A reminder that the Borough Hall Greenmarket in Cadman Plaza is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with a day long party this Saturday, 6/27. You can play CENYC’s Recycling Game; talk to a rep from Slow Food about sustainable food systems; see videos and historical photos of the market and its farmers and customers; and eat some great food: American Seafood will be grilling up some of the local catch, and Dan Leader of Bread Alone will be grilling pizzas made from seasonal ingredients. You can read more detail on the event flyer.

And oh, of course, there’s the market itself, which on Saturday will be bursting its seams. If you’ve been away from the greenmarket  you’re in for a shock –  I got one when I visited this morning, and I go every week! Suddenly, alongside the sugar snap peas, spring onions, lettuces, rhubarb, radishes and strawberries we’ve seen for the past few weeks, today there were raspberries, black raspberries, blueberries, cherries (sweet & sour), cherry tomatoes (red & yellow), zucchini, yellow squash, pod peas, kirby cucumbers, green beans, yellow beans… I lost count after that. The floodgates of summer food have been thrown open, and from now until November the greenmarkets will give you wider variety and higher quality than anything you’ll find in the supermarket.

So head to Cadman Plaza this weekend! Pick up some great food, congratulate the market and its farmers on the anniversary, and celebrate your luck at having such an exceptional greenmarket in your neighborhood!

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