Saratoga Farmers' Market

July 5- Pie Contest

webmaster — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:23:06 +0000

On Saturday, July 5, we will be having a pie contest for the most beautiful and tastiest pies made with ingredients from the market. Prizes include dinner from the Mouzon House and gift certificates to the market! All entries must be delivered to the Market information booth by 10:50 AM this Saturday.

The Outdoor Market is Flowering

webmaster — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:19:07 +0000

Our outdoor market is bustling. Each week more product and more vendors are returning. The customers are coming in greater numbers than ever. Come early for your favorite baked goods or other product or you may find out its already been sold out! But do not worry there are plenty of other fruits, vegetables, meats, yogurt, fresh milk, peanut butter, jam, honey, flowers and crafts to fill your bag. A the Saratoga Farmers’ Market all our products are local and fresh. Its a community affair–we often have community events on our lawn, live music and we always have fresh hot coffee to encourage neighborhood gatherings during our market. This spring we will be participating in Saratoga Arts Fest and featuring Healthy Transportation Day. Hope you can join us.

Outdoor Market IS OPEN!

webmaster — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:52:04 +0000

Saturday May 3 we opened our outdoor season for 2008. The High Rock Pavillions were in great shape (thank you Skip). On hand for our opening were Asst. Ag Commissioner of NYS Ag and Markets, Mr. Bennett, Director of CCE Saratoga County, Bill Schwerd and of course the Mayor of Saratoga, Scott Johnson and Public Works Commissioner, Skip Sirocco. The weather was a bit cool. but the spirits were warm and the enthusiasm contagious. There was plenty of coffee, tea and hot chocolate to help warm the fingers. We had close to 25 vendors open and selling wonderful fresh and local product. Included in the 25 were some new vendors: Battenkill Creamery, selling hormone free fresh cow’s milk (even chocolate), Argyle Cheese with their incredible yogurts and cheese curds. As the season continues and temps warm we will be seeing more and more vendors return to an eventual peak of 45! Keep looking at our events calendar as we are planning lots of special days in the markets to come. See you Wednesdays 3-6 as well as Saturdays 9-1. Live music starts next Saturday! We are up and rolling (growing)!

Winter Market is in full swing

webmaster — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:59:15 +0000

The winter market is coming to an end this month. Its been a fabulous market. Our 15 vendors have had an incredible selection of fresh, local product. Where else in Saratoga can you get FRESH salad greens in winter? Our 3 new vendors; Shushan Valley Hydroponics with their juicy red tomatoes and fresh herbs; West Village Market offering scrumptious baked goods; and Argyle Cheese Factory and their yummy whole cream yogurt have been big hits and will be joining us in May for our outdoor season. Still remaining for our last two weeks of the winter season are Homestead Artisan cheese, Brookside Farm, Ehilu Farm and M &A Farms with eggs and meat (beef, veal, pork chicken and lamb), Carol Foster’s wool, Saratoga Suds soap, Bowman’s Orchards and Saratoga Apple, Sheldon Farms with maple syrup and potatoes, and of course our fabulous vegetable farmers, and our honey, dressings people. The Saratoga Farmers’ Winter Market is a one stop shopping venue for all your edible needs! Live musicians help you enjoy your coffee and shopping experience. Recipes using vendor ingredients are appearing most weeks in Saratoga Today. See you at the market!

Winter Market Begins There Holiday Season

webmaster — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:13:21 +0000

Season’s Greetings from all of us at the Saratoga Farmers’ Market

Beginning Saturday Dec 1 the winter market will be in full holiday swing. Christmas Trees, wreaths and decorations will be available for purchase. There is nothing like a fresh balsam arrangement to make one feel part of the yuletide season. At the market window our gift certificates, canvas totes and t-shirts will all be on sale–a unique and useful gift for a friend, family member, office secret santa or your local postman. We will adding hot spiced cider to the beverage choices to warm up your insides and your spirits. Come one, come all and shop ’til you drop.

Final Day of the Outdoor Market and Winter Market Begins– all in one week!

webmaster — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:56:17 +0000

This is a week of change for the market. Our final outdoor market at the High Rock Pavilions is this Wed from 3-9. There will treats and cider for those in costume. Discounts on market T-shirts and totes will also be available. The market is a fun, safe place to start the kids trick-or-treating.

Then we are on to the start of our indoor market on Saturday, Nov 3, at the Salvation Army Building on Woodlawn Ave. As always, the market will abound with fresh local product. The winter market is going to be bigger and better with 25 vendors signing on to participate for some if not all of the market.

October Fest Begins at the Market

webmaster — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:15:21 +0000

Saratoga Springs” October Fest will start this year at the Saratoga Farmers’ Market. The official ribbon cutting to start the festivities will take place at 10AM Saturday Oct 27. Mayor Keehan and Andrew Brindisi, chair of October Fest, will be on hand to cut the ribbon and announce the winner of the Market’s Guess the Weight of the Pumpkin Contest.

Main

webmaster — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:36:53 +0000

Welcome to the Saratoga Farmers’ Market. Our market celebrated its 30th season in 2007. We have grown from a small group of local farmers in a parking lot to a group of over 50 local vendors set up two days a week in summer under permanent pavilions on High Rock Ave in Saratoga Springs. We also have a smaller summer market in Clifton Park Thursdays afternoons. Recently we added an ever popular winter market housed on Saturdays in the Saratoga Springs Salvation Army Building on Woodlawn Ave.

We pride ourselves in being a LOCAL, PRODUCER ONLY MARKET. Unlike other markets, everything sold at the Saratoga Farmers’ Market must be produced locally (Schenectady, Reneselaer, Saratoga and Washington Counties). This means our fine products are very fresh and/or unique, and locally supportive of our community, economically, ecologically and socially.

Our products include vegetables, fruits, spreads, dressings and marinades, honey, baked goods, peanut butter, meat, cheese, wine, flowers, plants, jams and jellies, as well as crafters and even a knife sharpener. Many of our products are Certified Naturally Grown and Organic. All our vendors eat and use their products in their own homes and take great pride in their quality.

The market is a social place as well as a place of business. We love to see our clients use the market to supply their needs, but we also like to see the great social gathering it has become. Be it the beverage area of our own market booth, the live musicians, chef demonstrations or our community based special events, the Saratoga Farmers’ Market has become a regular social gathering spot for locals and a must visit stop for the tourists.

Its New!

webmaster — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:30:49 +0000

Welcome to our newly updated website for the Saratoga Farmers Market Association. As with any web site it is a work in progress. Please feel free to browse, comment via our contact email as well as see what is happening at our market. We are about to start an email newsletter which you can sign up for. In the letter you will receive the latest news of the market to help in your shopping needs. Thank you for coming to the Saratoga Farmers’ Market Web Site.