Winter Harvest? Yes, of course!

Shoppers at the Pleasantville Farmers Market can expect a winter harvest thanks to the great work of our talented producers. Our farmers grow winter-grown, fresh produce including shoots, herbs, microgreens, kale, chard, carrots, scallions, radishes and bok choy. Others produce fresh duck, chicken and eggs. And Pura Vida Fisheries has just-caught seafood, some only seen during winter months.

Additionally, the previous growing season is still very much with us. Shoppers can shop for cows milk cheeses (Edgwick Farm returns with goat milk cheeses next Saturday, 2/16). Regional grains, stored from the fall, are baked into breads every Friday for Saturday's shoppers. Summer has been bottled as honey, jams, chutneys, and sauces. Farms have abundant pork, beef, goat and lamb items. And Mead Orchard has 20 varieties of apples stored so they remain crisp, as well as jarred apple sauce, preserves and fresh cider. And many farms have cellared root vegetables too.

With a winter harvest of interesting options, menu planning remains full of potential. And when you want to take it easy in the kitchen, there are a number of prepared food items which use regionally produced ingredients present at the Market. Your weekly support directly helps all these farmers and food artisans. Make a difference, and a delicious, good menu by shopping at the Market all through the winter season.

BRISK SERVICE,
CRISP WEATHER

Preorder to beat the chill!
Saturday's weather will again show our producers' and shoppers' ability to adapt to a deep winter market season. There will be no walk up items at Mead Orchards, Gajeski Produce or Maple View Farm as these farms will focus on protecting and distributing preordered items from their heated trucks. Please preorder from these vendors for this reason.

Many other vendors do make their items available by preorder and walk up service but if you can preorder it will help everyone get in and out quickly.

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

Questions?
Email us at orders@pleasantvillefarmersmarket.org

Please note the new Market hours on Saturday in winter: 9:00 - 11:30.

STRIVING TO BE THE BEST, EVERY WEEK

Last year the Market was among over a dozen Pleasantville businesses awarded the honor of “Best of Westchester” by voters in Westchester Magazine’s annual contest. As a community-based service, we’re proud of this feedback as an indication that we’re fulfilling our mission to our community, farms and food artisans -- year-round.Now the 2021 “Best of Westchester” first round voting is open. Please take a minute to VOTE TODAY for your favorite farmers market and all local, small businesses that have earned your loyalty.

TO BEGIN use this Best of Westchester link which takes you to the Reader's Ballot for Food & Drink to place your vote for a favorite farmers market in two categories: “Farmers Market” (listed as #34) and “Produce” (listed as #57). Then explore the other eight categories listing other great county-based businesses. Once you have voted, encourage fellow shoppers and family members to vote to help the contest garner more momentum. Thanks for participating!

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.

Note: Weekly vendors Campanelli's Poultry Farm, Trotta Foods and Dutch Desserts return this week. Red Barn Bakery is absent on 1/9.

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

• Bombay Chutney Company
• Demi Olive Oil
• Kriemhild Dairy Farms
• Spirits Lab
• Warwick Valley Winery

These rotation vendors are now in weekly:

• Conant Valley Jams
• Rock City Mushrooms (with their Dogwood Farm turkey items)
• Strudel House

Phelps Health Tip:
Lead Sponsor Phelps Hospital Northwell Health shares the following: 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". Market note on our cheese producers: Bobolink Dairy and Chaseholm Farm Creamery is in every week, and Edgwick Farm returns next on 1/16.

It's a long winter
please support your market!

We're so grateful to shoppers that have reached us recently with support as $10 and $25 Friends, $50 Harvest Heroes and $100 Winter Warriors. The Market is committed to staying open and safe for all our shoppers and producers, but it hasn't been easy – and these donations have become critical. Contributions of $50 and up come with amazing Market swag and no PFM-O pickup fees through March! If you wish to make a donation you can use this link, or donate through PFM-O when it is open - and THANKS in advance for your support - your collaboration helps make the outdoor Winter Market possible. Please note that because the Market is a 501 (c)(4) nonprofit organization, individual contributions are not tax deductible.

Know before you go:

Masks Are Mandatory & Other Guidelines
Help the Market remain a safe and efficient place to gather food. Masks are required to be worn while at the Market. Please send only one member of the family to shop. If arriving as a couple, bring enough reusable bags so you can splitting up shopping tasks. Do not use the Market at this time as a family outing as we must limit the number of people in the marketplace, and shopping is meant to be brief and purposeful. For more information about COVID-19 protocols for shoppers please click here. Your adherence to these shopping guidelines assists us in keeping the Market open to support residents and vendors alike.

Absolutely avoid the Market if you are 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). The New York State Department of Health has set up a hotline at (888) 364-3065 where Department of Health experts are available to answer questions regarding COVID-19.

VENDOR HIGHLIGHTS For Saturday:

Winter-growing Maple View Farm continues to make available microgreens, lettuces, mustard greens, bunched kale, pea shoots, claytonia and bunched red radishes every week. Check out their PFM-O store tonight to place your preorders.

Trotta Foods is back and they've brought their "A game" with numerous sauces and pastas to complement meats and vegetables available at the Market. They have their burrata, mozzarella and pizza dough in their PFM-O store too.

Demi Olive Oil is makes their January visit this Saturday. Check your supply of EVOO and preorder this terrific olive oil if you're low.

Gajeski Produce has their PFM-O store loaded with items for your week's meals, from winter-grown greens to well-stored stales from their recent harvests. Dive in and get preordering!

Spirits Lab and Warwick Valley Winery are both in this Saturday. Review what each offers to stock up in premixed cocktails, NYS handcrafted spirits, hard ciders, or cordials and liqueurs.

Rock City Mushrooms: now bringing turkey parts from their Dog Wood Farm as well. Browse their store to see the convenient products they have available (preorder-only) including ground, stir fry strips and many parts.

Kiernan Farm has their PFM-O store ready with beef extra thick sandwich steaks on SALE at $12.50/lb (reg. $16.50/lb). They're pork country style ribs (2 pieces per package) are also on SALE at $9.25/lb (reg. $13.25/lb). Also, you can preorder 1lb of their ground beef for $11.75, or toggle down to order five 1lb packages to get $10.00 off the total order.

Dutch Desserts returns this week with their cookies and tarts.

Mead Orchards has 20 varieties of crisp apples to offer! Check out their items and preorder tonight.

Kriemhild Dairy Farm will be at the Market on Saturday with their full line of butter and milk, as well as real buttermilk with cultures. ALSO, Kriemhild has just created a chocolate pudding made with their grassfed skim milk. They'd love to get customer feedback on this product so this week only they'll include a free 8oz pudding with each preorder of Kriemhild items.

Bombay Chutney Company can add spice to your January menu. They offer several frozen dishes, ready to heat and eat including samosas, saag, kofta, rajma, chana masala and dal tadka and roti rolls. Browse their store where they describe each of these delicious options in detail.

IN THE COMMUNITY:

Shop Local Business Listing: Updated Daily
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.