When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Ottawa in early spring, the vendors at Ottawa’s many farmers markets scrambled to find new ways to get their product to customers. Andy Lofthouse, the Edinburgh-born owner of Purebread Bakery, found his pivot online. Using …
When markets don’t feel safe anymore Local farmers, Colin Samuels and Kumiko Watanabe, have been working hard to develop alternative pandemic revenue streams to cope with the coronavirus pandemic as they avoid Ottawa farmer markets. In June, the owners of …