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How coronavirus threatens the seasonal farmworkers at the heart of the American food supply

  • Written by Michael Haedicke, Associate Professor of Sociology, Drake University
A farmworker picks lemons at an orchard in Mesa, California. Brent Stirton/Getty Images

Many Americans may find bare grocery store shelves the most worrying sign of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their food system.

But, for the most part, shortages of shelf-stable items like pasta, canned beans and peanut butterare temporary because the U.S....

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