5:00 a.m.: 闹钟响了. 打打盹.
5:09 a.m.: 闹钟又响了. This time, I get up, a bit sleepy. 我把水放在茶水上, make a big bowl of cereal with thawed out berries from 的 freezer, 看看天气预报. 感觉只有30度,所以这意味着我今天只需要穿三层裤子. 哦吼!
5:35 a.m.: Take 的 puppy out for a quick walk. It's quiet out 的re, and yes, it's feeling pretty warm (for February).
5:45 a.m.: Make a green smoothie to bring for lunch. 它装满了Gajeski生产的菠菜,装满了一个夸脱大小的梅森罐. 完美的.
6:00 a.m.: 在Facebook上发布79街的最新消息,拿上我的堆肥,然后我就出门了.
6:10 a.m.: 到达市场. 国王渡口酒厂的卡尔顿来了,所以我打了个招呼,bg视讯聊了聊天气. 我发现,在绿色市场,就像在农业中一样,bg视讯经常谈论天气. I also note 的 one car parked in our lane.
6:15 a.m.: 整理好今天的东西,享受周日清晨在哥伦布大道上相对安静的时光.
6:40 a.m.: The nor的rn Manhattan van has arrived. 菲比在这里! bg视讯开始卸下帐篷、桌子、箱子、标牌和其他设备.
6:45 a.m.: 红夹克果园,bg视讯在79街的新生产商之一,已经到了. A few phone calls and texts later, I get 的m settled into 的ir space.
6:55 a.m.: 回去卸货吧. 这儿有张桌子,那儿有个帐篷.
7:15 a.m.: Greet farmers and workers as 的y arrive. 我和热面包厨房的尼基聊了聊这个城市的一些美食. Jerry, our 堆肥 coordinator, has arrived, so we catch up. The whole time we're talking I'm scanning through 的 market, keeping an eye out for anything that needs attending, 或者任何需要帮助的人. 在第79街的清晨,经常会有很多车辆在机动.
7:40 a.m.: 今天是喝咖啡的好日子. I run over to World Coffee across 的 street.
7:45 a.m.: 进行故障排除, 解决问题, 接听电话, 答案文本, 欢迎新供应商, and figure out placements of stands. All in a day's work as a market manager.
8:15 a.m.: Someone's waving for me to greet 的 tow truck driver. I run over to show which car needs to be relocated.
8:25 a.m.: Set up our information tent and display. We've got a whole bunch of literature to display, 所以我在我的同事尼科尔上午10点去市场之前,把苹果箱和篮子装好,做好了基本的准备.m.
9:00 a.m.: 再走一遍市场. 我喜欢打招呼,并检查以确保每个人都准时出现. We have two new vendors this week - Red Jacket Orchards and
山甜莓农场 - that means it's time for a little social media. 我给他们美丽的展品拍照,并在Instagram、Facebook和Twitter上做一些推广.
9:15 a.m.: 和杰瑞集思广益,如何让更多的人了解bg视讯的堆肥计划. 大多数情况下,bg视讯每周都会填满13个垃圾桶,但bg视讯知道bg视讯还有更多的人需要帮助. 我和一位当地的美食博主聊了聊,想让她今年春天为bg视讯做一个美食演示. She mentions dumplings, which sound like a great idea.
9:30 a.m.: 现在是市场报告时间! 我去每个生产者那里,检查他们在市场上的所有规则:准时到达市场, 帐篷了, 展示农场标志, 显示价格标志, 购买物品注册, 烘焙食品的原料都登记了, 还有其他各种各样的东西. I take my time making sure everything looks in order.
10:20 a.m.: Rinzin from Knoll Krest hands me a lemon tart to try.
10:30 a.m.: 回到bg视讯的帐篷,跟妮可打个招呼,她负责79街的促销和EBT. bg视讯谈论即将到来的一天, bg视讯计划用长寿面和写诗来庆祝中国新年.
10:45 a.m.: Brian of Gajeski Produce stops by 的 tent to greet us. 他总是在星期天登记入住.
11:00 a.m.: 为bg视讯的新供应商设计一个标志,并把它带到堆肥中心展示.
11:10 a.m.: 安德鲁的到来. He's our weekly volunteer, which is a huge help at this market. I start out by asking him to give breaks to farmers.
11:20 a.m.: Green smoothie drinking and Chinese New Year poem writing time. 在撰写本文时,bg视讯有一些客户停下来获取EBT和借/贷代币.
11:45 a.m.: John from Red Jacket hands me a hot cider.
12:00 p.m.: Nicole and Andrew are busy preparing 的 noodle dish, so I make 的 rounds to give breaks to anyone working on 的ir own. 我打破了DiPaola火鸡和Ronnybrook, Hudson Valley Duck和Berkshire Berries.
12:50 p.m.: 检查一下演示. 闻起来很香. bg视讯的区域协调员, 玛格丽特, 来过, 所以bg视讯聊了聊,我在社交媒体上发布了更多面条的照片.
1:40 p.m.: 更多的优惠! 这次是Francesca's Bakery、Knoll Krest和Lavender By 的 Bay. 当我巡视时, I check in with producers to see how 的 day is going, and grab a white bean and collard greens turnover from Body & 灵魂面包店. 春暖花开,市集热闹非凡,很多人都出门了.
2:45 p.m.: 当我在Las Delicias办理入住手续时,他们递给我一块天堂巧克力. 确实如此. When I check-in with Divine Brine, I get handed a Devilish Dill pickle. I declare that it's my new favorite Divine Brine pickle.
2:50 p.m.: I'm back at 的 tent to find one of our regular customers. She always stops by with her two little Yorkshire Terriers, so I tell her how we're planning to do a dog portrait day this spring. bg视讯会寻找一个潜在的地点,并讨论潜在的志愿者. 79街是一个大型的狗市场,所以bg视讯希望它能大获成功.
3:00 p.m.: 妮可去和农民兑换代币了,所以我留在帐篷里.
3:15 p.m.: Phebe is back from Columbia Greenmarket early! 我开始收拾箱子,和几个顾客聊了聊今天的食物演示, 食谱, and Greenmarket's requirements for selling at market.
3:50 p.m.: Nicole is done and back at 的 tent, 所以我收拾了我的东西,bg视讯讨论了下周可能的食物演示. bg视讯 always scheming with promo and demo ideas.
4:10 p.m.: I see a very familiar-looking puppy out of 的 corner of my eye...it's my husband and puppy, here to pick me up! 今天的工作结束了, 于是bg视讯在市场里闲逛, 采摘蔬菜, 鸡蛋, and lavender sachets along 的 way. 这是漫长的一天,但天气很好,当然,还有很多美味的食物.