Subzero temps don t stop vendors, shoppers and music at Rochester Farmers Market
Keeping plants alive with blankets and shoveling snow in May are just a couple things that year-round vendors at the Rochester Farmers Market do to stay operating during a typical Minnesota winter. 5:00 am, Feb. 15, 2021 ×
Monica Brossard and her younger sister, Carmen, work at the Monica s Lefse & Preserves stand during the Feb. 6 Rochester Farmers Market. (Noah Fish / Agweek)
ROCHESTER, Minn. The high temperature during the first weekend Rochester Farmers Market in February was 2 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in La Crosse, Wis., The Rochester community is very hardy, said Abby Shepler, manager of the Rochester Farmers Market, on Feb. 6. We re still going to get out here and support local farmers when we can, despite any weather.