The Salt Spring Community Market Society is launching the Essential Services Farmers’ Market after consultations with various stakeholders including the local CRD Emergency Program.
The Salt Spring Tuesday Market will open on April 28 from 2-6pm in Centennial Park.
PLEASE REMEMBER: SHOP, DON’T STOP!
We are happy to have the following vendors coming into town to give you easy access to their products.
| Foxglove Farm | Fruits/Vegetables |
| Salt Spring Island Sprouts and Mushrooms | Sprouts, Microgreens and Mushrooms |
| The Backwoods Farm | Vegetables and fruit |
| Duck Creek Farm | Vegetables, fruit, preserves, garlic salt |
| Salt Spring Island Comfort Foods Company | Cookies, Candy items |
| Peace Organics | Vegan, Gluten free baking |
| Kutatás Wines | Wines produced from Salt Spring Island and North Saanich grapes. |
| Armand Heights | Eggs |
The Market encourages all shoppers to:
- STAY HOME if you are sick.
- BE PATIENT. Only one customer in a booth at a time.
- respect social distancing by using the guidelines marked on the ground.
- only come as a single shopper from your household
- this is not a social gathering, please do not linger or use the playground.
- practice excellent hygiene.
- do not touch anything before talking with the vendor.
- PRE-ARRANGE/PRE-PAY ORDERS if you can.
We have modified shopping procedures at the market to be safe and comply with social distancing and public health protocols. The Market is operating with safety as our top priority and with the support of the BC Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Agriculture, BC Association of Farmers Markets and Vancouver Island Health Authority.
More information on how the agriculture community is responding to COVID-19 can be found here: http://plantofarm.org/covid-19/
The Essential Services Farmers Market will provide direct access to food grown and made on Salt Spring, strengthening our food security and providing a direct link between food producers and Salt Spring residents. The market will have strict physical distancing and hygiene measures in place to meet the Provincial Health Officers’ requirements.
The Province has designated farmers markets as an essential service, but has limited them to food and beverage sales, with specific restrictions. They are a place to access food, not for groups to gather.
The Market Society has also developed an online food hub for market vendors to safely sell their produce directly to Salt Spring residents. Island growers are now learning the new platform and placing their products in the new virtual storefront. The site is beginning to attract a lot of traffic looking for additional ways to access fresh, island grown produce and is growing every day. The site will hopefully make it easy for shoppers to pay for their produce online, and pick it up on Tuesdays.