PLATTSBURGH -- A new farmers market will have an especially green slant.

Plattsburgh Farmers Green Market will offer a wide variety of locally grown organic farm products.

The new market focuses on products including fresh produce, meats, eggs, cheese, flowers, maple syrup and ready-to-eat foods "that reflect good stewardship of the Earth and of our bodies," said Beth Spaugh, chief organizer of the green market.

The market will offer healthy alternatives to processed foods.

"Our way of helping people be good stewards of their bodies is to provide great-tasting, whole foods," Spaugh said. "We grow vegetables for their flavor, not for mechanical harvesting or long shipping."

The Plattsburgh Farmers Green Market is a producers-only market. That means the customer knows exactly where the products come from and who produced the food they are buying, Spaugh said.

Customers are able to "get straight answers about how it was produced and support the product and their families directly. No one is allowed to buy from wholesale markets and resell it at this market."

Plattsburgh Farmers Green Market will be open Thursdays, June 21 through Oct. 25, at the Plattsburgh Church of Nazarene. The hours are 3 to 6 p.m.

"I think that this time is convenient for people to stop by after work to get something for dinner," Spaugh said.

She has been working since late April with local farmers from Clinton and Essex counties to get the project under way once the location became available.

Many vendors have already committed to the market.

Atwood Maple Products will be there with fresh maple syrup, cream and maple sugar.

The Black Sheep Barn and Gardens will supply fresh-cut flowers, dried-flower arrangements and organically grown vegetables.

Campbell's Greenhouse has bedding plants, hanging baskets, blueberries and raspberries and no-spray vegetables.

Clover Mead Farm will contribute free-range eggs and chicken, as well as certified naturally grown vegetables and fresh-cut flowers and baklava.