About Us
AMY BANDOLIK
BEACON FARMERS’ MARKET MANAGER
Amy Bandolik is a culinary curator, a coffee adorer, a community organizer, a natural connector and an unconventional counselor. She lives in New York’s Hudson Valley. Amy holds a master's degree in Counseling Psychology and has spent 23 years providing career counseling to thousands of happy clients. Over the course of her career she received high praise for her unconventional and effective approach to career exploration and decision making. Her counseling worked so well on others that she decided to try it on herself. On one bright and breezy Fall day Amy found herself standing inside a lecture hall at New York University leading a seminar entitled, "Don’t Quit Your Day Job” while having an epiphany about her own day job. That led her to take on a new hobby and test out a new career on the weekends: Giving Food Tasting Tours in NYC’s Greenwich Village. She loved the work so much that a few months later, she quit her day job to work full time, as Director of Operations, and eventually Creative Director, for the culinary tour company (Foods of NY Tours). Fast forward a decade to 2018, she developed and owns the highly regarded Hudson Valley Food & Farm Tours where she shares the region’s amazing food & history, mountains & monuments, stories & sights with locals and visitors via an expertly curated culinary tour. Like the Farmerss Market, her tours bring commerce to the family-owned farms and food purveyors that make this part of New York State so special. And while Amy didn't initially dream of a career in the culinary industry, she considers her career to be a dream come true.
Market Committee
The Beacon Farmers’ Market Committee is a group of local volunteers who support market decision making, planning, and development. This group is crucial to best represent our Beacon customer base, as well as provide advising and support to the Market Manager year-round.
If you are interested in supporting the mission of the market by joining the Market Committee, please email market@commongroundfarm.org with an introduction and statement of interest.
Common Ground Farm
Since 2016, Common Ground Farm has stewarded the Beacon Farmers’ Market, bringing its mission of food justice and education to the heart of town. As Beacon's community farm project and long-time vendor, Common Ground works to develop the market as a vibrant and supportive marketplace for sustainable local farms and small businesses, as well as a valuable resource for all in the Beacon community.