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\"IMG_2008\"<\/a>On Sunday, October 13 I knew I needed to get from point A to point B, A being Vassar College and B being the Beacon Farmers Market. \u00a0There was only one way to do this, there are actually more ways to do this but for a broke car less college student like me there was only one way, the Metro North Rail. \"IMG_2007\"<\/a>\u00a0I took a cab to the Poughkeepsie Station with my very nice roommate, Madison who agreed to accompany me on this independent field trip after begging her for what seemed a lifetime, 30 seconds. \u00a0Once at the Poughkeepsie Station, we purchased our $7 roundtrip tickets to the Beacon Station. \u00a0We boarded the train and waited a short 15 minutes to arrive at Beacon Station, during this time all I could think of was “Once I get there, how in the world am I going to get the farmer’s market?” and “the Hudson River is so beautiful!!!” considering that was the view from the window the whole train ride. As we got closer, I was able to pick out the blue canopies laid out of the river front across from the station, could it be the farmer’s market was right across from the station. \u00a0Sure enough we got off the train and\u00a0Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo it was the Beacon Farmer’s Market.<\/p>\n

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\"IMG_2001\"\"IMG_2005\"This farmer’s market was nothing like the Amenia Farmer’s Market we first visited in our journey as\u00a0students of “Field Experiences in the Hudson Valley” this market was full of vendors and crowds of people with recyclable bags in hand asked questions, sampled products, and purchased products to fill their refrigerators and pantries. A line\u00a0of\u00a0about twenty enthusiastic buyers waited in front of\u00a0one of the blue canopies which was the source of smell of beef kabobs with the banner reading “Nana’s Middle Eastern Foods”. \u00a0I was unsuccessful as I tried to sneak a picture of these tasty looking and smelling kabobs. \u00a0Apart from Middle Eastern foods, vendors selling garlic, vegetables, ice cream, milk, spices, pastries, fresh baked breads, varieties of cheese,\u00a0beef, pork, lamb, chicken, eggs, honey, maple syrup, homemade preserves and jams were lined along the river front selling their products to local Beacon residents and people arriving on the Metro North Train like me.<\/p>\n

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Once I finished going around the Beacon Farmer’s Market a couple of times I saw more canopies lined up on the river front a quarter mile away from where I was standing. \u00a0As I walked out of the Farmer’s market I read a poster saying “Pumpkin Festival Sun. Oct. 13” with an arrow pointing towards the the direction were the canopies were. \u00a0This Festival was full of \u00a0family’s enjoying the beautiful day while listening to live folk music and picking out pumpkins and other merchandised sold by local vendors. \u00a0This festival seemed like it was designed for\u00a0\"IMG_1963\"<\/a>the residents of Beacon. Students from the local elementary school sang a couple of songs I had never heard and art drawn by students from the local high school\u00a0\"IMG_1952\"was also displayed. After an hour of walking around this community based\u00a0festival I decided it was time to go back to Vassar. \u00a0As I walked back to Beacon Station I saw a sign signaling the way to Dia: Beacon, I walked for about 3 minutes to get to \u00a0Dia: Beacon. I knew I had no time to go in, but I will definitely visit Beacon again to explore Dia: Beacon and the city of Beacon.<\/span><\/span>
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