NEW ROCHELLE, NY — The New Rochelle Farmers Market is now open for its 13th season. The market is located at the Thomas Paine Cottage Museum at 20 Sicard Avenue, off North Avenue, every Friday from 9am to 2pm through November 19th. As in past years, the New Rochelle Farmers Market will gather small farms and small-scale food makers from around the New York region.
The New Rochelle Farmers Market is a grower-producer market, meaning that vendors must be farmers or make food with ingredients purchased from local farms. The few exceptions to this rule are olive oil, chocolate and coffee vendors who can document their sourcing. This season, shoppers can look forward to a wide variety of fruits, vegetables and meats from area farms, including produce from 4E Green Farm from Yaphank, NY. Market favorites Pickle Licious, Orwashers Bakery, and Eggcellent Quiche, will all be back along with many others.
New at the market this year are a variety of beverages, meat, and produce vendors.
Beverages:
• Freshly Made serves everything from garden-fresh juices with kale, pineapples and apples to vegan wraps.
Meat & Produce:
• Enterprise Farm brings their pasture-raised meats and eggs.
• Gilded Farms produces a wide assortment of crops, including mixed vegetables, melons and honey.
• Orchards of Concklin produces potted flowers and starter plants in the spring, a variety of vegetables and fruits throughout the season, and apples and cider in the fall. Doughnuts, baked goods, eggs and honey round out their classic orchard farm stand selection.
The full schedule of shopper favorites and new vendors attending this year is available at www.downtoearthmarkets.com.
SNAP EBT is welcome – shoppers simply need to visit the manager’s tent to get tokens. Matching Fresh Connect Checks are available. Farmers Market Nutrition Program checks, issued by WIC offices and Seniors’ centers, can be used at the farm stands from June through November. New Rochelle shoppers can stay up to date on market news and more by signing up for the email newsletter via the Down to Earth Markets website or by following the New Rochelle Farmers Market on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/newrochellefarmersmarket).
Down to Earth Markets also operates the farmers markets in Larchmont, Rye, and Ossining. A full list of the farmers markets that they manage in New York City and Westchester County can be found at www.downtoearthmarkets.com.