The Fort Wayne Farmer's Market moving outdoors Saturday - Fort Wayne's NBC

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Fort Wayne's NBC) - Instead of holding the Fort Wayne Farmer's Market indoors at Parkview Field's event space, organizers are moving the vendors outdoors and spreading them out along the concourse for the next three weeks. 

Organizers said shoppers can peruse the vendor stalls in the open-air concourse inside the ballpark. They hope this will provide ample spacing for the vendors and the public to move about freely while taking in the sites so many have missed at the ballpark.  

You'll also find food trucks on the streets outside and food vendors on the concourse as well. 

“We’re excited to see the expansion of this new modified market and welcome everyone for our exciting and growing eighth season,” said Leigh Rowan, Developer of the market and owner of Big Brick House Bakery & Pasta. 

“We couldn't be more thrilled to be given an opportunity by Parkview Field to utilize an additional area. Because of the growing Fort Wayne food community, we are pulling in more vendors and they are bringing more diverse products for our customers. With the increase of the market’s expense, we are asking visiting patrons to please make a free-will donation at the entrance gate to support the farm market”  

Items available at the market range from local produce and meats, spices, sweets and sauces, body products, baked goods, coffees and teas, honey, jams, syrups, pasta, artisan crafts, and more. 

All items are produced no greater than a 100-mile radius of Fort Wayne.

You can visit the upcoming markets on Saturday, May 16, May 23, and May 30 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Parkview Field. 

You're asked to enter through the gate at the corner of Webster and Douglas. 

Here are some precautions organizers put in place: 

• Customers will enter through the gate at Webster and Douglas
• Customers will exit through the main gate, located at Ewing and Brackenridge
• Vendors will be spaced approximately 10-feet apart
• Items will be on display but the public is asked to communicate with the vendor for shopping protocol
• No Sampling 
• Artisans can join the market as long as they have proper cleaning and display in place
• All food trucks or prepared food items will be served for eating in the ballpark or city park area
• All vendors continue to wear masks 
• General public encouraged to wear face masks (not required)
• We encourage all vendors to have hand sanitizer available
• Crowd control will constantly be observed and adjusted
• Restrooms and handwashing will be available
• We encourage the visiting patrons to bring a cart/wagon for shopping ease and to ask for help to the curb if needed

The YLNI Farmers Market on Barr and Berry Street, a separate farmers market, will also take place with modifications on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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