General COVID-19 Information:
Additional Information
SARS-Co-V-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19 illness) is a respiratory virus that spreads primarily through droplets during person-to-person contact. According to guidance from the CDC, the most important actions you can take to minimize the spread of the disease are the following:
- Physical distancing - maintain at least 6 feet between you and other people
- Don’t work / go out if you are sick - Know the symptoms like fever, cough, body aches, shortness of breath (see CDC)
- Handwashing - Wash your hands often for at least 20 seconds.
- Use good personal hygiene - sneeze into a tissue - cover your cough, and wash your hands after sneezing or coughing.
- Clean and sanitize - high-touch areas to minimize the spread via surfaces.
- Wear a mask/ facial covering- to prevent the spread of the virus, since you might not have symptoms.
Safety Requirements/ Information: for CSA
*Applies to Everyone Regardless of Vaccine Status*
- Hand sanitizer will be provided at every CSA pick-up. You are expected to use this on your own before touching any of the produce/coolers/ bags/ other items/ or structures at the CSA pick up site.
- For Saturday pick up, If you would like to see a vegetable that is underneath another, please ask me and I will rearrange them for you with a gloved hand to prevent excess touching of the produce.
- All produce requiring washing before pick up will be washed in accordance with Mass COVID-19 guidelines. Present research does not support that produce transmits COVID-19 but general food safety guidelines advise that all produce should be washed by the consumer before consumption.
- For all pick-ups: You are expected to wear a mask or nose/ mouth covering during your pick-up even though you are not inside a building like a grocery or retail store.
- All surfaces will be disinfected/ sanitized prior to (during the Saturday pick-up time) and after the pick-up time.
- If you arrive while someone else is picking up you are welcome to exit your car and approach the tent, but you should always observe at least 6-foot social distancing rules.
- For All Pick-Ups: If you are feeling sick, or any other symptoms- seasonal allergies aside- please do not pick your vegetables. Your health and the health of others in our community is of the greatest importance. Please either send someone else to pick up your vegetables or we can work out a delivery on an as needed basis.
Safety Requirements/ Information: for Farmer's Market
*Applies to Everyone Regardless of Vaccine Status*
- Hand sanitizer will be provided at the market upon entering the Skip's Place area. Customers are expected to use this before entering the Skip's Place area. Customers are expected to have Skip's Place staff bag their produce instead of the customer touching the produce to minimize produce handling/ cross contamination.
- All customers are expected to wear a mask or nose/mouth covering while in the Skip's Place area even though Farmer's Markets occur in an outdoor setting.
- All surfaces will be disinfected/ sanitized prior to, during and after the market.
- Everyone is expected to adhere to at least 6-foot social distancing rules within the Skip's Place area. 1 party should be in the Skip's Place area at a time. Other parties are expected to wait at an appropriate distance outside of the Skip's Place area until the current shopping party exits the area, at which time the next party may enter.
- Please follow the one-way traffic indicated throughout the Skip's Place area.
- Payment with card is encouraged to minimize cross contact. Cash will still be accepted. A square payment device is present at the Market.
- Market staff will use gloved hands for all interactions. Gloves will be changed when going from selecting produce to accepting payment and vice versa.
- If you are feeling sick, or any other symptoms- seasonal allergies aside- please do not got to the Farmer's Market or other public area. Your health and the health of others in our community is of the greatest importance. Please either send someone else to pick up your vegetables or we can work out a delivery on an as needed basis.
- Any other rules/ regulations set by the Farmer's Market will be strictly adhered to.
Farm Practices
Skip's Place presently operates on shared Farmland with several other farms. The facilities such as the greenhouses, cooler space, and tools are also shared. Measures have been and are being taken to insure social distancing and sanitization practices and standard operating procedures are maintained to prevent cross contamination between farms.
-Only 2 farms are allowed to be using the greenhouse space and wash station at the same time. Farms are expected to sign up ahead of time so a record exists for contact tracing.
-Sanitization SOP's are followed for all shared equipment before and after use.
-OMRI approved cleaners and sanitizers are used.
-Masks are worn while inside all structures whether this a a barn/ greenhouse/ cooler space. Masks are worn in field when activities do not allow for social distancing.
COVID-19 Resources
All Things CDC Coronavirus
Mask wearing/ type/ care Guideline
Guide to Hand Sanitzer
Stress and Coping in the time of COVID-19
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