One of Victoria’s largest weekly summer farmer’s markets is back for its 29th year at a new and expanded location to help vendors and customers practice proper physical distancing.
As of Saturday, April 18th, Moss Street Market has moved from their traditional location on the Sir James Douglas school grounds and Moss Street and Thurlow Road boulevards.
With permission from the City of Victoria, organizers have moved the Saturday farmer’s market temporarily to Porter Park and Brooke Street Park in Fairfield.
According to a statement from organizers, the move was made due to farmer spring harvests increasing and more customers anticipated in the coming weeks.
The market will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on April 25th and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on every Saturday in May.
Farmers markets have been deemed an essential service by the BC CDC and can remain open as long as they only allow vendors selling farm produce like fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs, frozen meats, edible plants and seedlings, prepared foods, non-alcoholic beverages, and liquor.
To ensure compliance with public health orders during the COVID-19 pandemic, Moss Street Market has issued a number of rules and measures, like marking vendor queues with two metre separations, banning food sampling, enhanced cleaning, and more.
Customers attending Moss Street Market this year are asked to make their trips shorter, not eat or drink on site, and, where possible, send only one person from the household to the market.
For those who cannot or don’t want to attend the market in person, organizers have set up an online store at localline.ca/moss-street-market and an Online Order Pickup Tent.
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