Hopkinton Farmers Market An Essential Service Laura Davis

Hopkinton Farmers Market An Essential Service Laura Davis – Vendor Meeting 5/24/20

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Vendor Set Up The USDA Farmers Market is a "living laboratory, " dedicated to providing opportunities for farmers, ranchers, and small businesses to sell their products to those living in and visiting our Nation's capital. Farmers Market vendors are the heart and soul of the community. We miss ours dearly and know you do too! Check out this week's vendor spotlight! Grace’s Pastries, based in Herndon Virginia, has been in operation for almost 30 years and is the vendor with the longest standing at the market. This family business was birthed from a love for baking. Grace Banahene, a dedicated mother of four boys, contributes her success to her love for what she does. She contributes the growth of her business to her positive experience at the market. Grace believes that “either you do it good, or you don’t do it at all. ” The USDA Farmers Market is grateful to have vendors like Grace’s Pastries and would like thank Grace and her team for their years of service. Connecting with USDA Farmers Market Vendors. Although the opening of the market is delayed, we would love for you still have a way to contact your favorite vendors. Here is a link to containing that information as well as some markets our vendors are currently servicing: Vendor Information. pdf. Produce of the week: Strawberry. HOW TO. . . Grow: Strawberries are in season in spring and summer. They require full fun, rich soil, and adequate space. When planting, the roots should be covered with soil but do not cover the crown. Pick: Strawberries are ready to pick when they are deep red all over. In addition, the riper the strawberry, the sweeter it will smell. Strawberries that are not ripe will not have a strong scent. Prepare: Strawberr ies are favored for their versatility and taste. They add a boost of color and sweetness to any meal: tossed into cereal for breakfast, yogurt for a snack, spinach salad for lunch/dinner or even baked into strawberry desserts. Store: Don’t rinse strawberries prior to storage, as this can encourage bacteria or mold growth. Before storing, check berries for mold. Remove any berries with mold because it can spread to the other berries. Strawberries store in the refrigerator for up to 7 days. Keep refrigerated and dry until ready to serve. Easy Strawberry Vinaigrette Ingredients 8 ounces frozen strawberries 2 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons apple cider 12’ Trouble viewing this email? View it as a webpage.

Vendor Essentials Upon exiting your vehicle at the Common, until you return to your vehicle after break down, you must wear a mask. The market has purchased disposable masks for vendors if you do not have one. There will also be cloth masks for sale at the entrance tent that were made by Hopkinton residents. There are two charities that the proceeds are going to. $5 -10: Project Just Because (food pantry) and a Mental Health organization. Vendors will wear disposable gloves provided by the market after the opening bell. Wash hands once per hour and change to new gloves, we will have Med and Large. There will be a hand washing station with paper towels and garbage can for vendors. This is a homemade handwashing station and will serve us until the one we ordered arrives. The temp station is not touchless, so sanitize hands prior to applying gloves. Please bring your own bottle of sanitizer for your table. The visitors will have sanitizer available before entering the market, but we don’t have enough dispensers for the vendors. Please bring sanitizer wipes for use on your front table. The Board of Health has said we will have a portajon and was working with Parks & Recreation on instructions for cleaning and sanitizing during the market. It is possible that this will be for vendors only, but this needs to be confirmed. No samples allowed

Logistics for Vendors Set up in the past began at 11: 30, the market staff will arrive now at 11: 00 so that the barricade tape can be put in place, except for the side where unloading occurs. Please be set up NO LATER THAN 12: 45 pm so that the triangle can be completed with the barricade tape. If you are late, you will have to limbo under the tape and you will jeopardize the social distance rules. Please insure that you have a 3’x 6’ table for the front of your tent to enable distance from the customer. This is in addition to any tables that you need to store products under your tent. Use vinyl or plastic tablecloths that can be cleaned throughout the day or do without. No products will be placed on the front table that are unpackaged. Sanitize front table throughout the day. Market staff will be marking where your tent(s) should be positioned and will be marking where the customer will stand while ordering/paying or waiting. Please insure customers continue in the same direction through the market.

Vendor Logistics Many customers are wanting to pre-order, pay and just pick up at the market. We will post instructions for each vendor on our website. What is your plan? If customers bring reusable bags, you must hand them their purchases in a recyclable paper, compostable plastic, or single-use plastic bag and they must bag it themselves. Bring 2 receptables to place on front table for cash and for SNAP, we are asking customers for exact change only. A ball jar or plastic see - through container will be best. This is needed especially if you have only one person in your tent to supply product and take payments. If you have two people, one can handle payments and one can touch product. Sanitize payment system throughout the day. SNAP payments will be made by check the following week.

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General Procedures for Market Approved by BOH

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Town Common Set Up Barricade tape will be used to cordon off the triangle area. The tape will be wrapped around the trees and lamp posts to form a triangle enclosure. There will be a sign at the entrance: must wear mask, do not enter when sick, stand 6 ft apart, no reusable bags, don’t touch products: point, sanitize hands prior to entering the market Entrance and Exit is at the center of the Common where the sidewalks intersect. Visitors must enter and exit so that a count can be maintained. A FM Manager will be present at this point to count the number of people within the area at a given time. This tent will also assist SNAP customers. A second FM Manager will insure visitors are distancing and waiting in designated spots Area measures approximately 14, 000 sq ft/1000 sq ft * 10 or 15 ppl = 140 -210 max ppl including vendor staff. Vendors: Food only until state opens further businesses.

Social Distancing at the Market We will use chalk to draw lines on the Common sidewalk at the entrance of the market and down the walk should people have to wait to enter the market until we are below the max #. Inside the market we will use eco friendly water based paint to mark lines and circles, 6 ft apart for people to stand wait in front of vendor’s tents. Vendor 10 x 10’ tents will be set up at least 12 feet apart, except for those 3 vendors that see more traffic Perimeter of triangle is approximately 545’ / 22’ for each vendor = 24 max tents/vendors. All vendors will wear masks and gloves, there will be a hand wash station for vendors and visitors, there will be hand sanitizer at the wash station. Vendors will take online pre-paid orders when possible. Minimize the transfer of cash between customer and vendor but utilizing chip cards that can be inserted and removed by customer without the vendor handling their card. Each vendor will have a jar for the customer using snap coins to drop them in, so vendor does not need to handle them. At the end of the market, the market manager will count the coins by looking at the jar and then writing the vendor a check for reimbursement.

Preparedness Zoom training for vendors prior to opening Certify symptom free before each market and not been asked to isolate Don’t let customer touch products, discuss how to minimize contact with credit cards Person handling the money should not be handling products so two people will be needed Promote online ordering where available to customers, pick up at market Vendors should remove gloves, wash hands often. Purchase of masks, gloves, sanitizer for the vendors and market Signage: Entrance signage, barricade tape, 6 ft distance markers in front of vendors and at entrance waiting to enter. Order portajohn (Parks and Rec? ) Instructions for cleaning and sanitizing from BOH? Hand wash station for vendors or visitors is being researched. Police will be called if a visitor refuses to wear a mask or does not cooperate with the social distancing.