By Julia Howard
Saturday mornings are market mornings for hundreds of area residents. Join them tomorrow at High Rock Park as the Saratoga Farmers’ Market’s 41st season opens.
Farmers, home artisans, and craftspeople will join city officials and others for a ribbon cutting just before 9 a.m. Then, as music from the Running the River band fills the air, vendors will begin offering fresh vegetables and fruits, meats, eggs, dairy products, home-baked goods, prepared foods, flowers, art, and more.
“We are thrilled to welcome several new vendors this year,” says market administrator Emily Meagher. “Our variety of local products is unparalleled.”
About 65 vendors participate in the Saturday market. The Saratoga Farmers’ Market also operates from 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays, with about 30 vendors.
Bring your shopping list and walk, bike, or drive to High Rock Park. Grab a coffee made with locally roasted beans and perhaps a light breakfast from one of the many prepared food vendors featuring items like crepes or breakfast sandwiches.
And shop.
Vendor stalls fill the pavilions and spill out onto the lawns. Volunteers will watch your bags and help transport your goods to your car with the Friends of the Market’s veggie valet wagons. The FreshFoodNY app and pickup service is available for pre-ordered items.
This year, we encourage you to visit the market via bicycle, if feasible. We also invite
you to bring your own bags to reduce plastic and will have totes available for purchase. We are continuing our compost collection program and will accept fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, used tea bags, and similar items. We have an ATM on site, and many vendors accept credit cards. We also accept SNAP benefits.
While shopping, check out the children’s activities, and booths featuring the Adirondack Live Steamers, Saratoga Springs Preservation Foundation, and Cornell Cooperative Extension Service’s master gardeners.
Says market administrator Emily Meagher, “To experience spring in Saratoga is to opt to dine on the patio, order tickets from SPAC, and embrace the return of the outdoor farmers market where the fragrance of flowers and produce mixes with freshly baked bread.”
See you there.
Saturday Vendors at the Saratoga Farmers’ Market 2019
Alaturco Mediterranean Grill
Argyle Cheese Factory
Balet Flowers & Design, LLC
Ballston Lake Apiaries
Battenkill Valley Creamery
Burger Farm
Clark Dahlia Gardens & Greenhouses
Dancing Ewe Farms
Dickinson’s Delights
Elihu Farm
Euro Delicacies
Feathered Antler
Freddy’s Rockin’ Hummus
Giovani Fresco
Gómez Veggie Ville
Grandma Apple’s Cheesecakes, LLC
Green Jeans Market Farm
Halls Pond Farm
Humiston’s Vegetables
Kim Dolan Designed Jewelry
Kokinda Farm
Lake George Distilling Company, LLC
Lewis Waite Farm
Longlesson Farm
Lot 32 Flower Farm
M & A Farm
Mangiamo LLC
Mariaville Mushroom Men
Momma’s Secret Salad Dressings
Moxie Ridge Farm
Mrs. Londons
Muddy Trail Jerky Co.
Mugzy’s Barkery
Nettle Meadow
Nut Zez, LLC
old world farm
Otrembiak Farm
Owl Wood Farm
Petra Pocket Pies
Pleasant Valley Farm
Puckers Gourmet
Pura Vida Fisheries, Inc
R&G Cheese Makers
Ramble Creek Farm
Rock Hill Bakehouse
Row to Hoe Farm
Saratoga Apple
Saratoga Chocolate Co.
Saratoga Crackers®
Saratoga Peanut Butter Co.
Saratoga Spicery
Saratoga Suds ‘n’ Stuff
Saratoga Urban Farm
Scotch Ridge Berry Farm
Slate Valley Farms
Slyboro Cider House
Something’s Brewing
Springbrook Hollow Farm Distillery
The Chocolate Spoon
The Food Florist
The Saratoga Winery
The Smoothie Shoppe
The Vermont Spatzle Company
Underwood’s Greenhouse / Shushan Valley Hydro Farm
Vital Eats
Wild Things Rescue Nursery
Yankee Distillers
Zoe Burghard Ceramics