Food Systems Disruptions

Food Systems Disruptions

Jane Kolodinsky, Marilyn Sitaker, Lisa Chase, Diane Smith, Wei-Wei Wang

First paragraph: Our food system has been disrupted. Shopping at a grocery store during the COVID-19 pan­demic is not a pleasant experience, and, for some of the most vulnerable, it can be outright dangerous. It may become worse. How long will supply chain disruptions continue and what are upcoming challenges? From illness in the fields where agricultural workers pick our food and the closing of food processing facilities to the threat that trucking lanes may be shut down, the possibilities seem real right now. . . .

2020

COVID-19, Pandemic, food system, Disruption, local food

DOI: 10.5304/jafscd.2020.093.013

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development

Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems

Technology, Environmental sciences, Geography. Anthropology. Recreation, Human ecology. Anthropogeography, Social Sciences, Agriculture, Communities. Classes. Races, Recreation. Leisure, Nutrition. Foods and food supply, Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology, Regional planning, Home economics

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