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Great sales in Ossining + British-inspired specialties in Larchmont;
New vendors in Piermont & Croton + More

May 15th-21st, 2014

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What’s New, In Season, and On Sale This Week

Asparagus
Migliorelli Farm
Rexcroft Farm

Asparagus & Roasted Tomato
Quiche

Meredith’s Bread

Asparagus Turnovers
Robinson & Co. Catering

Baked German Goodies
Bienenstich, Mohnstreusel, Linzer,
and more

Christiane’s Backstube

Drunken Goat Cheese
Raw milk aged cheese, soaked in wine
“Fruity with firm interior, reminiscent of Parmesan”
Acorn Hill Farm


Ground Beef: Buy five 1lb pkgs
& get $2 OFF per pound!
(Reg $9.75/lb; now $7.75/lb)

Kiernan Farm

Hydroponic Tomatoes
Rexcroft Farm

Leek Pie with Sauce Veloute
& Baby Spuds

Robinson & Co. Catering

Pickled Ramps
Stone & Thistle Farm

Pickles – SALE!
$1 OFF all quarts: Full Sour, Half Sour, New & Kosher Dill

Pickle Licious


Ramp Pesto
Stone & Thistle Farm

Radishes
Migliorelli Farm

Rhubarb Almond Squares
Christiane’s Backstube

Salad Greens
Rexcroft Farm

Thyme and Lavender Sausage Rolls
Robinson & Co. Catering

Wild Foraged Ramps
Stone & Thistle Farm


Click on a Market to see all vendor and event details…

Westchester
County


Rockland
County


Ossining

Saturdays
9:00 am-1:00 pm


Larchmont


Saturdays
8:30 am-1:00 pm

Piermont

Sundays
9:30 am-3:00 pm

L
Croton-on-Hudson

Sundays
9:00 am-2:00 pm


Rye

Sundays
8:30 am-2:00 pm

Spring Valley

Coming in July

Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow

OPENING DAY: MAY 24th
Saturdays
8:30 am-1:00 pm


New Rochelle

OPENING DAY: JUNE 20th
Fridays
8:30 am-2:30 pm


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Announcements
Piermont

Piermont welcomes back Ed Packer and his Irish root music – with Bob Dylan influences, too – back to the market for the first time this season. Being right on the river means a lot to him, and we hope to hear songs from his new release of “The River’s Journey,” inspired by the Hudson.

Visit the Down to Earth Markets Calendar for full details.

Stay tuned to all market happenings via our Down to Earth Markets Facebook page
and follow us on Twitter @DowntoEarthMkts.

Introducing Collaboration: Down to Earth Markets & Good Food Jobs
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Words of Wisdom by Good Food Jobs

Work is love made visible. – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
A gathering chorus of voices is calling for “sustainable” food. The word points towards a fundamental shift in the way we do things, but it’s tough for one word to shoulder it all. It’s a feeling in our gut: Our food – that which nourishes us – could be better. Collectively, we’re creating demand for food produced in a way that replenishes our resources, rather than exhausts them. And as Taylor Cocalis, co-founder of Good Food Jobs, recently wrote to owners of small farms and food companies, “Human resources are the most important resources you have.”

Guided by the idea of sustainability in all aspects of food – including work — Down to Earth Markets is delighted to announce a new collaboration with Good Food Jobs, the website where job seekers go “to satisfy the hunger for meaningful work.”

Now farmers and food makers who sell at Down to Earth Markets can post their job listings on Good Food Jobs at a deeply discounted rate. In turn, the job listings (often for weekend help at the markets) are viewed by thousands of potential workers who are passionate about better food.

Doug Ornstein, Assistant Operations Manager at Down to Earth Markets and the catalyst behind the collaboration, came up with the idea while vetting applications for market managers this season. “There are so many smart, passionate, and talented people who want to work in sustainable food that I thought our vendors should work with some of them, too,” he explained.

“I believe that the crucial next step in fixing the broken food system is to create a different kind of food economy – one with meaningful jobs,” he elaborated, “If waves of people start working in good food that will instigate the kind of change in food that we’re looking for.”

Dorothy Williams-Neagle, co-founder of Good Food Jobs, spoke along these lines as well, “We know that the farmers market is a hotbed of folks who are transforming our food system for the better. We wanted to provide an opportunity for them to spread the word about their job openings more affordably and effectively. For us, it was as simple connecting the resources we are able to provide to the needs of those vendors whose work we support wholeheartedly.”

With Good Food Jobs, Taylor and Dorothy make the path by walking on the topic of sustainable food and work. They stirred debate earlier this year with an announcement that they would no longer post unpaid internships on their site. In explaining their decision, they said that money isn’t the only kind of compensation needed for work. Rather, employers could offer room and board, products, or other items as compensation. They opened the conversation about the value of work.

Taylor has since noted that some small business owners replied, “But what if we can’t afford to pay someone in this position now?”

She responded, “A paid employee [not just by money] that you can retain for years will become a far more valuable asset than a revolving door of interns.” She went on to say that if work is consistently done without compensation of any kind, then there is a fundamental flaw in the company business plan.

We 100% agree with this view of sustainability in work. Down to Earth Markets is a small business that believes in order to have sustainable food, we have to have sustainable businesses. We have five full-time employees and two part-time employees who support approximately 15 market managers and 100 vendors. We can create livelihoods in this work. With this collaboration with Good Food Jobs, that is exactly what we’re setting out to do.

We’d love to hear your feedback on this. Reply to this email and let us know your thoughts on the topic of work and sustainable food. And if you stroll the market and think, “it should be nice to work here,” just click on this link to see if there’s an opportunity with your favorite vendor. Thank you for shopping at Down to Earth Farmers Markets this weekend.

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