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Rochester, NY Area Farmers Markets --------
Rochester Public Market
(Rochester, New York)
(This listing was last updated on Jan 10, 2007)
(year round)
280 North Union Street Tuesday & Thursday, 6:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Saturday, 5:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
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E. Rochester Farmers Market
47 Milrace Drive
E. Rochester, NY 14445
(716) 387-9147
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Foodlink Farmers Market
936 Exchange St.
Rochester, NY 14608
(585) 328-3380
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Greece Ridge Center Farmers Market
271 Greece Ridge Center Dr.
Rochester, NY 14626
(585) 225-1140
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Rochester Public Market
400 Dewey Ave.
Rochester, NY 14613
(585) 428-6866
Jim Farr
Rochester Public Market
280 N. Union St.
Rochester, NY 14609
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Irondequiot Farmers Market
1280 Titus Ave.
Rochester, NY 14617
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The Marketplace/Pittsford Plaza
One Miracle Mile Dr.
Rochester, NY 14623
(585) 424-6220
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The information below is from Wikipedia.
APPLES New York ranks 2nd nationally with receipts worth about $185 million in 2005. Three general areas produce most of the apples: along the southern Lake Ontario shore, along the Hudson Valley, and along the upper Lake Champlain Valley. New York’s leading varieties are McIntosh, Empire, Rome, Idared, and Red Delicious.
GRAPES Wine and juice grape production place New York 3rd behind California and Washington. The crop was worth $34.3 million in 2005. Three-fourths of the production was for juice and one-fourth went into wines. The four major producing areas are Lake Erie area, the Finger Lakes, the Hudson Valley and the eastern end of Long Island.
TART CHERRIES Production in New York ranks 4th in the Nation. Production in 2005 totaled 7.5 million pounds with a value of $3.24 million.
PEARS Production ranked 4th in the nation with 8,500 tons and had a value of $4.09 million.
STRAWBERRIES Strawberries are the 3rd most valuable fruit in New York and places New York 7th in national production. Growers harvested 5.20 million pounds in 2005. The crop returned $8.06 million to growers.
VEGETABLES The value of vegetables in 2005 totaled $461 million. Fresh Market vegetables rank 6th and Processing vegetables are 7th among all states. Leading crops in New York are cabbage, sweet corn and onions.
CABBAGE The nation’s 2nd largest producer, cabbage is principally grown south of Lake Ontario at Monroe, Genesee, Orleans, Ontario and Niagara counties. New York cabbage is typically stored for sale as fresh during winter months. Value of the fresh market crop in 2005 totaled $67.3 million.
SWEET CORN Produced statewide, sweet corn had a value of $69.9 million. Concentrations are found in the Lower Hudson Valley and around the Genesee Valley. The 2005 fresh market crop worth $60.5 million, placed 4th nationally and the processing crop valued at $9.34 million ranked 5th.
ONIONS An important crop with receipts of $49.0 million in 2005. Onions are grown in New York’s muck soils in Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Madison and Wayne counties. The state ranked 6th in production for 2005 with 301 million pounds.
SNAP BEANS Grown in the Central and Western regions for fresh and processing. The 2005 crop was valued at $35.8 million. Fresh production accounted for 59 percent of the total and puts New York 5th across the nation. Processing sales of $12.8 million rank New York 2nd..
OTHER VEGETABLES Tomatoes: $21.5 million, 13th nationally Pumpkins: $21.9 million, 6th nationally Cucumbers: $15.3 million, 5th nationally Squash: $29.1 million, 5th nationally Green Peas for Processing: $11.4 million, 4th nationally Cauliflower: $3.35 million, 3rd nationally
FIELD CROPS New York produces a variety of field crops largely in support of it’s dairy industry. Corn, oats and wheat are most widely grown with soybeans steadily increasing in importance. New York ranks 3rd in corn silage, valued at $227 million. Production of grain corn ranked 19th with a value of $117 million. Soybean production was valued at $43.5 million. The state placed 10th in oat production, 32nd in wheat and 24th for soybeans. Hay production put New York 22nd and was valued at $282 million in 2005. Most hay is used on farms and its value is realized through sale of milk and livestock. Fall potatoes reached a value of $40.3 million in 2005 and made New York the 11th leading producer.
MAPLE SYRUP At $7.04 million, New York ranks 2nd behind Vermont in value but was 3rd with 245,000 gallons produced behind Vermont and Maine in 2005.
New York State is an agricultural leader, ranking within the top five states for agricultural products including dairy, apples, cherries, cabbages, potatoes, onions, maple syrup and many others. The state is the largest producer of cabbage in the U.S. The state has about a quarter of its land in farms and produced US$3.4 billion in agricultural products in 2001. The south shore of Lake Ontario provides the right mix of soils and microclimate for many apple, cherry, plum, pear and peach orchards. Apples are also grown in the Hudson Valley and near Lake Champlain. The south shore of Lake Erie and the southern Finger Lakes hillsides have many vineyards. New York is the nation's third-largest grape-producing state, behind California, and second largest wine producer by volume. In 2004, New York's wine and grape industry brought US$6 billion into the state economy. The state has 30,000 acres (120 km²) of vineyards, 212 wineries, and produced 200 million bottles of wine in 2004.
