The BC Association of Farmers Markets (BCAFM) has announced it will move to an online model to continue providing consumers with locally grown and prepared food products during the COVID-19 pandemic.
B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 important to support your community and each other during this time of uncertainty, and a virtual shopping trip to a farmers market is an easy way to get the groceries on your list and to buy BC, while ensuring physical distancing measures are being followed,B次元官网网址� said Lana Popham, minister of agriculture.
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The 145 BCAFM member farmersB次元官网网址� markets operating in British Columbia play a key role in many communitiesB次元官网网址� food supply and support the livelihood of many farmers and their families. These markets are eligible to receive funding to help transition to an online market platform, which will enable them to continue selling their food products to customers in their communities.
B次元官网网址淭he critical importance and resiliency of local food and farmers has never been clearer than now, and B.C. farmers markets are an essential retail sales channel for British Columbians to access local food and sustain the livelihoods of thousands of farmers and food processors across our province,B次元官网网址� said Heather OB次元官网网址橦ara, executive director for BCAFM.
B次元官网网址漁ur member farmers markets continue to modify their operations to ensure the health and safety of customers, vendors and market organizers alike, and in further response to COVID-19, our new BC FarmersB次元官网网址� Markets Online platform will offer a new shopping channel for the peak farmers market season this summer.B次元官网网址�
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British Columbians are encouraged to see which of their local markets have launched online operations in the weeks and months ahead by visiting this .
The B.C. government is also providing $55,000 to the BCAFM to cover fees for individual farmers markets joining the online platform and to set up their digital market store presence. Each participating farmers market will create its own virtual market store to best serve its communities.
