Indiana Farmers Making Safety Changes for Summer Markets

Indiana Farmers Making Safety Changes for Summer Markets

Good luck and vegetables some indiana farmers -- will still be selling fresh fruits and vegetables at summer markets -- however -- some major changes will come with the farmers market.

44news reporter marisa patwa is in evansville with the details.

Farmers markets later than usual this summer the delay is being blamed on concerns about crowd sizes-- this vegetable farmer of thirty years sanitation is always a priority extra safety regulations.

"we'll only have one person at the stand at a time.

We have to sanitize our hands between each customer."

Another new rule?

If you touch it you buy it.

"there are other people that like to come out and touch and smell and that's going to be a no-no."

Other farmers waiting for their regular markets to open trying new ways to sustain revenue by going online.

"the evansville market wagon online is one location for statewide service.

So it operates like a farmers market but online.

So people can sign in, register, order from lots of different farmers.

And then it's delivered to their house."

An essential way to recoup losses for some farmers hit hard by the pandemic.

"when the restaurants were shut down -- we were done as far as restaurant sales."

And customers -- eager to buy fresh produce again.

"people were just very happy to see that we're going ahead with our scheduled season."

The warrick county farmers market kicks off at the end of june with the newburgh farmer's market starting the beginning of july.

Reporting from evansville, marisa patwa 44news