The next Rochester Historical Society meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 21 at 7:00 pm at the East Rochester Church/Museum, 355 County Road. The public is invited to hear another interesting piece of Rochester History. Refreshments will be served.
The Society will feature a presentation by Bob Sanderson, of Marion, co-founder of Jonathan’s Sprouts. As they celebrate the business’ 40th anniversary, he will present the history of the Rochester business from its beginnings in the Cervelli Barn on Vaughan Hill Road to an internationally known sprout-growing business. Bob and Barbara Sanderson founded the New England Sprout Growers Association in 1984 and helped create the International Sprout Growers Association in 1989. They have built an outstanding reputation throughout the country, as well as internationally, while maintaining jobs in the community and quality sprouts in the marketplace.