From the City of Auburn:

Join us for opening day at the Auburn Farmers Market at Les Gove Park. With approval from King County Public Health, the Auburn Farmers Market will be open Sunday, June 7^th, with farm fresh produce, fresh cut flowers, meat, cheese, honey, coffee beans, handmade masks, soap vendors, and prepared food to go.

Sundays, June 7 – September 20 | 10 am – 3 pm
Les Gove Park | 1140 Auburn Way S
www.auburnfarmersmarket.org

In response to COVID-19, Farmers Markets across the nation are making modifications to keep customers, vendors, staff, and volunteers safe.

Following is a list of some of the changes:

Self-Screening Health Checklist:

All staff, vendors and volunteers will be required to self-screen with a set list of health questions before they enter the Market.

Plan ahead for shopping

Customers are being encouraged to plan ahead and bring a shopping list for the Market. Following is a list of vendors and products that will be at the Market on Sunday, June 7:

Booth #	Vendor	Products
1	One Sharp Guy	Bring your tools and knives to be sharpened while you shop.
3 & 4	Bautista	Asparagus, garlic, onions, other produce
5 & 6	Ballesteros	Asparagus, bok choy, napa, garlic, onions, other Asian leaves, pumpkin leaves, snap peas, snow peas, zucchini
7 & 8	Cazares Farm	Apples, asparagus, cherries, lettuce, onion, radish
11 & 12	Yakima Valley Produce	Asparagus, bok choy, broccoli, cliantro, garlic, green onion, onion, potato, radish, romaine hearts, salad onion, spinach, summer squash, zucchini
14	Bees in the ‘Burbs Advertisement	Honey, candles, other honey made products
15	Sidhu Farms	Strawberries, jam, tomato starts, honey
16	King’s Mozzarella	Mozzarella cheese
17	Z Street Coffee Roasters	Roasted coffee beans made locally in Auburn
18	TB’s Smoked Cheese	Smoked cheddar, Gouda, habanero jack, pepper jack, provolone
19	Geek Girl Goods	Variety of garlic salts
21	Stina’s Cellars	2011 Syrah, 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon, 2012 Pinot Noir, 2013 Malbec, 2013 Petit Verdot, 2013 Semillon Ice,2016 Montage (red blend), 2016 Tempranillo
22	Donna Lee’s	Face masks
23	Full Moon Body Rising	Arnica with hemp topical creams, bath bombs, CBD in topical creams, creams for neuropathy, creams for plantar fascijtis, oils
24	De Nevea Design	Soaps & sanitizer
25	Dao Thao Garden	Greens, irises, peonies, other fresh cut flowers, sugar snap peas.
26	Bao Lor Garden	Greens, irises, peonies, other fresh cut flowers
27	Chou Valley Fresh	Delphiniums, irises, lupines, peonies, poppies, sweet williams
28	Dao Lee Garden	Greens, irises, peonies, other fresh cut flowers
29	Simply Kettle Corn	Kettle and caramel corn, roasted corn on the cob
30	#FOLLOWME	Banana Pudding, beef oxtails & macaroni and cheese, frozen lumpia, sweet potato pie
32 & 33	Mobile Mayan	Burrito bowl, fish tacos, macho burrito, meat quesadilla, multas, quesadilla, street tacos, tamales, torta, soda & water
34 & 35	Whistle Stop Concessions	Variety of sandwiches, chef and cobb salad, soup.chili, water, soda, lemonade, iced tea
36	The Bean Hut Espresso	Coffee drinks, energy spritzers, smoothie kit

Additionally, the Market has encouraged customers to try to send just one member of a household to pick up needed items if possible. (And, customers will need to leave your dogs at home this year – unless they have a service animal).

Mask Up

Vendors and staff are required to wear masks. In accordance with King County Public Health guidelines, the Market is strongly urging customers to wear a mask as well.

Market Layout – Go with the flow

The Market site is in a slightly different location, still at Les Gove Park, just off of 12th Street, slightly east from where it’s been the past few years.

There is just one entrance and exit to the market and a one-way flow of customers through the Market. Public Health is currently limiting the number of people inside of the market at a time. Because of this, customers may experience a bit of line to get in when they arrive at the Market. The waiting line outside the market will be clearly marked for physically distancing and clear signage will guide customers through both the waiting line and the Market.

Vendor stalls are spaced 10 feet apart and markings on the ground indicate six feet from each vendor booth to help guide physical distancing requirements. Park restrooms are still currently closed to the public, but there is hand sanitizer available at the entrance and exit along with a hand washing station in the Market.

Staff and vendors will be sanitizing high touch surfaces throughout the day as well as washing hands often.

SNAP & EBT

The Market will continue to accept EBT and will be matching those EBT funds with SNAP Market Match. The EBT booth will be the first booth upon entering the Market for customers using EBT to get their tokens and then shop.

For full details and other frequently asked questions related to the revised Market operations, please visit www.auburnfarmersmarket.org

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The above is an aggregated announcement from the City of Auburn. The Auburn Examiner has not independently verified its contents. We encourage our readers to personally verify any information they question or want more information on.