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On March 17, 2020, the Ontario government declared a state of emergency in response to COVID-19. This is one in a series of articles looking back on an extraordinary year.
Pressures faced by farmers have been intensified by COVID-19, says Stephen Berta.
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“We’ve all had more stress than we’ve ever had,” said Berta, of the family-run Elberta Farms County Market on Governors Road East in Brant County.
“We’re family and we’re in business together and that’s stressful enough. COVID-19 kind of amplified all of that, added another level.”
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