The Bath Farmers’ Market is adapting how it does business this winter as the pandemic continues.“The strength of the farmers’ market is people’s connection to the farmer — putting a face to their food and to be entertained,” said Derek Degeer, owner of Hootenanny Bread.The Bath Farmers’ Market had a stellar summer season.“People really wanted local. It was a huge movement this summer,” said Robin Chase, owner of Chase Farm Bakery.This winter, now that the market has moved indoors, traffic has slowed down.To keep with social distancing guidelines, only 17 customers are allowed in at a time, so adding a new website for online ordering and pick-up has given vendors a boost.“It’s been great. It’s been a great supplement, and it’s nice to know what to have. People pre-order, and to know what I need to bring,” Degeer said.About half of the market’s vendors have joined the online ordering website.Some, like Chase, have chosen to sell their goods exclusively online this winter.“I just thought that if I brought some product they wouldn’t order online, so I’m breaking them in, you know? It’s a slow process, but I’m willing to stay with it,” Chase said.Even though she’s not selling as much product, she’s not wasting as much, either.“You’ve got labor to make that product, you’ve got ingredients, cost of goods, so I said I’m only going to make what’s ordered. Some days I might only have three orders, and another time I might have 10, but I don’t go home with any waste. It’s all paid for before I get here,” Chase said. The website has been a bit of a learning curve for some vendors and customers, but as more people use it each week, both are seeing the benefit.“Suddenly we’re able to compete with Amazon. We’ve entered the 21st century and for some of our vendors we’ve drug them kicking and screaming into the 21st century,” Degeer said.The Bath Farmers’ Market is open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon, and the online store can be found at bathfarmersmarket.com.