Vienna Farmers Market Reopens On June 13

VIENNA, VA — The Vienna Farmers Market will open for the season on June 13 with coronavirus-related safety guidelines. It is open Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon at the Vienna Community Center.

Unlike in past years, the market asks customers to keep interactions to a minimum and avoid browsing at the market. Pre-orders are encouraged, although on-site purchases are allowed. Cash purchases aren't encouraged, and customers should swipe their own credit or debit cards.

One customer at a time will be allowed at a vendor tent while maintaining six feet of distance from others. Vendors must display products on a back table instead of a place where customers can touch them. On-site samples and food consumption isn't allowed; prepared foods can be packaged for takeout.

Customers must wear face masks, and all vendors must wear gloves and masks while at the market, and vendors should provide hand sanitizer for staff and customers. Market volunteers will monitor the market to ensure vendors and customers are practicing social distancing.

A map of the reconfigured market will be released at a later time.

The market will run Saturdays through October. The Optimist Club has listed 17 vendors and methods for preordering. All vendors are located within a 150-mile radius of Fairfax County.

Another farmers market, NOVA Central Farm Market, moved to Church of the Holy Comforter, 543 Beulah Road. Run by Central Farm Markets, it is open Sundays frm 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.