https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/13/bay-areas-farmers-markets-who-is-open-who-is-not-during-coronavirus-outbreak/

The Bay Area’s open-air farmers markets are consulting with public health officials about the coronavirus situation and deciding on a case-by-case basis whether to open to customers this weekend. Many certified operations want to remain a valuable source of fresh vegetables and fruit during this current crisis, so they’ll keep their usual Saturday or Sunday hours — with precautions.

“Purchasing fresh food is a non-optional activity that should not be made scarce,” Ron Pardini, executive director of the Urban Village Farmers Market Association, said in a statement Friday. “Closing CFM’s (certified farmers markets) would only redirect a vast number of our customers toward online, or enclosed-space grocery stores, over-burdening those spaces, and further hurting the local economy of Northern Californian food sheds.”