We’re updating the Market’s safety guidelines, effective this Sunday, May 31. Onsite sales will now be allowed. However, we continue to urge customers to preorder product from vendors. There are multiple advantages to this: it’s the safest way to buy food with minimal contact, it assures customers’ ability to obtain product in short supply, and it allows vendors to pre-select and reserve high quality product for their customers. Please scroll down for vendor contact information to preorder.

UPDATED MARKET SAFETY GUIDELINES

• All product will be prepackaged. Preordering of product is strongly encouraged, but product may be brought to market that has not been preordered, and purchases of prepackaged product may be made on site. Credit cards are strongly encouraged, but cash transactions will be allowed. Links to individual vendor sites to make it easy to preorder are listed at brightonfarmersmarket.org. Preordering is the safest way to purchase vendors’ products, because it assures customers’ ability to obtain product in short supply, and allows vendors to pre-select and reserve the best quality product for customers.

• SNAP and FMNP customers are welcome as always. Preordering is not required. SNAP customers will pay with their benefits cards at the Market booth (please have the dollar amount of items ordered and vendor names with you) and transactions will take place without tokens. FMNP customers will give coupons directly to vendors. No credit/debit tokens will be sold.

• The first hour on Market day (9-10) will be reserved for seniors and vulnerable individuals, and for customers who are picking up preordered product. One individual per family should attend where possible, and we ask that dogs stay home.

• All vendors and customers must wear face masks.

• Social distancing must be maintained — six feet between individuals. We will space tents as far apart as possible.

• Vendors will maintain safe spaces — surfaces wiped with disinfectant spray, and hand sanitizer will be available at every booth.

• Vendors should have safeguards in place to ensure that customers not touch product, and to ensure that customers do not place any personal objects, such as bags, money, purses or cell phones, on vendor tables. Customers and vendors must stay home if sick.

• These Market Rules will be attached and incorporated in the Brighton Farmers Market Health Safety Plan, a copy of which will be on the Market premises while the Market is open.