Tag: Clinton Bailey Farmers Market
tuesday october 9th 2007
The Clinton Bailey Farmers Market
It’s before dawn on a warm September morning. Farmers stand with boxes of colorful produce at their feet, lit by pools of bright light cast from the single bulbs that line the lengthy wooden shelter. Small trucks backed up to the structure with their doors flung wide, reveal rows and rows of produce; peaches in bushel baskets, racks of muskmelons, and cases of peppers.
It’s a typical Tuesday at the Niagara Frontier Grower’s Co-operative Market, most commonly referred to as the Clinton Bailey Farmers Market. Since 1931, farmers have traveled great distances to arrive in the early hours of the morning at the market, located in the heart of Buffalo’s industrial food district. The pre-dawn wholesale business used to be conducted six days a week, but in the last few decades the changes in farming and the decrease in demand for fresh produce has translated into a massive reduction in the number of farmers that buy, sell and trade at the market. They now make the trek to Buffal…
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monday july 9th 2007
Market on Your Calendar
Our recent trip to the Clinton-Bailey Market was like a trip back in time in more ways than one. The route we took reminded my husband of excursions he had taken with his family out to his Balla Nejné's (that's Hungarian for Aunt Balla) house which always included a stop at the market.
I think he could have found the market blind-folded, but colorful banners greeting guests in the Clinton-Bailey Community announced our destination. Plentiful and convenient parking encouraged us to fill up our bags.
A vibrant, noisy and aromatic scene unfolded as we reached the center of the gathered farmers and local merchants. Shoppers ranged from teens to parents toting active toddlers to older couples who had spent a lifetime in markets such as this - perhaps thousands of miles away from Buffalo. They carried decades of memories with them and one look in their eyes revealed their sto…
