Winter farmers market increases business for local farms

Jan 06, 2020 at 08:35 AM CST
For many farmers, the winter months can be tough. For the vendors of the Shepherdstown Indoor Winter Farmers Market, however, the cold weather won’t drive out business. The market was held Sunday inside of the War Memorial Building. This is the first time the Shepherdstown Farmers Market has had an event in the winter, said Leslie Prillaman, market manager of Shepherdstown Farmers Market. “This was an idea that was born in October,” she said. “We just floated it around to all of the vendors, and almost everybody said ‘yes.’”

Jan 06, 2020 at 08:35 AM CST

For many farmers, the winter months can be tough. For the vendors of the Shepherdstown Indoor Winter Farmers Market, however, the cold weather won’t drive out business. The market was held Sunday inside of the War Memorial Building. This is the first time the Shepherdstown Farmers Market has had an event in the winter, said Leslie Prillaman, market manager of Shepherdstown Farmers Market. “This was an idea that was born in October,” she said. “We just floated it around to all of the vendors, and almost everybody said ‘yes.’”