Farmers markets set to produce

With the bloom of spring comes flowers, fresh fruits and a new farmers market season. GrowNYC, an environmental group in the Big Apple, has year-round and seasonal green markets and farmstands in Queens. “Right now, market visitors will find apples, greenhouse-grown leafy greens, root vegetables, baked goods made with local grains, honey, meat, maple syrup, milk and cheeses — all grown and produced here in the Northeast,” GrowNYC Regional Coordinator Winnie Lee said. “Some plants require 60 days in the ground before they Page 13 QUEENS CHRONICLE, Thursday, April 14, 2022 are ready for harvest. But the bounty of wonderful produce, including rhubarb, asparagus, radishes and strawberries, is just around the corner!”

The Jackson Heights Greenmarket, on 34th Avenue between 79th and 80th streets, is open year-round on Sundays, according to GrowNYC. It will be open until 2 p.m. through May and to 3 p.m. from June to December.

The Sunnyside Greenmarket is open yearround on Saturdays. Located on Skillman Avenue between 42nd and 43rd streets, the market is open until 2 p.m. this month and then until 3 p.m. May through December. The last farmers market to be open yearround is the Forest Hills Greenmarket, which is located at 106-28 Queens Blvd. at 70th Avenue, on the south side of the boulevard. It has the same schedule as the one in Jackson Heights. All three year-round farmers markets accept EBT/food stamps and collect food scraps for composts, according to GrowNYC. Sunnyside Greenmarket also recycles textiles. GrowNYC’s seasonal markets are open in June and July in Elmhurst, Corona, MyrtleWyckoff and Flushing. “The farmers market at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst returns on Tuesday, June 14th from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.,” said a spokeswoman Health + Hospitals. “They’ll be there every Tuesday serving fresh fruit, vegetables and baked goods.” The market at the hospital is located along the hospital’s entrance on 41st Avenue between 80th and 81st streets and closes its market Nov. 22. The Corona Greenmarket will open on Fridays starting June 24 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and close on Nov. 18. It is located at Roosevelt Avenue and 103rd Street. The Myrtle-Wyckoff Greenmarket will be from July 7 to Nov. 17 on Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. It is located on Wyckoff Avenue between Gates and Myrtle avenues. The Flushing Greenmarket will run from July 27 to Nov. 24 on Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Maple Playground on Kissena Boulevard and Maple Avenue. Forest Park Farmstand located at Myrtle Avenue and Park Lane South, Ridgewood Farmstand on Cypress Avenue between Myrtle and Putnam avenues, and Ditmars Park Farmstand on Steinway Street between Ditmars Boulevard and 23rd Avenue, will be open Saturdays

Farmers markets in the World’s Boro by Naeisha Rose from July 9 to Nov. 19. The first two farmstands Associate Editor are from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The latter is from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Down to Earth Farmers Markets, which manages farmers markets in and around New York City, will host one at Cunningham Park on Sundays April 24 to Dec. 18 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at a parking lot off Union Turnpike near the tennis courts in Fresh Meadows. “We will be offering everything from fresh fruits and vegetables to pickles,” said Carol Alexander of vendor relations at Down to Earth. The Sovereign Markets, a community health and economic organization dedicated to providing fresh foods, music and artisanal products from minority vendors and artists, will have its third Laurelton Farmers Market Saturdays starting May 8 to October from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Long Island Rail Road Laurelton station parking lot at 225th Street and 141st Avenue. There will be 531 vendors throughout Laurelton Farmers Market expects 531 vendors the season participating at the market, accordthis season. PHOTO COURTESY SOVEREIGN MARKET ing to its founder, Dianna Rose. “We’ve had two businesses so far that used the farmers market as a springboard and they opened up brick-and-mortars,” said Rose about Earnest Foods supermarket in St. Albans and Prince Abou’s Butchery, which is in the process of opening up a brick-and-mortar store. “I feel blessed that people would like to be a part of Sovereign Markets ... The goal for this year is not to have just a packed market, but packed markets that are growing.”

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