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Vancouver Farmers Market rebounding from pandemic’s blow

Executive director: ‘We’re very grateful’ for community support

By Will Campbell, Columbian Associate Editor
Published: October 9, 2021, 6:03am
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Mostly masked guests crowd the streets at the Vancouver Farmers Market on Sept. 4 in downtown Vancouver. After <a href="https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/oct/29/vancouver-farmers-market-sets-record/">its most popular year in 2019, when an estimated 420,000 people visited the market</a>, it had in 2020 a major dropoff due to the pandemic and its restrictions, but the 2021 season has had about 170,000 shoppers visit so far this year.
Mostly masked guests crowd the streets at the Vancouver Farmers Market on Sept. 4 in downtown Vancouver. After its most popular year in 2019, when an estimated 420,000 people visited the market, it had in 2020 a major dropoff due to the pandemic and its restrictions, but the 2021 season has had about 170,000 shoppers visit so far this year. (The Columbian file photos) Photo Gallery

As the Vancouver Farmers Market gets ready to wrap up its regular season and heads into its Fall Farmers Market, things appear to be bouncing back from the pandemic’s blow to one of the city’s biggest attractions.

After its most popular year in 2019, when an estimated 420,000 people visited the market, the 2020 market experienced a major dropoff due to the pandemic and its restrictions.

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