VERY "local" produce = the half fridge full of blackberries I picked in my own backyard, the past 2 days....have many quarts more to pick too! Then, it's Jam Time. This has been a good year for raspberries and blackberries - and little tree frogs, to judge by all the peeping I hear outside just now .

I'd like to know when someone will develop a central market building for downtown that is accessable 365 days a year for the farmers market and more - a downtown version of the Broadway Market.

Closing the Chippewa Market, and the other city-run markets (Black Rock, Elk, etc) was not because of any failure to "value quality of life", but because most of the local truck farms disappeared (the advent of supermarkets had at least as much impact). This is true of most cities; where places like Cheektowaga, Lancaster, Orchard Park, and Amherst were once nearly 100% produce farms, they are now paved and built suburban housing and strip malls.

Without farmers, farmers' markets cannot exist.

NorthBuf - Why dont you just head over to the Chippewa Market and... OH WAIT, that got torn down to create the wonderful M&T parking lot. Its amazing how little we value any quality of life in this city. Hopefully we are turning it around now.

Just found your site and love it! I was looking for info on Suzy Q's BBQ which we have driven by several times, internet pointed me here and I will be back. Thanks for the positive vibe.

NorthBuf-

Talk to Tim Tielman at the Campaign for Greater Buffalo.

He has been working on plans to bring a permanent market to downtown.

BTW, The NFTA bus barns would make a great market downtown.

And Balth,

Look at the things posted on this site. Can you really say we don't value the quality of life "in this city" ?

"Without farmers, farmers' markets cannot exist"

common sense that, most people seem to miss. Remeber that next time you or a friends buys a little piece of the american dream in a subdivision.

I think it was actually called the Washington Market, hence why the grocery store is named that even though it is not on Washington, it is a vestage to what used to be right in front of it.