Downtown Peterborough Saturday Farmers’ Market Adapts To New COVID Measures

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The Peterborough Regional Farmers’ Market (PRFM) is adapting its operations to conform with the newly introduced provincial requirements and the advice from Peterborough Public Health. 

Effective Saturday, January 2nd, 2021, the Market will strengthen measures designed to help ensure the safety of customers, vendors and volunteers, while continuing to support and promote verified local farmers and food suppliers.  

“We continue to adhere to the direction of the province and our local Heath Unit”, says Reem Ali, Chair of the PRFM Steering Committee. “We encourage all of our customers to respect social distancing and are introducing additional features to help achieve that objective.”

Under the new provincial requirements, supermarkets, convenience stores and indoor farmer’s markets are open for in-person shopping at 50 percent capacity. 

For the Downtown Saturday Market, located at Peterborough Square, this means the maximum customer capacity inside the market at any one time is 100 people. Customers lining up inside the market at a vendor, or outside the market at the entrance, must maintain a physical distance of at least two metres.

In addition to strengthening measures to facilitate physical distancing, the Market is encouraging customers to consider how they can assist, such as:

-        Limiting the number of shoppers to one person per family;

-        Placing pre-orders with vendors for simple pick-up; and

-        Shopping for others who may be isolated.

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