Happening This Saturday

The Hudson Farmers' Market returns to its outdoor location at Sixth and Columbia streets this Satuurday. In preparation for that, the Department of Public Works has painted the carrots on the street, marking the way to the market.

Photo: Hudson Farmers' Market | Facebook

The carrots are a tradition almost as old as the market itself. An allusion to the old carrot and stick metaphor, the carrots, meant to entice and guide people to the Hudson Farmers' Market, were the brainchild of my dear departed friend Norman Posner.

Norman Posner

With Milt Meisner, Posner established the market in 1997 to support small farms and start-ups that had no other outlets to sell their produce. The carrot idea came a year or so after HFM got started, and DPW has been faithfully painting the bright orange root vegetables on the pavement every year since, in preparation for the market's spring return to its outdoor location.

This year, the opening of the outdoor market coincides with the second anniversary of Posner's death on April 18, 2024.

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