Photos: Community Food Bank hosts Drive-up Farmer's Market
The weekly afternoon Santa Cruz Farmer's Market was suspended in March due to the coronavirus. The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona has been hosting a Santa Cruz River Drive-up Farmer's Market on Thursday mornings from 8:00a.m. to 10:00a.m. on a dirt lot just north of the MSA Annex. Customers stay in their cars and their order is brought to them.
Santa Cruz River Drive-up Farmer's Market
Andreas Anderson, community foods coordinator, places an order in the trunk of a customer's car during the Santa Cruz River Drive-up Farmer's Market by the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona near the Mercado District on July 16, 2020.
Santa Cruz River Drive-up Farmer's Market
Victor Ceballos, garden education coordinator, says he loves to chat with customers as they wait to place an order for produce during the Santa Cruz River Drive-up Farmer's Market by the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona near the Mercado District on July 16, 2020.
Santa Cruz River Drive-up Farmer's Market
Rick Rosenberg plays "It's You I Like" by Mr. Rogers on his ukulele as he waits to place an order for produce during the Santa Cruz River Drive-up Farmer's Market by the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona near the Mercado District on July 16, 2020.
Santa Cruz River Drive-up Farmer's Market
Andreas Anderson, community foods coordinator, hands a bag of produce through a customer's car window during the Santa Cruz River Drive-up Farmer's Market by the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona near the Mercado District on July 16, 2020.
Santa Cruz River Drive-up Farmer's Market
Andreas Anderson, community foods coordinator, erases tomatos from the white board after running out of them to sell during the Santa Cruz River Drive-up Farmer's Market by the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona near the Mercado District on July 16, 2020.
Santa Cruz River Drive-up Farmer's Market
Andreas Anderson, right, community foods coordinator, takes an order from a customer during the Santa Cruz River Drive-up Farmer's Market by the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona near the Mercado District on July 16, 2020.
Santa Cruz River Drive-up Farmer's Market
Cora Varas, a volunteer, double checks the order with a customer during the Santa Cruz River Drive-up Farmer's Market by the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona near the Mercado District on July 16, 2020.
Santa Cruz River Drive-up Farmer's Market
Cora Varas, a volunteer, works on fulfilling a customer's order and then bringing it to their car during the Santa Cruz River Drive-up Farmer's Market by the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona near the Mercado District on July 16, 2020.
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