Winter Farmers’ Markets in the Hudson Valley and Catskills
Upstater | October 29, 2013Fear not, locavores. You don’t have to sacrifice either your morals or your good taste when winter comes. Many — in fact most — of your favorite farmers’ markets offer winter versions, stocked with “storage vegetables” (gourds and dry beans, etc), as well as preserved foods from jams to pickles. And, of course, they offer the socializing, too.
Winter farmers’ markets in upstate New York tend to be held less frequently and for fewer hours, so be sure to check before you load up on reusable shopping bags and hop into your snow tire-d car. After the jump, a fairly complete list of your winter options, including those in New Paltz, Pine Island and Millerton.
Columbia Country
Lebanon Valley Winter Farmers’ Market
Routes 20 & 22 Center of New Lebanon
Sunday 10am – 2pm, October – May (Occasionally – Call First)
(518) 860-4294
Dutchess County
Beacon Farmers’ Market
Riverside, on pier across from train station
Sundays 11am – 3pm
(845) 234-9325
www.thebeaconfarmersmarket.com
Millerton Farmers’ Market
Main St. & Railroad Plaza (Indoor – Gilmor Glass)
Second and Fourth Saturdays, 10am – 2pm, January – April
(518) 789-4259
Red Hook Winter Farmers’ Market
Elmendorph Inn, 7562 N. Broadway Rt 9
Alternate Saturdays, 10am – 2pm, January – April
(845) 399-4582
Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market
Town Hall, 80 E. Market St
Alternate Sundays, 10am-2pm, December – April
(917) 692-1274
www.rhinebeckfarmersmarket.com
Winter Sun Farms Winter Farmers’ Market
Vassar College, Raymond Ave. Poughkeepsie
Third Saturdays 10am – 1pm, December – April
(845) 594-3876
Orange County
Warwick Winter Farmers’ Market at Hillery Farm
115 Liberty Corners Road, Pine Island, NY 10969
Weekly, Sunday, 10am – 2pm, late November through early May
(845) 258-4998
Ulster County
Gardiner Winter Farmers’ Market
Gardiner Library, 133 Farmers Turnpike
Monthly, 3rd Saturdays, 11:30am – 2:30pm, November – December
(845) 255-0087
Kingston Farmers’ Market
Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall Street
Third Saturdays 10am – 2pm, December – April
(845) 532-6044
www.kingstonfarmersmarket.org
Rosendale Farmers’ Market
Rosendale Community Center
1055 Route 32, Rosendale, NY 12472
First Sunday of the Month 10am – 2pm, December – May
Saugerties Farmers’ Market
Senior Citizens Center
207 Market Street, Saugerties, NY 12477
Second and Fourth Sundays, Noon – 4pm
Sun Farms Winter Market
New Paltz Community Center
3 Veterans Drive (behind Town Hall), New Paltz, NY 12561
Second Sunday of the month, 10am – 3pm, December – April
(607) 216 – 5061
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