer COVID updates and other Market insights too. Please consider subscribing to the Market’s YouTube channel and share your comments in response to our videos -- we love hearing from you!

Click here to hear Peter Rogovin, volunteer President of our nonprofit Foodchester, introduce the PFM Market Moments video series.

And click here to meet Chef and Foodchester Board member Suzy Scherr, who has provided our first PFMMarketMoments video, showing how to make meatballs that come together in a snap, cook in just 15 minutes, and can be added to all manner of dishes from soups and sandwiches to pasta and snack boards. Swap out almost any of the ingredients to get a completely different meal out of this simple technique. Want more details? Click here for Suzy's recipe card!

PFM-O OPENS
TONIGHT, 7:00pm

Click Pleasantville Farmers Market Online to begin shopping after 7:00pm tonight. PFM-O is open to place preorders until 7:00pm Thursday evening.

Try it, You'll Like it! The pickup fee is WAIVED for first-time PFM-O shoppers. Try shopping the Market online and then use the promo code WELCOME at checkout.

Nearly all producers offer both walk up service and preorder pick up service this spring. Two exceptions are Gajeski Produce (walk up only, they'll rejoin PFM-O next winter), and Simply Planted Greenhouses (full walk up service for plants, only limited preorder at first).

Who's In?
View our Map of the Market to see where all vendors visiting this Saturday will be located in the marketplace.
NOTE: weekly vendor Kiernan Farms is absent on 4/24.

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

• Bombay Chutney Company
• Conant Valley Jams
• Cooper’s Daughter Spirits
• Fjord Vineyards
• Harper Keehn Knife & Tool Sharpening
• Melissa’s Health Hub
• SalleAnder
• Strudel House
• Tree Juice Maple Syrup
• Wildcraft Farms

Questions?
Email us at orders@pleasantvillefarmersmarket.org

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

To mitigate the risks posed by our continuing health crisis please ensure you do your part to keep our marketplace open and safe:

• Wear a mask covering both nose and mouth when visiting the Market
• Physically distance yourself 6' from other shoppers while in the marketplace
• To help lessen crowding please keep your visit to the Market as short as possible
• Preorder items -- that is our most efficient way of getting customers in and out quickly
• Select just one member of your family as the "designated shopper" to send to the Market
• If arriving as a couple, bring enough reusable bags so that you can split up shopping duties
• Please do not use the Market as a social or family outing at this time
• Absolutely avoid the Market if you are sick, especially if you have a temperature of 100° or above, a cough, a sore throat, or shortness of breath. If experiencing these symptoms contact the New York State Department of Health COVID-19 hotline at (888) 364-3065 where Department of Health experts are available to provide guidance.

Phelps Health Tip:
Lead Sponsor Phelps Hospital Northwell Health shares the following: "Protections work together. Your nose reduces the risk of viral particles getting to your throat. A mask reduces the risk of the viral particles getting to your nose, and social distancing reduces the risk of them getting to your mask. Together, these countermeasures work very well" (Peter Tippett MD PhD).

VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS

Mead Orchards has some ever-crisp apples to share this week (literally). As well as many other varieties suitable for various uses. Check out their PFM-O store tonight.

Get your edge back! Harper Keehn Knife & Tool Sharpening is back this Saturday and next week on 5/8. Bring your dull knives and Harper will sharpen then while you shop.

Yes, ramps are in. This week Yellow Bell Farm, Conant Valley Jams and Spice Revolution will have sustainably harvested wild ramps for sale.

Bombay Chutney Company is in this Saturday. Help them to bring to market what you need: they're highlighting preorder pickup is highly recommended for frozen products, chaat chips, and roti rolls.

Cooper's Daughter Spirits is highlighting their super seasonal, super tasting Rhubarb & Honey Vodka for this week. This vodka 80 proof vodka has the perfect sour and sweet balance and is flavored with both rhubarb grown at Samascott Orchards in Kinderhook, NY and Ray Tousey's raw honey. Mix as a Moscow Mule and serve in a large copper mug. Check out all their offerings in PFM-O tonight.

Kiernan Farms returns this week with sirloin steaks discounted to $18.50/lb (reg. $22.50/lb), and a deal on ground beef if buying 5 one pound packages, BUT their big news is their pork sausage special on Pork Chorizo, Cajun Andouille and Bratwurst sausages -- buy any three packages at $14.00/lb. (mix or match), get $5.00 off the total.

Teagevity notes that Organic Turmeric Thai Tea 2oz bags are back in stock. Order online, grab a bag at market, or enjoy a hot cup at the Market. A perfect blend of Assam black tea and the romance of star anise , turmeric and a dash of black pepper -- makes a wonderful morning cuppa.

Gajeski Produce has veggie starts in case you're ready to get gardening!

Fjord Vineyards will be back this week with their fine line of wines produced in the Hudson Valley.

Tree Juice Maple Syrup visit on the 1st Saturday of every month - aka THIS Saturday!

Simply Planted Greenhouses is in with beautiful Drop-n-Grows for quick planting in pots or gardens, plenty of hanging baskets, planters with cool season vegetables and herbs, and 5" annuals - all grown without pesticides.

Little Seed Gardens has baby arugula, baby spinach, pea shoots and micro arugula, kale and radish. It's all in PFM-O and at their stand for walk up on Saturday.

Wildcraft Farms is back with heirloom grains they grow and mill fresh for market. Check out all their items tonight in PFM-O.

IN THE COMMUNITY:

Shop Local Business Listing:
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. Their Shop Local Business Listing is updated daily with the latest on store hours and pick up options. To view the listing visit pleasantvillechamber.com.

5/1: Pleasantville Community Garden Open House:
Stop by the Pleasantville Community Garden on May 1st to learn about this great organization, get a tour of the garden, plant an item to take home with you, and bring some fresh food as part of the day's food donation drive. Please use this link to REGISTER to ensure social distancing during this event.