Farmers Market Sprouts (Times Union)
This story by Tim O’Brien was published in the Times Union on February 10, 2000 (page F3)
Above: Times Union, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2000, page F3 (Rensselaer TU section). Click to enlarge.
Three months before the first market day, the Times Union reported that the Regional Farm & Food Project, led by executive director Tracy Frisch, was sponsoring the new Troy Waterfront Farmers Market, to be held Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Troy Dock and Marina starting May 20. More than a dozen farms and artisans had signed up, close to the goal of 20 vendors, and more than 40 potential vendors from five counties had asked for applications. Planned offerings included produce, plants, herbs, meat and poultry, honey, maple products, jams, pickles, sauerkraut and kimchi, plus crafts such as knitwear, children’s clothes, herbal products and pottery. Two Schoharie County farms planned to serve a country breakfast made with their own eggs, meats and syrups. The market association was looking to hire a part-time manager, likely at $8 to $10 an hour, and to contract with someone to run promotions such as cooking demonstrations, a salsa festival, music and children’s events. The story identified Jonathan Clement as the market’s founder.
“We’re getting vendors in virtually all of the categories, so there should be quite a diversity.”
— Tracy Frisch, executive director of the Regional Farm & Food Project, in the Times Union
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