Farmers markets open with an eye toward safe sales

Faced with an unheard-of pandemic, market managers and farmers market boards in cities and small, rural communities started rethinking how they could open their spring markets while keeping producers and customers safe — many with the help of University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension agents. Before much of the rest of the state even thought about returning to work, market vendors were creating ways to be “healthy at work” to keep their customers supplied with fresh produce, dairy and meat products.