Ed Fraser, owner of Fraser’s Garlic Farm in Churchville and president of the Highland Park Farmers Market Association, shows a customer a Long Island Cheese Pumpkin. Ed is also an expert with garlic and enjoys teaching people how to grow, harvest, store and use garlic. In its second year, the Highland Park Farmers Market Association, a local farmer-led initiative, is running the Highland Park Winter Farmers Market.
Ed Fraser, owner of Fraser’s Garlic Farm in Churchville, is the president of the group. According to Del Ippolito, the Market Manager, the Highland Park Winter Farmers Market is an opportunity for local farmers to sell their crops during the winter and provide some of the finest food available in the greater Rochester region.
John Bolton, owner of Bolton Farms, a hydroponic greenhouse facility in Hilton, bundles spicy micro greens for a customer at his Highland Park Winter Farmers Market booth. His product line also includes fancy lettuces, herbs, greens, chards, green beans and heirloom tomatoes.
John Bolton, who owns Bolton Farms, a hydroponic greenhouse facility in Hilton, said his product line is picked the morning of the market.
The market has been held weekly from this past November and runs through May 2, 2012 on Wednesdays from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Cornell Cooperative Extension Building, 249 Highland Avenue, Rocheser.
