“The markets almost always get busier as the weather gets warmer, so with the weather consistently in the high teens or 20s, we’re really noticing that trend more these days,” said market administrator Emily Shapiera.
“Soon, we’ll see more cottagers as well, as the weather gets hotter. As more people go back to working in person downtown, we’re hoping to see more of the lunch crew come to grab to-go food,” she added.Steve Dobbs, owner of Dobbs Family Farm in Lindsay, Ont., sells seedlings this time of year and said that since the pandemic began he has noticed more people are interested in growing their own produce.
“Everyone is watching the price of stuff in the stores going up and still can probably go up as gas prices go up,” he said. “More and more people are growing the lettuces and the cucumbers and things like that so they can supplement what they have to buy from the stores.”