How Produce Farmers are Feeling the Effects of the Pandemic
Share Article MILWAUKEE (PRWEB) December 18, 2020 At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many retail stores experienced shortages of certain fruits and vegetables because of the disruptions to farm labor and workers in processing. With major crop losses in lettuce, apples, and grapes, new research estimates up to $48 million in losses during this time.
In the new article “The Effects of COVID-19 on Fruit and Vegetable Production” William Ridley from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Stephen Devadoss from Texas Tech University explore COVID-19’s effects on fruit and vegetable production in light of the ongoing and widespread proliferation of the pandemic in the farm labor force.