America’s Farmers Are Feeding The Nation- Even As They Fear Getting Sick

Published: April 8, 2020, 2:53 p.m.

America’s farmworkers are caught between Coronavirus fears and feeding a nation with a staggering population. People across America have rushed to grocery stores to panic buy food to tide them over while hunkered down from COVID-19 stay-home orders. But agriculture has been deemed an essential service by the federal government—which means that for farmworkers (most of whom are undocumented) , social distancing is virtually impossible. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/harrietcammock/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/harrietcammock/support