Community-Based Farms Rise to the Occasion as Big Food Supply Chains Stall

Two gloved and masked people handle sprouts in a plant nursery

In the greenhouse at Massaro Community Farm, masked and gloved workers keep a safe distance from one another. In the foreground is Jessica Cipriano, with Kayla Uhl farther back. Alyssa DesRosier

By Elizabeth Henderson, Truthout

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed deep craters in the U.S. food supply chain. Dairies that supply milk and food products to restaurants have had the heartbreaking task of dumping millions of gallons of milk. Many giant meat processing plants had to close down because their workers were getting infected by the virus. The shutting down of these plants resulted in millions of farm animals being “culled” by drowning, shooting and suffocating. The meat processing plants were ordered to reopen when the administration declared that it is essential to maintain the meat supply in late April, even as the death toll and number of infections continue to swell. Since April 22…

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