| Schenectady Greenmarket is pleased to host a wide variety of local food growers, bakers, cheese makers, chefs and artisans. At the market you know exactly where your food came from because you buy directly from the producer. In the US, the average piece of food travels 1500 miles. Here at the market, your food will have traveled less than 100 and will be the freshest available. Schenectady Greenmarket is more than just a destination; it's an activity for the whole Community! Offering a morning and afternoon of food, art, and entertainment, Schenectady Greenmarket features everything from bread, wine and cheese to vegetables, meats, eggs, high quality crafts, and free courses on cooking and healthy eating. Please visit our winter market page for a list of the current vendors and the calendar page for scheduled events. buy local . eat local fresh produce: vegetables, herbs, fruit
meat, poultry, dairy: beef, pork, chicken, eggs, yogurt, cheese
baked goods: artisan breads, pies, cakes, cookies, pastries
condiments and preserves: jams, jellies, relishes, peanut butter sweeteners and sweets: honey, maple syrup, catered meals: soups, stews, sandwiches and entrees
flowers and plants: cut & dried flowers, potted herbs, bedding plants
household items: soaps, lotions, textiles
artisan wares: canvas bags, aprons, knitted goods, etc. Click on the map below to check out where all of our wonderful market vendors are coming from. Schenectady Greenmarket
Contact Barbara Blanchard at 518-374-1956 PO Box 954 Schenectady, NY 12301 In front of City Hall Thursdays 9-2 May 7 - October 29 Upper Union Street Farmers' Market Behind Trusco Bank, Upper Union St. Saturdays 9-1 May 2 - October 31 St. Luke's Church, 1216 State Street Tuesdays 9-1 July 7 - October 27 | |
Announcements Farmers Market Nutrition Program News
The Farmers Market Nutrition Program for 2009 concludes on November 15; senior citizens and WIC recipients can use their coupons with any produce vendor at the market. What's fresh now? November 8, 2009
The Stockade-a-thon is this Sunday and will impact getting to the market. State Street and many surrounding streets will be closed until 11:00. We suggest that those arriving from the north and east park near City Hall and walk down Jay Street. Customers coming from the west and south, should take Broadway to Clinton and park in the lot behind Proctors.
Click here for the Stockade-a-thon Website
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Enter for a chance to win two Tickets to see Anthony Bourdain at Proctors:
We have teamed up with Proctors to offer two tickets to see Anthony Bourdain, the bad boy of cuisine, at Proctors on Sunday evening November 15. We are using the tickets to encourage customers to sign up for our email list. Anyone who signs up (new!) between November 1 and November 9th will be added to our email list and Proctors email list AND entered to win the pair of tickets. Just use the box at the top of this page to sign up online or stop by the market table next Sunday. For more information about Anthony Bourdain and his No Reservations tour check out Proctors.
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Live music from The Anonymous Fig Leafs, featuring Rick Sacchetti (guitar, vocals), Chris Gockley (guitar, vocals), Arya Chowdhury (bass), Matthew Juk (mandolin)
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Jam session with Tim Barker and friends. Bring your guitar, violin, mandolin, banjo, or bass and play and sing along.
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Community table: League of Women Voters, Environment Action Committee
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The Farmers Market Nutrition Program for 2009 concludes on November 15, senior citizens and WIC recipients can use their coupons with any produce vendor at the market.
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Variety vendor: Gemmesduterre
Alternate week vendors: Sistah’s Vintage Aprons, Abbey Farms, Mary Ann Thomas
Short-term vendor: Roots and Wisdom
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Battenkill Valley Creamery will be bringing 12 flavors of packaged ice cream!
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Items lost at the Outdoor market are available from the manager at the market table. Items lost at the Winter market are at Proctors Box Office (recent lost items: Dinapoli reading glasses, scarf, purple tote bag)--- Battenkill Valley Creamery milk, cream, 12 flavors of packaged ice cream!
Roots and Wisdom: Tuscan kale, collard greens, garlic, potatoes and potted herbs
Barber's Farm: pumpkins, indian corn, beets, winter squash, no-spray carrots, garlic, leeks, fresh greens, cabbage, kale, brussel sprouts, potatoes
Madura Farms: mushrooms (maitake, king oyster, oyster, shiitake, cremini, portabella, beech, enoki, pioppini, mousseron, hedge hog, etc.), greens, sprouts, fancy onions and shallots, root vegetables, leeks, herbs
Shushan Valley Hydro Farm: has a great tomato soup recipe for their tomatoes, cucumbers, greens, herbs
Pixies Preserves: cranberry jam--delicious on toast or when mixed with mayonnaise as a spread for turkey sandwiches
American Buffalo and Bison: steaks, roasts, burgers, hotdogs, sausage, kielbasa, jerky, snack sticks, organ meats, tongue, tripe, oxtail
Sweet Tree Farm: fresh pasture-raised chicken and grass fed beef (last fresh, unfrozen chicken of the season), frozen beef and pork, including specialty sausages, hams, and bacon, maple syrup
Merry Hill Farm: alpaca yarn, roving for spinning, hand-knit items
Sistahs Vintage Aprons: 1940s no tie aprons in seasonal and animal prints
Naga Bakehouse: wood-fired artisan breads made with local ingredients including Vermont whole wheat. Stuffed breads, foccacia, loaves and salt and caraway sticks. This week: carmelized onion-kale-garlic-parmesan and a blueberry-ricotta bread, stuffing mix
Hudson-Chatham Winery: 2008 Baco Noir Reserve Casscles Vineyard, a limited-production wine made from grapes growing in Athens, NY.
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Tara: introducing eggplant and carrot Moroccan dips.
Ambitions Coffee and Eatery: coffee, omelets, egg sandwiches. 20% discount to market vendors.
The Red Barn new breakfast items: frittatas with spinach, mushrooms and roasted fingerling potatoes, bagels with lox, tomato and cream cheese, old-fashioned sticky pecan rolls
To eat at the market or at home: pasties, hand pies with flaky crust, stuffed with broccoli and cheese or meat or spinach and feta.
Hot dogs, chili dogs, hot soup, our popular potato chips, chicken, vegetable and mac and cheese pies, meatloaf, grandma's roast chicken and soups.
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