What’s Fresh for January 13th!

Fresh produce isn’t just for the summer. Our vendors have a beautiful selection of fruits and vegetables all year long!

Looking for an easy lunch this weekend? Our vendors have a great selection of prepared foods.

 

Specials From Our Vendors:

Freddy’s Rockin’ Hummus: Freddy’s is back this weekend with all your favorite flavors of the Best Hummus Ever! Stop by and try Freddy’s new Dessert Hummus flavors!

Healing Path Massage: Healing Path Massage will have Jean and Wendell offering chair massage this Sunday. They’re ready to help loosen your tight, sore muscles. Give them a try.

Maynard Farms: Keep your healthy New Year’s resolutions on track!  Visit Maynard Farms at the Farmer’s Market this weekend for lots of locally grown apples and pears. Apples and pears are a good fiber source, nutrient rich and as a bonus, crunchy and delicious! So many varieties – sweet Empire, Golden Delicious, Evercrisp, Suncrisp and Cameo to tangy Stayman Winesap, Ida Red, Braeburn, Gold Rush, Pink Lady and more.  And pears – crunchy and sweet Bosc and smooth and sweet Bartlett!  Both so good, it will be hard to choose!!  All delicious on their own, or can be added to yogurt, oatmeal, smoothies, salads or make a healthy dessert! Our fresh pressed apple cider served cold or hot is always a welcomed treat. Try our Orchard Blend or Pink Lady. Spiced Hot Cider is perfect for these chilly days. Don’t forget our Sweet Potatoes for a nutrient and vitamin rich side dish. Thank you to all of our customers from everyone at Maynard Farms!!

Ulster Soaps: Dry winter skin making you crazy? We have just the thing with our incredibly moisturizing body butter in 7 different scents. Our new customer favorite, Winter Spice blends the essential oils of patchouli, cinnamon and blood orange.

These are just a few of the great things that will be at the market this weekend. Stop by and see what else we have in store!

 

On the market stage:

10:00-11:45 – Ron Gordon: Traditional American Old Timey, Blues,Tin Pan Alley, Ragtime

11:45-12:15 – Oneida Middle School: The students of Oneida Middle School will be at the market to sing this week! Come support them!

12:15-2 Jeanine Ouderkirk Jazz!

 


Stop by the Kid’s Table for Crafts and Fun! 

This week we’ll be doing Mandala Coloring!

This week River Run Community Montessori will be at our Community Table.

Jen Sternfeld will be at the Fresh Taste Table this Week making a Winter Curry. Stop by to see how she does it and try some for yourself!

Our cookbook swap has been so successful that we’re going to do it again this weekend! Stop by, drop off any cookbooks you don’t want and find some new ones! It’s free! 

 

 

What’s fresh January 6, 2019!

What’s fresh January 6, 2019!

Come discover all the delicious things our local farmers and other vendors have to offer all winter long

Our vendors have lots of delicious baked goods, prepared foods and take out items.

 

Even though it’s cold outside our farmers have lots fresh local fruits and vegetables. 

Specials from our vendors:

Delmar Sharpener: Bring your dull knives, scissors, and garden tools for sharpening by the Delmar Sharpener. Bring them in before 11am to guarantee same day service on knives.

Healing Path Massage:  Jennifer and Raven will be there to offer chair masssge to those in need this Sunday. Stop by to relieve some post holiday stress!

Maynard Farms:  Keep your healthy New Year’s resolutions on track!  Visit Maynard Farms at the Farmer’s Market this weekend for lots of locally grown apples and pears. Apples and pears are a good fiber source, nutrient rich and as a bonus, crunchy and delicious! So many varieties – sweet Empire, Golden Delicious, Evercrisp, Suncrisp and Cameo to tangy Stayman Winesap, Ida Red, Braeburn, Gold Rush, Pink Lady and more.  And pears – crunchy and sweet Bosc and smooth and sweet Bartlett!  Both so good, it will be hard to choose!!  All delicious on their own, or can be added to yogurt, oatmeal, smoothies, salads or make a healthy dessert! Our fresh pressed apple cider served cold or hot is always a welcomed treat. Try our Orchard Blend or Pink Lady. Spiced Hot Cider is perfect for these chilly days. Don’t forget our Sweet Potatoes for a nutrient and vitamin rich side dish. Thank you to all of our customers from everyone at Maynard Farms!!

 

On the market stage:

10 – 12: EJ Ray acoustic Acoustic rock 60’s to Now!

12 – 2:  MaltacousticClassic Rock and Roll & Country 

 

 

Community Tables:

Stop by the Kid’s Table for some crafts and fun!

Back Again This Weekend: Free Basket Wrapping!


Sunday, December 23  

Buy local for the holidays with a basket from the market in three easy steps:

Pick up a FREE basket at our wrapping station

Fill it with items from your favorite vendors

Bring it back to the wrapping station for FREE wrapping. 

The market is filled with goodies for your holiday meals! Pick up everything you need for your parties!

Festive decorations, everything you need for pies, roast dinners and so much more!

Specials From Our Vendors:

The Chocolate Spoon: Cookie trays, pre-packaged hostess gifts and pies and cakes!

I’m N.O.T. Gonna Get Ticked:All Natural Tick and Mosquito Repellent for humans of all sizes and pets. Sold individually or in Gift Sets for simple gift giving. PREVENTION is the best medicine.

Hope Valley Farm: Garlic braids, decorated sprays, holiday table centerpieces, pickled garlic scapes, [gifts to bring if you are a dinner guest] , onions, red potatoes, prepped Brussel Sprouts, garlic bulbs, kale, French shallots, green tomatoes, winter squash, rosemary plants, succulents, house plants

Hudson Valley Hand-cut Scones: Gluten Free Scone mixes available!

Maynard Farms: Let Maynard Farms help make your Holiday Meals extra special!  Come and stock up this weekend at the Farmer’s Market!  From apples to sweet potatoes, we have you covered.   Apples, pears and grapes are as versatile as they are delicious.  All make a satisfying snack while you’re on the go or can be used with cheese and crackers for an easy appetizer or tasty dessert when company comes calling. Start with delicious slices of Suncrisp, Fuji, Evercrisp and Winecrisp apples and Bartlett and Bosc pears with cheese and crackers for a tasty and fresh appetizer.  Add seedless Mars Grapes for color and flavor!  Dress up your holiday salad and stuffing – apples and pears add flavor and crunch.  Lots of choices like Macoun, Ida Red, Empire and McIntosh make a tasty apple sauce.  And don’t forget dessert!  Use Mom’s no fail baking assortment – 3 Ida Red, 3 Stayman Winesap and 1 large Golden Delicious for sweetness make a great pie or crisp – the mix of apples creates a wonderful blend of texture and flavor.  Our fresh pressed apple cider is always a welcomed treat. Try our Orchard Blend – sweet and flavorful or Pink Lady – delightfully crisp and citrusy, light bodied, but full flavored.  Spiced Hot Cider is perfect for these chilly days.  Our cider also makes the perfect mixer for adult cocktails and will wow your holiday guests – a must try!!!  We’ll have tender cabbage to accompany your meal.  Celeriac adds tons of flavor to potatoes, stuffing and roasted vegetables.  It’s not a holiday meal without potatoes!!  Stuffed, candied or perfect on their own, our Sweet Potatoes are moist and delicious!!  Thank you to all of our customers and a Happy and Peaceful Holiday Season from everyone at Maynard Farms!!

Yankee Distillers: We’ll have a limited amount of our new, special release whiskey- Yankee Distillers Straight Bourbon Batch # 16. Aged in new oak and finished in used beer barrels for 14 months. We’ll also have a limited number of our gift packs, our “Grownup Happy Meals,” which include a 375ML bottle of each of our Straight Bourbon & Straight Rye Whiskeys, and two of our signature rocks glasses.

On the market stage:

10 – 12: Martin Wakesberg Acoustic Folk Rock

12 – 2:  Woodchuck Wood 90’s Rock


Stop by the Kid’s Table to make your own Candy Cane Ornament!

It’s back!  
Cookbook Swap at the Market!


Our cookbook swap has been so popular that we’re bringing it back for another week! 

If you have any cookbooks or cooking magazines you don’t want, bring them to the market this weekend. You can pick out a new one and exchange the ones you no longer want. 

This week’s local expert is the Center for Community Justice. Stop by and learn more. 

What’s fresh December 16th 2018

What’s fresh December 16th 2018

Free Basket Wrapping!

Sunday December 16 & Sunday, December 23

Buy local for the holidays with a basket from the market in three easy steps:

Pick up a FREE basket at our wrapping station

Fill it with items from your favorite vendors

Bring it back to the wrapping station for FREE wrapping.

 

 

 

 

So many great ideas at market for those holiday meals and some fantastic locally made gifts!

Our farmers still have lots fresh foods from the farm along with some beautiful decorations to make your holiday festive.

 

 

 

 

      

Specials from our vendors:

Delmar Sharpener:  Bring your dull knives in before 11am to guarantee same day service!

Evolve Handcrafted Soap:  We will have our newest soap, called Seductive Citrus Hand-Milled Beer Soap. This is a handcrafted, hand-milled soap made with organic vegetable oils and butters, organic coconut milk, and locally brewed beer. It has a refreshing citrusy fragrance, perfect as a pick-me-up in the shower! These are larger bars of soap, weighing a minimum of 3.75 oz. Stop by and check out these soaps on Sunday!

Healing Path:   Jennifer Cross & Jean Marie Sefcovic will be offering chair massage & gift certificates for purchase. Stop by. Season’s Greetings.

Hope Valley Farm: Brussel Sprouts, onions, fingerling potatoes, red & white potatoes, kale, 4 varieties of garlic, pickled garlic scapes, garlic pesto, winter squash, pickled jalapeno peppers, holiday wreaths & sprays, house plants,

Maynard Farms:  Make a trip to the Farmer’s Market part of your holiday plan this weekend. You’ll find fresh and delicious produce, as well as locally created products that are perfect for holiday gifts. Maynard Farms will have a beautiful selection of fruit and veggies to help keep your fridge and pantry stocked! Apples, pears and grapes are as versatile as they are delicious. All make a satisfying snack while you’re on the go or can be used with cheese and crackers for an easy appetizer or tasty dessert when company comes calling. We’ve got your favorites – Bosc and Bartlett Pears and lots of apples – Honey Crisp, Gala, Fuji, Cameo, Macoun, Golden Delicious, Pink Lady, Empire or MacIntosh. Or try one of our unusual or heirloom varieties – Gold Rush, Jonathan, Ida Red, Mutsu, Winecrisp, Blondee, Evercrisp or Esopus Spitzenburgh. Mars grapes are sweet and flavorful – perfect to snack on or when used to dress up a fruit platter. Our fresh pressed Apple Cider is a favorite treat! Try our Orchard Blend – sweet and flavorful or Pink Lady – delightfully crisp and citrusy, with a distinctly Pink Lady sweetness.  Light bodied, but full flavored.  Spiced Hot Cider is perfect for these chilly days. Our cider also makes the perfect mixer for adult cocktails. A must try!!! And of course our hearty vegetables will keep you feeling full and satisfied as the weather gets colder – Brussel Sprouts, cabbage, tender braising greens and celeriac. It is definitely potato weather!! Our Sweet Potatoes are moist and delicious!!  That’s a mouthful – literally!!  Look forward to seeing you at the farmers markets!! Thank you!!

Mosaics by Christine:  Mosaics by Christine will be at the market for the last time this season returning in May. Still time to pick up that special mosaic lazy Susan, chess set or table, trivets and much more.

Taj Mahal Restaurant:  Finger licking Rice Pudding

Ulster Soaps:  Last chance to stock-up on handmade artisan soaps and body products before Christmas. I’ll have fresh batches of my famous body butter and brand new pressed botanical bath bombs.

 

 

 

On the market stage:

10 – 12: Gabriela Giordano Folk rock/current folk/alternative

12 – 2:  Lifeline Duo Acoustic/Electric folk, rock, blues, original – Piano and Guitar- based

 

Stop by the Kid’s Table for Crafts and Fun With the Glenville YMCA!

 

 

 

 

 


Cookbook Swap at the Market!

If you have any cookbooks or cooking magazines you don’t want, bring them to the market this weekend. You can pick out a new one and exchange the ones you no longer want.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Talk with this week’s local expert, 

BlueShield of Northeastern New York.

What’s Fresh 12/2/2018

Give and give back!

🎁 Shop local artisan-made goods and support your community this holiday season. 🎁

Find holiday decor, the perfect gift, a celebratory drink, and the freshest food all at your local market. 

  Juicy pears are a traditional holiday favorite.

Find festive decorations for the holiday season. 

Special this Sunday at market:

Healing Path Massage: Healing Path Massage will have Jennifer and Jean Marie offering chair massage this Sunday. Please stop by and see how they might help you with tight, stressed muscles in your neck, shoulders or back. You’ll be glad you did!

Hudson Valley Hand-cut Scones: Show us a coffee or tea Greenmarket vendor cup and get .50 off a scone purchase!

Maynard Farms: Take a break from your holiday rush to visit Maynard Farms at the farmer’s market this weekend!  We’ll have lots of healthy and delicious produce to keep your fridge and pantry stocked during this busy time of year. Apples and pears make a satisfying snack while you’re on the go or can be used with cheese and crackers for an easy appetizer when company comes calling. We’ve got your favorites – Bosc and Bartlett Pears and lots of apples – Honey Crisp, Gala, Fuji, Cameo, Macoun, Golden Delicious, Pink Lady, Empire or MacIntosh. Or try one of our unusual or heirloom varieties – Gold Rush, Harelson Red, Jonathan, Ida Red, Jonagold, Mutsu, Winecrisp, Blondee, Evercrisp or Esopus Spitzenburgh. Sweet and flavorful grapes are perfect to snack on or when used to dress up a fruit platter – Jupiter or Mars – both seedless and delicious! Our fresh pressed Apple Cider is a favorite treat! Try our Orchard Blend – sweet and flavorful or Pink Lady – delightfully crisp and citrusy, with a distinctly Pink Lady sweetness.  Light bodied, but full flavored.  Spiced Hot Cider is perfect for these chilly days. Our cider also makes the perfect mixer for adult cocktails. A must try!!! And of course our hearty vegetables will keep you feeling full and satisfied as the weather gets colder – Brussel Sprouts, cabbage and celeriac. It is definitely potato weather!! Our Sweet Potatoes are tender and delicious!!  That’s a mouthful – literally!!  Look forward to seeing you at the farmers markets!! Thank you!!

Simply Beautiful: Mermaid soaps, mermaid bath bombs, and gift baskets.

Taj Mahal Restaurant: Vegan and Gluten free meals and snacks for health conscious connoisseurs.

 

On the Market Stage:


10 – 12: Meg Renee, a singer-songwriter of folk, country, and pop.

12 – 2: Agape Blues, a quartet singing gospel blues.

 

Stop by the Kid’s Table for Crafts and Fun!

We already have snow, time for some winter crafts!

 

Learn from this week’s local expert, EmUrgent Care.

 

 

What’s Fresh 11/25/2018

Buy local Eat Local at Schenectady Greenmarket! 

At the market you will find delicious local fruits and veggies, locally made baked goods, holiday decorations and crafts from local artisans.

   Crispy apples and pears are a traditional holiday favorite.

 

Find festive decorations for the holiday season.   

 

Special this Sunday at market:

Hudson Valley Hand-cut Scones:  Holiday Flavors! Eggnog with Rum Glaze and Pumpkin Spice!

Marynard Farms:  And now the holiday rush begins!  But don’t worry, Maynard Farms has lots of healthy and delicious produce to keep your fridge and pantry stocked during this busy time of year.  Choose from almost 30 varieties of apples for a quick and satisfying snack or use them to make a quick and delicious dessert for when company visits – sweet and crunchy favorites like Gala, Fuji, Honeycrisp or Macoun or something more uncommon like Evercrisp, Blondee, Winecrisp, Jonagold or Jonathan.  Our Heirloom varieties like Esopus Spitzenburg, Haralson Red, Northern Spy, Ida Red and Arkansas Black won’t disappoint! Pears are perfect on their own, but even better when added to salads or served with cheese and crackers!  Bosc or Bartlett pears – both are sure to please!! Our fresh pressed apple cider served cold or hot is always a welcomed treat. Choose from Pink Lady or Orchard Blend apple cider. And of course our hearty vegetables will keep you feeling full and satisfied as the weather gets colder – Brussel Sprouts, cabbage and celeriac, along with generous bunches of Curly Kale. It is definitely potato weather!! Our Sweet Potatoes are delicious and satisfying!!  That’s a mouthful – literally!!  Look forward to seeing you at the farmers markets!! Thank you!!

The Chocolate Spoon:  The Chocolate Spoon will be sampling the Rosemary Butter cookie this week.

 

On the Market Stage:

10 – 12 Sticks & Strings

12 – 2  Kacie Rea & Friends

Stop by the Kid’s Table for Crafts and Fun!

We already have snow, time for some winter crafts!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Support the “Schenectady & Me” Community project and Schenctady Greenmarket, get your art on a grocery tote bag and have fun at the same time!  


Sign up for a collage making session 12/4 (7-8:30) or 1/5(4-5:30) at Create Community Studios. Class costs $30 and proceeds will benefit both organizations.
To find out more stop by at the market table at Schenectady Greenmarket or email:
sgcommunityoutreach@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

Community Table :

Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson
“Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson’s mission is to provide quality health care, to educate individuals to make informed sexual and reproductive decisions, and to advocate for reproductive rights.” 

 

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