{"id":28579,"date":"2014-05-06T15:22:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T19:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2014\/05\/farmers-market-opens-for-the-season.html"},"modified":"2014-05-06T15:22:02","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T19:22:02","slug":"farmers-market-opens-for-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2014\/05\/farmers-market-opens-for-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers Market Opens For The Season, Adds Some New Vendors And Products"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"farmers\n<\/div>\n
The Saratoga Farmers’ Market is a twice-a-week outdoor market at High Rock Park featuring some 60 farms and vendors from the region\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Saratoga Farmers’ Market re-opened its
\noutdoor market at High Rock Park on May 1,
\nfeaturing roughly 60 farms and vendors with a
\nwide array of food, plants, and crafts produced
\nin the region.<\/p>\n

The market unveiled a new plaque for the
\ncenter pavilion at High Rock Park that commemorates
\nthe four individuals who helped
\norganize the market in the late 1970s.<\/p>\n

“As longtime market customers have observed,
\nwe have had successive generations of
\nfarming families grow up at this market, and
\ncontinue their families’ farming legacy,” said
\nCharles Holub, president of Saratoga Farmers’
\nMarket Association. “If you want to know who
\nyour ‘buy local’ dollars support when you shop
\nat the market, come meet these families and
\nall our vendors, who are eager to share with
\ncustomers about their farms and products.” <\/p>\n

This season’s twice-a-week outdoor market will offer a range of food–including vegetables, fruit, mushrooms, meat, poultry, eggs, baked goods including pastries, bread, cakes, pies, cookies, and other desserts, fresh and frozen prepared foods, hot and cold beverages, wine, peanut butter, salad dressing and pesto, handmade crackers and potato chips, granola, pickles and sauerkraut, honey, jam, yogurt, cheese and milk. It also has plants, flowers, handcrafts, and knife sharpening.<\/p>\n

Many vendors come to both the Wednesday and Saturday markets, while others attend only one or the other.<\/p>\n

New vendors and products at the Saratoga outdoor market this year include:<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Chris’s Kitchen – Perogies, pot pies, and other heat-and-eat entrees (Saturdays).<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Euro Delicacies – Ready to eat Mediterranean cuisine, including spanakopita, moussaka, and stuffed peppers (Wednesdays and Saturdays).<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Humiston’s Vegetables – Vegetable farm (Saturdays).<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Mariaville Mushroom Men – Many varieties of exotic mushrooms and mushroom tea (Saturdays).<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Mayhem Hollow Organic Farm – Pesto ( Wednesdays).<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Moma Made Salad Dressings – Salad dressing and marinade (Wednesdays).<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Oliva Vineyards – Red and white wine, including dessert wine (Saturdays).<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Talmadge’s Fruits & Vegetables – Produce farm (Saturdays).<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Vital Eats – Vegan salads and soups (Saturdays).<\/p>\n

Once again, a large hospitality tent on the north lawn of the park will provide market customers a range of ready-to-eat and take-out selections on both market days. Picnic tables make the tent a good place to enjoy a meal and rest.<\/p>\n

At every market session, local musicians will perform, ranging from folk and bluegrass to harpists and drumming ensembles.<\/p>\n

Local nonprofit organizations may display information at the twice-weekly market sessions through arrangements with the market’s information booth coordinator. Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardeners will provide free lawn and garden advice during the first several market sessions.<\/p>\n

To make it easier to make multiple purchases at the market and transport them to a parked car, Friends of the Market provides a wagon service on Saturdays.<\/p>\n

“It’s important that the community knows that the market accepts several types of nutrition assistance program benefits,” said Holub. “Customers can swipe their electronic benefits (EBT) card at our transaction table to use their SNAP benefits (food stamps), and receive tokens for use throughout the market.<\/p>\n

Also, some of our vendors are authorized to accept fruit and vegetable vouchers distributed through the WIC program and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program.”<\/p>\n

WIC farmers’ market vouchers are available through Saratoga County Economic Opportunity Council at 288-3232; for eligible senior citizens seeking fruit and vegetable vouchers, the contact is the Saratoga County Office for the Aging at 884-4100.<\/p>\n

The Saratoga Farmers’ Market operates twice a week at High Rock Park, on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Wednesdays from 3-6 p.m.<\/p>\n

Saratoga Farmers’ Market Association maintains a “producer-only” standard for all of its markets, requiring vendors to grow or produce their goods in Saratoga, Schenectady, Rensselaer, or Washington counties to ensure that products are fresh and unique, not purchased for re-sale.<\/p>\n

More information at www.saratogafarmersmarket.org as well as on Facebook.<\/p>\n

Photo Courtesy Saratoga Farmers Market Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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