Has anyone taken their kids fruit picking recently?
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Anonymous
| We went to butler last weekend. They kept capacity way down and there were very few people there. Plenty of strawberries and we were not restricted to a particular row. Everyone was very respectful of each other and stayed very distant and wore masks. You have to make reservations and decide ahead of time how many strawberries you are paying for. |
Anonymous
| Lord. You people get groceries delivered and pick fruit in groups. What even, |
Anonymous
I go grocery shopping. And the fruit picking is really spread out. |
Anonymous
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Farm picking is not what it was. At least in MD. They require you to wear mask even in the field when you are a mile away from the next person. It is logical and makes sense not to breath on the crop but then it also defies purpose of being outside in the sun and enjoying the nature. Masks on a hot scorching day is more then nuisance, it is huge breathing restrictor.
Also nowadays you have to prepay and reserve the window that cost significantly. If you can afford it then great way to support the farm. |
Anonymous
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What puzzles me is that two months ago you did not need to wear a mask in a produced packed grocery store, full of possible cases,
and also that MD does NOT require wearing mask outdoors, and adding the sun UV (you could call them SUV I guess..  )..
should break the virus instantly, let alone what CDC keeps saying that you can't get it from the food.. So still puzzled bit by why they, the farm requires the mask out there in the open aside form social distancing? Maybe it is for comfort of those who have high anxiety seeing anyone without the mask even if it is a park and hey are five miles away. |
Anonymous
Tbh it’s a bit of virtue signaling to the consumer. Requiring it may not do much of anything but it gives the impression that they “care” and are being “proactive” so that they can stay in business and you’ll come spend your money. It would be bad PR for them to require nothing. |
Anonymous
| I am very anal about following covid prevention best practices. And even I think changing clothes after being outside and airing out the car are excessive. |
Anonymous
No one was in a mask except staff where we were. |
Anonymous
| I went to Miller Farms in Clinton, MD today. The fields were empty of people, and I was going to pick but they had already picked cartons for $5 in the market so got a few instead. Miller Farms is great with a bakery, lunch stand, farm store and plants. Call first because it's approaching the end of the season --probably next week. |
Anonymous
It is hilarious. Add in white people making the backbreaking work of migrant workers into an adorable Instagramable family outing. Never ceases to make me laugh at the absurdity. |
Anonymous
Fruit picking is spread out and out in the open air. The grocery stores are more populated and it’s hundreds of people going into the same building over the course of the day |
Anonymous
Have you read the threads about this? Places are taking reservations and assigning individual rows to each family. That sounds great. Meanwhile, my next door neighbor told us he was going out to a bar tonight. You're picking on the wrong people. |
Anonymous
What the hell? People have been doing this forever - we went strawberry picking at the farm down the street when I was growing up in the midwest 40 years ago. |
Anonymous
| We went to Butlers last weekend for strawberries and it was really great. We’ll be going back when they have different crops! |
Anonymous
Why are you so negative? Not PP but your nasty replies are unnecessary. Go away. |