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Cortlandt Farmers Market To Offer Shuttle Service

CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y. – In an effort to make fresh, wholesome foods more widely available to the community, NewYork-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital will launch a shuttle service from downtown Peekskill to provide transportation to its farmers markets this season.

NewYork-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital will be launching a shuttle service for its farmers markets this season.

NewYork-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital will be launching a shuttle service for its farmers markets this season.

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The hospital’s farmers market will launch its fourth season on Tuesday, May 12. More than a dozen vendors will offer a variety of products from fresh produce to gourmet specialty items on the hospital campus from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month from May through November.

“Half the battle of getting people to eat healthier is to make wholesome food more affordable and more readily available to those who might not have access to it,’’ said John Federspiel, president of NewYork-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital.

“Using a grant we were awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture last year, we will provide a shuttle service to and from downtown Peekskill to help those without transportation take advantage of the farmers market.”

Federspiel said that the $99,899 grant is meant to accomplish two goals: It will support local farmers, and it will help the hospital make the market more accessible to the community. Also funded by the grant, is the purchase of an EBT machine, which will allow farmers to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

The newest initiative is part of the hospital’s Harvest for Health program, which includes an organic garden, teaching kitchen and a locally sourced food service for patients and employees. The program is aimed at using healthful eating as a way to prevent chronic disease and positively influence a patient’s recovery. The hospital opened the Chef Peter X. Kelly Teaching Kitchen last year. The kitchen offers a variety of healthful cooking classes to the community. 

This year’s markets will be held on May 12 and 26; June 9 and 23; July 14 and 28; Aug. 11 and 25; Sept. 8 and 22; Oct. 13 and 27; and Nov. 10 and 24. To learn about farmers markets, shuttle stops or classes in the Peter X. Kelly Teaching Kitchen, call 914-734-3780 or log onto www.nyp.org/hudsonvalley and look under Harvest for Health.

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