, which estimates an average income loss of about $1,000 for food vendors, videographers, DJs, and sound engineers. You can also donate directly through this website.While a lot of coronavirus coverage has understandably been focused on public places like restaurants, less has been reported on other parts of the food industry that aren't customer-facing.
Elizabeth Strater, director of alternative organizing for United Farm Workers, represents about 10,000 farmworkers. Many of these workersto orchards in Washington State, where some of the most well-reported coronavirus outbreaks have occurred. For her, it’s not just about the workers—it’s about their children.
“If the Yakima schools closed,” then farmworkers would have to stay home with their children, she explains. “There would be nobody to pack for distribution. Apples would start being scarce in stores within three days.” In the event of illness, the majority of these workers and their families would rely on charity clinics, already stretched thin and serving large, remote populations.further outbreaks in Washington, however, farm operations are being affected. The planting season—happening soon—is reliant on products from China. “Did you know that orchard trellising hardware is only manufactured in Wuhan? Nobody will be planting Orchard acreage this year,” Strater says.
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