Long Island Farmers Markets

 

10 Reasons to Support Your Local Farmers Market

1. Buying Locally: Buying from your local farmer allows you to support local agriculture. This means that the food you are eating comes from nearby, and does not require us to waste lots of energy and petroleum to ship the food half-way around the world. You are eating food in your own environment, where it has perfectly-created nutrients for your specific climate and region. You are also supporting the environment by reducing the usage of fossil fuels.

2. Cheaper Organic Fruits & Veggies: You can find a variety of fresh, organic produce at more affordable prices than in a supermarket. There are also many farmers that carry products that are not technically "organic," (as this is a costly and often beurocratic-heavy process), but have many low-priced foods that are pesticide and herbicide free. The advantage at a farmers market is that you can actually talk to the farmer, learn about their methods, and then decide for yourself and in most cases they will allow you to come and visit their farm.

3. Supporting Your Local Economy & Farmers: You are supporting human beings and the local economy, not massive agribusiness GMO food conglomerates. Not only will your money be staying in your area, but you will happily please the farmer that worked to grow that food. Your belly will remember the farmer's smile as they handed you that juicy peach.

4. Eat Seasonally: By shopping at the local farmers market, you will eat seasonally, fresh and ripe. This is another great way to increase your overall health. Supermarkets offer too much variety and the food is picked before it has ripened decreasing the vitality. The body does not need to be eating imported pineapple in the dead of a Montana winter!

5. Safer Foods: Food from your local farmers market is generally safer. Remember the recent outbreaks of E. coli in bagged spinach? These things happen mostly in large industrial settings, where business-men work to mass produce food, preserve it and bag it in mass amounts.

6. Fresher Fruits & Veggies: The food from your local farmers market is, quite frankly, fresher. Because it was grown locally, there is a good chance that the apple you buy from the farmer was picked a few days ago. This is virtually impossible in a big supermarket.

7. Great Variety: There is usually an amazing variety of fruits and veggies at your local farmers market. Each farmer may have his own method for growing tomatoes or peppers. This is something that never happens at a grocery store.

8. Better Taste There is no doubt that locally-grown foods just simply taste better. You will never be able to eat a carrot from the grocery store again!

9. It's Healthy! There's just no way around it, eating fresh, locally-grown fruits and veggies are great for your health. Buy yourself some local honey, which is sold at most local farmer markets. It has just the right components for allergy prevention in your neck of the woods, not to mention it's tasty!

10. Most Importantly — It's Fun! We stated it in the beginning, but farmers markets are just plain fun for the whole family. Meeting your local community is an excellent way to feel connected to the world around you, increasing health for body, mind and spirit.

Source: http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/farmers-market/

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Nassau County

BAYVILLE: Bayville Commons parking lot, corner of Bayville and Ludlum avenues. Open Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to noon; May 29 to Sept. 4; 516-628-1439.

GARDEN CITY: 101 County Seat Dr., in Parking Field 14 behind Supreme Court Building off Old Country Road. Open Tuesdays from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.; June 1 to Nov. 23; 631-323-3653, longislandgrowersmarket.com.

GLEN COVE: Village Square. Open Sundays from 7 a.m. to noon; June 6 to Nov. 21; 631-323-3653, longislandgrowersmarket.com.

HICKSVILLE: Kennedy Memorial Park, between Jerusalem and Broadway, near the LIRR station. Open Sundays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; June 27 to Nov. 21; 516-624-6364.

LOCUST VALLEY: orest Avenue, across from post office. Open Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; June 5 to late November; 631-323-3653, longislandgrowersmarket.com..

LONG BEACH: Kennedy Plaza at Long Beach City Hall, next to LIRR station. Open Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; May 5 to Nov. 24; 631-678-5227, kennedyplazafarmersmarket.com.

OYSTER BAY:  Audrey and Shore avenues, at the bandstand. Open Fridays from noon to 6 p.m.; July 30 through October; 516-922-6982, oysterbaymainstreet.org.

PORT WASHINGTON: Town Dock, Main Street. Open Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon; June 5 to Oct. 31; 516-883-0887.

ROCKVILLE CENTRE: Sunrise Highway and Long Beach Road. Open Sundays from 7 a.m. to noon; June 6 to Nov. 21; 631-323-3653, longislandgrowersmarket.com.

ROOSEVELT: 380 Nassau Road (parking lot of Roosevelt-Freeport Health Clinic), Rossevelt, NY Season: July 11 - October 31. Hours: Every Sunday 11am-4pm. Contact: Jessica Kim rcfarmersmarket@rcrgli.com | Phone: 516-425-0867

ROSLYN-NORTH HILLS:  Christopher Morley Park, Searingtown Road. Open Wednesdays from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.; June 2 to Nov. 24; 631-323-3653, longislandgrowersmarket.com.

 

Suffolk County Farmers Markets

AMITYVILLE: The 9/11 Memorial Park. Open June through late October. For more information, please contact G & G Long Island Farm631-323-3653, longislandgrowersmarket.com.

DEER PARK: Tanger Outlets at the Arches, Commack Road. Open Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; June 5 to Nov. 30; 631-288-1559.

EAST HAMPTON: Nick & Toni’s parking lot, 136 N. Main St. Open Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Memorial Day through September; 631-725-9133.

HAUPPAUGE:  Department of Motor Vehicle parking lot, 250 Veterans Hwy. Open Wednesdays 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.; July 7 to Oct. 20; 631-323-3653, longislandgrowersmarket.com.

HUNTINGTON:  Elm Street parking lot, Main Street (Route 25A). Open Sundays from 7 a.m. to noon; June 6 to Nov. 21; 631-323-3653, longislandgrowersmarket.com.

ISLIP: Town Hall parking lot on Montauk Highway, Route 27A. Open Saturdays 7 a.m. to noon; June 5 to Nov. 20; 631-323-3653, longislandgrowersmarket.com.

MONTAUK: Village Green. Open Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; June 17 to Oct. 7; 631-668-2428.

NORTHPORT: Cow Harbor Park parking lot. Open Saturdays 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; June 19 to Nov. 20; 631-261-7070, northportfarmersmarket.org.

PATCHOGUE: 7-Eleven store parking lot, Montauk Highway west of Route 112. Open Fridays from 7 a.m. to noon; July 2 to Nov. 5; 631-323-3653, longislandgrowersmarket.com.

PORT JEFFERSON: Parking lot next to ferry, Route 25A. Open Thursdays from 1:30 to 7:30 p.m.; July 8 to Oct. 7; 631-323-3653, longislandgrowersmarket.com.

PORT JEFFERSON:  109 Main St., near East Broadway, in the parking lot next to Lainie’s Way / Tommy’s Place. Open Sundays from 8 a.m. to noon from June 6 through October; 631-473-4724, pjfarmersmarket.org.

RIVERHEAD: Downtown next to Atlantis Marine World Aquarium. Open Thursdays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; July 8 to Oct. 8; 631-323-3653, longislandgrowersmarket.com.

SAG HARBOR: Breakwater Yacht Club parking lot, Bay and Burke streets. Open Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; May 22 to Oct. 30; 212-644-2604.

SAYVILLE: Depot Rd. at south parking lot of LIRR. Open Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; June to Nov. 20.

WESTHAMPTON BEACH:  85 Mill Rd., next to Historical Society. Open Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; open until Dec. 11; 631-288-3337, whbcc.org/farmers_market.php