//Farmers markets scaling down with eye on safety due to virus

Farmers markets scaling down with eye on safety due to virus

For a dozen years, Johnny Gyergyou has sold meat, poultry and eggs from his Berlin Township livestock farm at Eastern Market in Detroit.Lately, he’s been staying home as fear of the COVID-19 virus has kept thousands of shoppers away from the popular venue northeast of downtown.“The crowds are small and there aren’t many vendors,” said Gyergyou, adding that it’s just not cost-effective to haul the