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Bringing The Farm
To The City
 Greenmarkets
and farmer's markets... New York City's adaptation of the
medieval markets where farmers hauled
their wares to town to get the best prices.
For
the native who is tired of supermarket produce that barely
resembles the real thing, these outdoor fruit and vegetable
feasts bring taste and color back to the table.
For
the visitor to New York, open air markets are a great way
to get to see real New Yorkers in action.
Manhattan
| Bronx | Queens
| Brooklyn | Staten
Island
New
York Street Life
The markets are more than just a place to shop. Most come
complete with street performers and political activists
with petitions to sign. Some have become such an institution
that neighbors meet and greet each other while discussing
which places have the best prices and which the best products.
Others are relatively new.
If you
think that only green growing things can be found at these
gatherings, think again. Besides farmers selling traditionally
grown produce, there are many who grow organic fruits and
vegetables, others who specialize in flowers, sheep farmers
selling hand made wool and shearling items, vintners selling
their wares, dairy farmers with fresh cheeses, freshly baked
breads and deserts, jams, poultry... the list goes on and
on.
 To
Market, To Market ...
Farmers
come to these markets from the Amish country and other areas
of Pennsylvania. They truck in their goods from all over
New York, New Jersey and several other nearby states. One
beekeeper who lives in New York sells his city produced
honey. One registered farmer comes all the way from Canada.
The
greenmarkets are a boon to area farmers. In typical New
York fashion I first learned this from a cab driver. She
came from a farming family and spent the cab ride explaining
how the greenmarket system saved agricultural communities
in the New York area from dying out.
The
small farmer is caught in an economic bind. Large farms,
many run by corporations, get better prices when they buy
supplies and equipment. When it comes to selling what they
have grown, small farmers often find themselves getting
paid less for their crops. While consumers are paying high
prices in supermarkets, farmers are not getting their fair
share of the profits. There are too many people in the middle
earning profits.
The
small family farms in the area would not be able to survive
without the greenmarkets that let them sell directly to
us. They benefit by earning decent profits on their work
and we benefit by getting fresh food and home baked pies.
Sounds like a solution good enough to eat.
Greenmarkets
& Farmer's Markets in New York
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Manhattan
Staten
Island Ferry Whitehall
4 SouthStreet, Inside Terminal
Tues 8-7 Year Round
Bowling Green
Broadway & Battery Place
Tues & Thu 8-5 Year Round
Cedar Street
Cedar St. btw Broadway & Church
Tues & Thu 8-6 August to December
City Hall Park
Chambers & Broadway
Fri 8-5 June to December
Tribeca
Greenwich St. at Chambers St.
Wed 8-3 April to December
Sat 8-3 Year Round
LES / Grand Street
Norfolk & Grand
Sun 8-4 June to November
South Village
6 Ave & W Houston
Sun 8-4 July to November
Tompkins Square
E 7 & Ave A
Sun 8-6 Year Round
Stuyvesant Town
Stuy-Town Oval, 14th St loop & Ave A
Sun 9:30-4 June to November
St. Mark's Church
E 10 & 2 Ave
Tues 8-7 May 27th to December
Abingdon Square
W 12 St & Hudson
Sat 8-2 Year Round
Union Square
E 17 St & Broadway
Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat 8-6 Year Round
Murray Hill
2 Ave & 33 St
Sat 8-5 mid-July to December
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
E 47 St & 2 Ave
Wed 8-6 Year Round
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Plaza at 50 St.
Wed, Thu, Fri 8-6 July 9th to August 29th
57th Street W 57 St & 9 Ave
Sat 8-6 March 15 to December
Tucker Square
W 66 St & Columbus
Thu & Sat 8-5 Year Round
77th Street
W 77 St & Columbus
Sun 10-5 Year Round
82nd St/St Stephens
E 82 St btw 1 & York Aves
Sat 9-3 July to November
92nd St
1 Ave btw 92 & 93 Sts
Sun 9-5 July to Nov
97th Street
W 97 St & Columbus
Fri 8-2 Year Round
Mt. Sinai Hospital
E 99 St btw Madison & Park
Fri 8-5 July to November
Stranger's
Gate
W 106 St & Central Park West
Sat 8-3 July to November
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Manhattan
(cont'd)
Columbia Broadway
btw 114 & 115 Sts
Thu & Sun 8-6 Year Round
Harlem Hospital
Lenox Ave btw 136 & 137 Sts
Thu 8-5 July to November
175th Street W 175 St & Broadway
Thu 8-6 mid-June to November
Inwood
Isham btw Seaman & Cooper
Sat 8-3 Year Round
Bronx
Poe Park
Grand Concourse & 192 St
Tues 8-3 July to November
Bronx Borough Hall
Grand Concourse btw 156th & 158th Streets
Tues 8-6 July to November
Lincoln Hospital
149 St btw Park & Morris
Tues & Fri 8-3 July to November
Queens
Astoria
14th St. btw 31 Ave & 31 Rd.
Wed 8-5 July to November
Jackson Heights
34 Ave btw 77 & 78 Sts
Sun 8-3 June to November
Long Island City
48 Ave & Vernon Blvd
Sat 8-3 July to November
Sunnyside
Skillman btw 42 & 43 Sts
Sat 8-3 April to December
Atlas Park
Cooper Ave & 80 St
Sat 8-4 mid-July to November
Brooklyn
Greenpoint-McCarren Park
Lorimer & Driggs
Sat 8-3 Year Round
Williamsburg
Havemeyer & Broadway
Thu 8-4 July to November
Fort Greene Park
Washington Pk & DeKalb
Sat 8-5 Year Round
Brooklyn Borough Hall
Court & Montague
Thu 8-6 April to December
Tues & Sat 8-6 Year Round
Carroll Gardens
Carroll btw Smith & Court
Sun 8-4 June to November
Grand Army Plaza
NW Entrance of Propsect Park
Sat 8-4 Year Round
Windsor Terrace
Prospect Park W & 16 St
Wed 8-3 May to October
Cortelyou
Cortelyou Rd. btw Rugby & Argyle
Sun 8-4 July to November
Borough Park
14 Ave btw 49 & 50 Sts
Thu 8-3 July to November
Sunset Park
4 Ave btw 59 & 60 Sts
Sat 8-3 July to November
Staten
Island
St. George
Borough Hall park lot, St. Mark's & Hyatt
Sat 8-2 May to November
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