With the impact of the epidemic of pneumonia in Wuhan, farmers' bazaars are actively looking for a way out. Vice President of Xingda: do a good job in epidemic prevention and continue to open the market to support farmers.

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The epidemic of COVID-19 (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) affects people's consumption and eating habits. Farmers' bazaars sold directly by small farmers everywhere are facing the challenge of taking into account epidemic prevention and maintaining sales. Some farmers' bazaars do not close the market in order to take care of the livelihood of small farmers, but they take strict independent epidemic prevention, farmers wear masks, take body temperature, provide sterilized alcohol and dry cleaning hands, and some markets are temporarily closed for online ordering, combined with logistics, and so on. assist small farmers in sales. The current situation of the "upstream and downstream" bazaars throughout Taiwan provides a reference for consumers to choose and buy.

Huang Zhenwen, vice president of Xingda University, said that he should also support farmers (photo courtesy of Yang Wenren) in order to do a good job in epidemic prevention. Taipei Hope Plaza: buying food is the need of people's livelihood, and the market cannot be suspended for the sake of farmers.

Hope Square, which has more than 100 stalls a week and can be called the largest farmer's market in Taiwan, Zhang Limei, director of the supply and marketing department of the New Taipei City Farmers' Association, said that due to the impact of the epidemic in early February, the performance has dropped by 20%, but now it has stabilized. Although the epidemic command center issued a proposal to stop new activities, the market will not be suspended at present.

"if we're going to close the market, we don't have to do it in the vegetable market." Zhang Limei said that Hope Square is an important sales stronghold for farmers, and the suspension of operations at will will lead to a crisis in farmers' livelihood, but at the same time, it is also necessary to take good epidemic prevention measures. Zhang Limei explained that disinfection will be carried out the day before and after the market opens, and when confirming the attendance of farmers, they will ask if they have a fever, and take their temperature before the market opens. Once they have a fever, they will be asked to rest that week. At the same time, every farmer will be required to wear a mask throughout the process.

Taipei Shuihua Garden Organic Farmers Market: stop the market to seek green restaurants and logistics assistance, continue to sell vegetables

Huang Chun-Cheng, the market manager at the Shuihua Garden Organic Farmers' Market at Po Kwai Road, National Taiwan University, explains that the fair is located on the campus of National Taiwan University. In order to prevent epidemic, the market has been closed since March, and in order to help farmers, various green restaurants have been used to help sell. It will also help small farmers reduce transportation costs through flexible collection of goods.

"small farmers with a little production scale have the greatest impact." Huang Juncheng explained that the farmers in the market are mainly composed of part-time farmers, small farmers on a very small scale, and small farmers with a slight production scale. Among them, the output of part-time farmers and small-scale farmers is relatively small, and their output can be adjusted independently. However, small-scale farmers with a little production scale are professional farmers, and their income depends on the sale of agricultural products, so the suspension of the market is the hardest hit.

Water garden organic farmers' bazaar, farmers prevent epidemic on their own every week before the market is closed (photo courtesy of Lin Meihui)

Huang Juncheng said that at present, some farmers change to set up stalls in markets that have not yet been closed, or make an appointment with regular customers to deliver agricultural products face-to-face, while the bazaar helps farmers sell agricultural products through mediating green restaurants. However, he observed that in the past, green restaurants could buy directly from the market, purchasing a small amount of various agricultural products from multiple producers at one time, but now each agricultural product needs to be distributed by the place of origin, resulting in a big increase in freight costs. For example, a restaurant has an order for four pineapples. If it is sent from the origin, the transportation fee for each pineapple will be increased by 50 yuan, which will greatly reduce the willingness to purchase.

Huang Juncheng said that he had discussed with slightly larger organic agricultural companies and expected to solve the problem by "hitchhiking". In the future, the city rally will first integrate the order quantity of green restaurants and the number of items delivered by farmers, and ask farmers to deliver vegetables at the place of origin of agricultural companies every week. After the agricultural companies send their products to the big access road, they will send market stalls to the green restaurant on the way back. "Agricultural companies only charge delivery fees, and for farmers and restaurants, the pressure on freight is greatly reduced."

Hsinchu 13 good bazaar: closed for two weeks, changed to online shopping, the store continues to operate

Bazaar staff at the 13 good bazaars in the Hakka Cultural Park in Xinwawu, Hsinchu County, said that the epidemic has reduced the frequency of people going out, and the market performance has also decreased by 10%. Last week, the number of confirmed cases in China increased sharply, and the number of visitors halved. Next, the market will be closed for two weeks, and the bazaar will still help farmers sell agricultural products.

At present, the contact information of all farmers has been published on the fan page, allowing customers to buy directly from farmers, and then a form will be designed for online shopping, while the physical store in Xinwawu will operate normally, allowing customers to pick up and buy.

Dragonfly Green Bazaar in Hsinchu: the market will be closed for two weeks, and the goods will be ordered online and picked up at a fixed point.

Su Zhihong, one of the founders of the Bamboo Dragonfly Green Bazaar, located on the campus of Tsinghua University in the eastern district of Hsinchu City, explained that the Hsinchu municipal government had issued a proposal last week that a party of more than 10 people should be cancelled. Recently, the first confirmed case was reported at Tsinghua University. The case contacted a number of students, so that the school's vigilance is now heightened. At present, the market has decided to close the market for two weeks before follow-up observation.

Su Zhihong explained that the supporting measure for the suspension of the bazaar is the pick-up station, which will announce in advance what dishes are available on the bazaar website, and deliver the goods at Qingda Shuimu Shuiyuan and the new village business in the old city. "almost all the farmers in the market are small farmers, and their production flexibility is relatively high. They have gone through the days when there are more market workers than visitors, and there should be nothing else difficult for us."

Bamboo dragonfly green bazaar independent epidemic prevention (photo source _ bamboo dragonfly green bazaar) Hsinchu Xiangshan Green Bazaar: the city is not closed yet, the next step is being considered

Qiu Chen, a market manager at Xiangshan Green Bazaar, which is close to the bamboo dragonfly green market, said that since the opening of the market, the epidemic has led to an increase in the proportion of self-cooking, and market performance has continued to grow, but with the continuous increase in the number of confirmed cases, especially the first case recently reported by Tsinghua University, because it is impossible to predict the direction of the epidemic, we are considering supporting measures in case the market is closed.

"neither farmers nor visitors want to close the market." Qiu Chen explained that after the outbreak, the bazaar adopted independent management, all activities were cancelled, only on-site sales were left, farmers brought their own masks, and the proportion of cooked food on the spot was also reduced. even if there is cooked food, they are packed first to reduce exposure to air. most of the visitors are nearby residents who regularly come to the bazaar to purchase, and the bazaar is a part of life for farmers and visitors.

Qiu Chen said that in case the market is really closed, the next step may be to do online shopping, and the current assessment will encounter a freight problem, which may be solved by picking up goods at a fixed point like the Green Market, or by neighboring farmers to transport them together.

Taichung Xingda Organic Farmers Bazaar: the market should be opened for epidemic prevention to support farmers.

Huang Zhenwen, one of the sponsors of the Xingda Organic Farmers' Market, which has been established for more than 17 years, former dean of the School of Agriculture at Chung Hsing University and now vice president, says that it is the university's social responsibility to take care of farmers. It is better to do a more thorough epidemic prevention than to continue to open the market for farmers to sell.

Huang Zhenwen said that in the 17 years since the establishment of the bazaar, the bazaar has more than 15000 members, and more than 2200 loyal customers come to the bazaar every week to buy. For customers, the farmer's bazaar is an important purchasing place, and really shutting down the market will cause trouble. it will also make farmers lose their sales base.

"the farmers in the bazaar are more strict with each other than the managers." Huang Zhenwen said that since the end of January, even if the city adopts independent management, farmers will have to wear masks and tents to disinfect them. there are many places near the market to wash their hands, alcohol is placed at eight fixed points in the market, and the temperature of the student restaurant next to the market will be taken. The venue and toilet will be disinfected at the end of the week.

Huang Zhenwen said that there were visitors in the bazaar who were not at ease and sent their agricultural products for inspection on their own, while the test results made the visitors have a higher degree of trust in the Xingdanong market, and the management team, farmers, and consumers had a strong basis of mutual trust. The bazaar's responsibility is to do a good job of comprehensive epidemic prevention, so that visitors can purchase high-quality organic agricultural products. "No matter how tired we are in epidemic prevention, we will not be harder than farmers."