Farmers Sell Vegetables At Drive - Through Market
Farmers in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, have sold vegetables at a drive-through market as many stores remain closed due to the coronavirus epidemic.
Fourteen farmers gathered at a parking lot of the municipal office building in Chuo City on Sunday. Shoppers were waiting for the makeshift market to open at 10 a.m. They bought tomatoes, turnips and other vegetables.
One woman said she enjoyed buying bamboo shoots and zucchini as she is basically stuck at home.
Tsukada Joji, the head of a local farmers' market, says it's good to connect farmers with consumers. He says he hopes the outbreak will be contained as quickly as possible as vegetable shipments will peak soon.
