Why Farmers Markets Are The Healthy Way To Shop

The Richmond Good Food Market, based in Richmond NSW meets all the requirements plus more! They have ensured that there is enough room between all vendors for their vendors safety as well as enough room for everyone who attends the event to remain 1.5m apart at all times. The event has also made the decision to remove all tables and chairs from food areas to help limit the amount of time spent there by patrons.

The hygiene of this event is without a doubt impeccable! Fresh air farmers markets are becoming the new way to shop with no recirculated air and more than enough room to move around. With stallholders having sanitiser available for themselves and customers, as well as being within 5 meters of a full government regulated hand washing station at all times.

A good stream of regular customers snapped up the fresh produce on Saturday Morning raving to stallholders and event organisers about how much safer they feel about shopping in an open air environment apposed to indoors. 

Most stallholders are now offering a home-delivery option which is a solution to the COVID-19 virus situation in which we are facing now. 

Now more than ever people are being urged to support small businesses and shop local where they can get everything they need in a safer, more secure environment. It is very important to support local businesses, farmers and producers. These are the people who will keep the economy going in the future. 

Unlike when shopping in a supermarket where you have to squeeze past people in an aisle, at a farmers market you have more than enough room to move around while still maintaining a reasonable amount of personal space around you. You also have the advantage of knowing that only A small mount of people have touched what you're buying, apposed to a supermarket where lots of people have touched, handled, and felt the products you are about to purchase. 

We still advise that all shoppers wash their fresh produce before consumption when they can. 

A number of vendors are offering a home delivery service to those who don't feel safe leaving the house or who are voluntarily self isolating.  If there is any vendor who is not offering home delivery, you can reach out and we can organise some delivery for you.  

The Richmond Good Food Market online shopping platform is under construction and will be live very soon so you can do all your weekly shopping form the comfort of your own home.