UPDATED COVID-19 MARKET PROTOCOLS August 5, 2021
By order of the Humboldt County Health Officer, as of Saturday August 7, 2021 a mask mandate has been issued and facial covering will be required for everyone regardless of vaccination status in all public settings - indoors, as well as outdoor, crowded public settings and public events. NCGA has an obligation to comply with this requirement in order to keep our farmers’ markets open. The farmers’ markets are crowded and it is not possible to ensure 6 feet of distance between each person.
All NCGA vendors, as well as customers, are once again required to wear an appropriate facial covering at all NCGA farmers’ markets effective 8-7-2021.
The current situation in Humboldt is the worst we have seen since the start of the pandemic with the highest number of cases and also the highest number of hospitalizations. We are taking this situation seriously and our primary goal is to keep the farmers’ markets open and safe so that you can continue to provide food to those in need. With the highway closures due to wildfire on both Highway 36 and 299, we are at a critical moment and need to ensure our community can continue to access local food.
The NCGA board of directors and staff have also made the difficult decision to cancel all live music effective immediately.
It is extremely important that if you or any of your staff are feeling sick (any cold or flu-like symptoms), that you do not come to the market or handle any produce. We encourage you to add another NCGA member, as a Second Producer on your CPC so that if you do fall ill you can easily send your products to market with that vendor. You are allowed to sell for up to 2 other vendors at a time. Please call the Humboldt County Agriculture Department if you need to add someone as a Second Producer to your Certified Producer Certificate.
Following increased public health protocols, we are committed to taking the additional steps necessary to do our part to slow the spread of CoronaVirus and Covid-19.
Please note that we may see additional safety protocols required soon as things develop.
We require that vendors who attend the market commit to the following:
NCGA is taking the following public safety measures:
By order of the Humboldt County Health Officer, as of Saturday August 7, 2021 a mask mandate has been issued and facial covering will be required for everyone regardless of vaccination status in all public settings - indoors, as well as outdoor, crowded public settings and public events. NCGA has an obligation to comply with this requirement in order to keep our farmers’ markets open. The farmers’ markets are crowded and it is not possible to ensure 6 feet of distance between each person.
All NCGA vendors, as well as customers, are once again required to wear an appropriate facial covering at all NCGA farmers’ markets effective 8-7-2021.
The current situation in Humboldt is the worst we have seen since the start of the pandemic with the highest number of cases and also the highest number of hospitalizations. We are taking this situation seriously and our primary goal is to keep the farmers’ markets open and safe so that you can continue to provide food to those in need. With the highway closures due to wildfire on both Highway 36 and 299, we are at a critical moment and need to ensure our community can continue to access local food.
The NCGA board of directors and staff have also made the difficult decision to cancel all live music effective immediately.
It is extremely important that if you or any of your staff are feeling sick (any cold or flu-like symptoms), that you do not come to the market or handle any produce. We encourage you to add another NCGA member, as a Second Producer on your CPC so that if you do fall ill you can easily send your products to market with that vendor. You are allowed to sell for up to 2 other vendors at a time. Please call the Humboldt County Agriculture Department if you need to add someone as a Second Producer to your Certified Producer Certificate.
Following increased public health protocols, we are committed to taking the additional steps necessary to do our part to slow the spread of CoronaVirus and Covid-19.
Please note that we may see additional safety protocols required soon as things develop.
We require that vendors who attend the market commit to the following:
- Wear an appropriate facial covering while at the market. Vendors are welcome to refuse service to customers not wearing facial coverings.
- Practice good hand hygiene.
- Consider adding a hand-washing station to your booth (required for prepared food vendors).
- Practice social distancing and communicate social distancing protocols with customers at the market. Help to maintain 6 feet between customers within your booth space (except those who are family members/share a household).
- Consider arranging your booth to encourage distance and direct the flow of customers. Add signage as needed.
- Consider displaying a sign at the beginning of your line across the sidewalk in the grass that lists everything you have available so shoppers are prepared when they enter your booth.
- Inform the Market Manager/Assistant Manager of unsafe situations requiring immediate attention.
NCGA is taking the following public safety measures:
- Posting masking and social distance signage, and clearly marking where vendor lines begin
- Limiting foot traffic to one way flow around the Plaza
- Continuing to provide additional hand washing stations at the market
- Continuing to provide masks, hand sanitizer and gloves at the info booth
- Communicating with the public
