In this week's So - That Happened episode I talk to Veronika Zazovsky, the manager of the Menomonie Farmers Market. The Farmers Market opens tomorrow, and in many ways the market will be different this year. We talk about how the  market will be different and what you can expect to see.

During the current pandemic, food insecurity has visited many families in the area due to unemployment and under-employment. Farmers Union Enterprises donated 30,000 pounds of pork ribs to the Feed My People Food Bank in Eau Claire today The ribs come from Redwood Farms, one of the companies belonging to Farmers Union Enterprises. Redwood Farms supplies premium pork products to high-end restaurants in New York, Chicago and other cities across the U.S.

This is the start of a new series of articles about our favorite things in the Chippewa Valley. Today's is the Menomonie Winter Farmers Market.  For the winter, the Menomonie Farmers Market moves indoors, and features a variety of winter foods, crafts, art, baked goods and more.