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Why a farmer gave away millions of potatoes : NPR

While millions of Americans are struggling to get enough to eat and supermarkets are running out of certain foods, farmers all over the country are trashing their crops. Why aren't these crops getting sent to stores?

The recent collapse of the restaurant industry has disrupted the U.S. food supply chain, and many of the crops grown specifically for restaurants have no place to go.

Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR

Tyson’s Largest Pork Plant Reopens As Tests Show Surge In Coronavirus Cases : Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR

A meat-packing plant in Waterloo, Iowa, where a coronavirus outbreak exploded a few weeks ago, resumed operations on Thursday after a two-week closure.

The reopening of Tyson Foods' largest U.S. pork plant came the same day that health officials in Black Hawk County, where the plant is located, announced that 1,031 of the plant's estimated 2,800 employees have tested positive for the virus. That's higher than previous estimates by state officials.

While protecting workers is important, we also have to ensure farm families have a place to sell their livestock and grocery stores have food on their shelves. Planned right, using science not ideogy both can be done.