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May 23, 2012 Staff Report
The Sunnyside Farmers Market will reopen on Saturday June 2nd and run every Saturday from 8am – 3pm through December 22, according to its organizers.
The Sunnyside market, which is located on Skillman Ave (between 42nd and 43rd streets), is one of the more popular and successful greenmarkets in New York City.
The market offers fresh vegetables, specialty Mexican produce, herbs, eggs, seasonal fruit, cider, baked goods and fresh-caught fish. The farmers also sell cheese, pickled vegetables, grass fed beef, and wine – pressed from locally grown grapes.
Most of the farmers who attended last season are planning to return this year.
The farms that will attend are: Ballards Honey, Breezy Hill Orchard, Dipaola Turkey, Gajeski Produce, Gonzalez Farm, Hot Bread Kitchen, King Ferry Winery, Knoll Krest Farm, Meredith’s Bakery, Millport Dairy, Nolasco’s Farm, Rising Sun Farm, Toiogo Orchards and W. Rogowski Farm.
The farmers will be accepting EBT /Food Stamps, Debit/Credit and WIC & FMNP coupons.
