Union Square Greenmarket

Catskill Merino is a sheep farm that sells its merino yarn and premium lamb at the Union Square Greenmarket in New York City every Saturday from 8 AM to 6 PM. Map & Directions

At the Greenmarket farmers' market you can buy fresh fruit, vegetables and other produce from local farmers, then enjoy a farm-baked ginger snap with a cup of upstate apple cider while watching the passers-by in Union Square.

 

Fresh pasture-raised lamb on dry ice in stainless coolers

Fresh Catskill Merino lamb is available every week at market; and you can buy our pasture-raised lamb anytime from the Lamb Store. We ship everywhere in the United States. Email or call and we'll hold lamb until you get to market.

Hand-dyed merino yarn hanging in the Catskill Merino stand

Every Saturday we bring hand-dyed yarn to Union Square; and you can buy Catskill Merino yarn anytime from the Yarn Store. We ship everywhere in the world. Subscribe to the RSS feed and see the colors coming to market that week.

  

Catskill Merino yarns dyed with Indigo, Cochineal and Madder

Come by and show us what you've knit with Catskill Merino yarn, or email us photographs of your work and we'll publish your ideas in the Fiber Flock for others to see.

And we want that recipe of yours to publish in the Food Flock, an accumulation of recipes, kitchen inspirations and food anecdotes from Catskill Merino customers about how they prepare lamb.

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"In 1976, the Council on the Environment of New York City established the Greenmarket program, which provided regional small family farmers with opportunities to sell their fruits, vegetables and other farm products at open-air markets in the city. The most famous is the one in Union Square held Saturdays between 8 AM and 6 PM year round. 250,000 customers a week purchase 1,000 varieties of fruits and vegetables at the market. The variety of produce available is broader by perhaps a factor of ten than what is found in a conventional supermarket." Wikipedia

"Greenmarket promotes regional agriculture and ensures a continuing supply of fresh, local produce for New Yorkers. Greenmarket has organized and managed open-air farmers markets in NYC since 1976. Greenmarket supports farmers and preserves farmland for the future by providing regional small family farmers with opportunities to sell their fruits, vegetables and other farm products to New Yorkers." Greenmarket Mission Statement.