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The last indoor market at Lincoln Baths is Saturday, April 26. This historic building in Saratoga Spa State Park has been a terrific home for the winter market, providing two full floors of vendors each Saturday.
When Saratoga Farmersโ Market re-opens its outdoor market atย High Rock Park on Saturday, May 3 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., it willย feature roughly 60 farms andย vendors with a wide array of food, plants, and crafts produced in the region, including several vendors that sell ready-to-eat gourmet specialties, served under a large white tent with picnic tables.
The marketโs opening ceremony at 8:45 a.m. will honor the founding fathers of the market with the unveiling of a new plaque for the pavilions, and introduce several of the young adults and children of local farming families who will likely continue the multi-generation tradition of the market.
โAs longtime market customers have observed, we have had successive generations of farming families grow up at this market, and continue their familiesโ farming legacy. If you want to know who your โbuy localโ dollars support when you shop at the market, come meet these families and all our vendors, who are eager to share with customers about their farms and products,โ remarked Charles Holub, president of Saratoga Farmersโ Market Association.
This seasonโs twice-a-weekย outdoor market will offer a range of foodโincluding vegetables, fruit,ย mushrooms, meat, poultry, eggs, baked goods including pastries, bread, cakes, pies, cookies, and other desserts, fresh andย frozen prepared foods,ย 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 milkโas well asย plants, flowers, handcrafts, and knife sharpening.
New vendors and products at the outdoor market this year include:ย
- Chrisโs Kitchen โ Perogies, pot pies, and other heat-and-eat entrees (Saturdays)
- Euro Delicacies โ Ready to eat Mediterranean cuisine, including spanakopita, moussaka, and stuffed peppers (Wednesdays and Saturdays)
- Humistonโs Vegetables โ Vegetable farm (Saturdays)
- Mariaville Mushroom Men โ Many varieties of exotic mushrooms and mushroom tea (Saturdays)
- Mayhem Hollow Organic Farm โ Pesto ( Wednesdays)
- Oliva Vineyards โ Red and white wine, including dessert wine (Saturdays)
- Talmadgeโs Fruits & Vegetables โ Produce farm (Saturdays)
- Vital Eats โ Vegan salads and soups (Saturdays)
Market Accepts Food Stamps and Other Assistance Programs
โItโs important that the community knows that the market accepts several types of nutrition assistance program benefits,โ stated Holub. โCustomers 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. Also, some of our vendors are authorized to accept fruit and vegetable vouchers distributed through the WIC program and the Farmersโ Market Nutrition Program.โ
WIC farmersโ market vouchers are available through Saratoga County Economic Opportunity Council at 518-288-3232; for eligible senior citizens seeking fruit and vegetable vouchers, the contact is the Saratoga County Office for the Aging at 518-884-4100.
