We take the health and safety of our community very seriously, and have set up a coronavirus subcommittee within our regular core group, who have hammered out precautions we’re implementing for weekly distributions:
- Revamping the flow of people in the physical space during distributions (i.e. handing shares to members at the front garden gate instead of on the back patio, no members allowed into the garden except those specifically signed up to work that particular distribution, marking 6-foot intervals along the stretch where members will line up outside the garden)
- Compensating farmer Ted for the cost of individually boxing all veggie shares, so that members don’t have to pick produce out of shared bins, and so that no packing materials have to be delivered back up to the farm (reducing the risk of potentially exposing farmer Ted and his staff)
- Reducing the # of volunteers working each shift so that there are less hands/bodies handling boxes and materials
- Purchasing masks and gloves which all working members must wear throughout their shifts
- Requesting that all people coming to distributions wear masks at all times
- Implementing set-up and clean-up procedures that include wiping and disinfecting all surfaces at start/end/throughout distribution shifts
- Providing hand sanitizer for members as they wait to pick up their shares
Do not hesitate to email us with any suggestions as to how we could make distributions safer and/or more efficient moving forward, especially if you’re able to step up to actually help us make changes happen. We need and appreciate everyone’s participation in making sure we all stay safe until this pandemic subsides.
