TORONTO: The City of Toronto announced the St. Lawrence Market Saturday Farmers Market will resume full operations so it can provide essential food retail to residents.
The St. Lawrence Market Complex is a public food market that provides fresh and prepared foods to local residents.
The Market believes in the importance of local food systems and is committed to providing food access.
The City of Toronto has reviewed the Province of Ontario’s COVID-19 response framework for areas in Grey – Lockdown as it applies to the Saturday-only Farmers Market.
The Farmers Market has long been a weekly aspect of the permanent indoor St. Lawrence Market, which is permitted to be open under the regulations as it is essential food retail.
This allows the Saturday Farmers Market to operate indoors with COVID-19 precautions in place. St. Lawrence Market works closely with Toronto Public Health who have guidance for the safe operation of indoor Farmer’s Market.
The provision of fresh food to the community also has positive health benefits, especially during the circumstances of Lockdown.
During the COVID-19 health emergency the St. Lawrence Market Complex has implemented extensive precautions to keep all customers, merchants, farmers and vendors safe and help stop the spread of COVID-19. Precautions include strict line management, including while outdoors in lines, mandatory use of masks in all areas of the St. Lawrence Market Complex, enhanced sanitization, appropriate physical distancing, entrance management and continuously monitored capacity management at all times in all Market buildings.
The Farmers Market will be open from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. The South (main) Market building at 91 to 95 Front Street East has remained open during the COVID-19 health emergency and is open Tuesday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For further information about the St. Lawrence Market Complex, including operations during the COVID-19 health emergency, please visit http://www.stlawrencemarket.com, or connect on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/StLawrenceMarket, Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/StLawrenceMk