Fort Washington Greenmarket

I work at NYP, yet lament the fact that I currently do not work most Tuesdays at the Washington Heights campus, because this is a wonderful farmers’ market. I believe this specific market came to fruition in 2013, and it attracts many NYP and Columbia employees in the 7 hours it’s opened. You’ve got a lot of your usual NYC farmers’ market players there, such as Red Jacket Orchards, and there are plenty of demonstrations by GrowNYC staff. There are also bins for compost and textile recycling. The small section of Fort Washington between 168^th and 169^th is lined with a multitude of fruits, vegetables, cheese, baked goods (including vegan), plants, and flowers. I always manage to leave any visit with a shopping back full of goodies for about $ 10 on average, and the vegetables will usually last me through five days of cooking lunches and dinners for myself. The quality of what I buy there exceeds any grocery store. (As it should.)
This may be one of the lil’ guys, but this is not a farmer’s market to be missed if you’re in the area any Tuesday from June though November!

This is no Union Square Greenmarket, but it is DEFINITELY worth checking out if you’re in the CUMC area. After all, as we all know, there are precious few options for fresh fruits and veggies in the area. :(
Red Jacket is up here, which sells a great variety of apples. There’s a dairy stand, and I’ve picked up a pound of fresh ricotta for $ 5. They also sell a lemon yogurt that has several of my co-​workers addicted; I’m afraid to try it. The bread stand plays fun music and sells a wonderful, redolent selection — baguettes, kale asiago breads, tomato onion breads, rustic breads, and so on. You can still pick up potted herbs, and there is a fantastic variety of seasonal vegetables. Currently, the winter squash look pretty awesome.
I’m a bit biased because I work with CHALK, but do come check out the CHALK stand! I’m not even selling you anything — just telling you about healthy nutritional habits and giving you opportunities to win greenbucks (money to spend at the Greenmarket on fruits & veggies). :) I also heartily recommend the Greenmarket manager’s stand — Kathleen is super sweet, and she makes delicious food for the demos every single week. We had butternut squash pizza yesterday. Some of her past gems include watermelon mint cucumber smoothie, charred pepper salad, and green tomatillo salsa. She has easy and nutritious recipes and a simple, fun lesson every week. Honey, kale, peppers — you name it, she’s probably done a highlight of it at some point in time.
The Greenmarket runs every Tuesday from 8am-4:30pm until late November. Credit/​debit cards are charged an additional $ 2 to help offset the costs of free fruits & vegetables for EBT holders. (Oooh — if you have EBT, you get $ 2 in greenbucks for every $ 5 you spend). So if you don’t have EBT, you can either bring cash or donate $ 2 to EBT when paying via credit/​debit.