A local berry farm isn’t opening this year due to social distancing and limits on gatherings amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Govin’s Meats and Berries in Menomonie says their farm is usually busy in the spring because the farm is open to the public every year the last two weekends in March and the first two weekends in April.
This year, John Govin says the farm is quiet and he’s missing out on nearly 25-percent of his yearly income because coronavirus is keeping people from visiting his baby goats and lambs. Govin says the strawberry patch is his next hope for income, but the family is still working out how to do that safely.
