Just a couple days back, I wrote about milk dumping taking place because of coronavirus:
U.S. farmers have destroyed millions of pounds of perishable food like tomatoes, lettuce and green beans because growers lost a vast number of customers after the coronavirus pandemic struck.
"It's a catastrophe, it really is," said Tony DiMare, a long-time tomato grower based in Palm Beach County, Fla.
DiMare said he let 10 million pounds of tomatoes rot on the farm in a region south of Miami because no market existed for them.
The closure of food-service establishments in many parts of the country in March meant that farmers who grow produce for those customers suddenly had a large surplus in storage and in the fields.
Growers said efforts to find retailers or food banks failed, forcing them to plow under their crops.
#StupidCorona !!
Now, we've got crops being destroyed:
U.S. farmers have destroyed millions of pounds of perishable food like tomatoes, lettuce and green beans because growers lost a vast number of customers after the coronavirus pandemic struck.
"It's a catastrophe, it really is," said Tony DiMare, a long-time tomato grower based in Palm Beach County, Fla.
DiMare said he let 10 million pounds of tomatoes rot on the farm in a region south of Miami because no market existed for them.
The closure of food-service establishments in many parts of the country in March meant that farmers who grow produce for those customers suddenly had a large surplus in storage and in the fields.
Growers said efforts to find retailers or food banks failed, forcing them to plow under their crops.
Again, #StupidCorona !!
So much food. No reasonable means to get it picked & distributed. If only there was a way to teleport these to food banks across America and over to the hungry in Africa........
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
So much food. No reasonable means to get it picked & distributed. If only there was a way to teleport these to food banks across America and over to the hungry in Africa........
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt