More Food Shortages Loom With Outbreaks at 60 U.S Plants (1)

A caravan of vehicles decorated with black ribbons and memorial pictures crawled through Yakima, Washington, last week to mark the death of David Cruz, a 60-year-old fruit warehouse employee who died after contracting <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://screens/VRUS","_id":"00000172-9a81-dd0a-aff2-fa85e6540000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">coronavirus. The county, a hub of agricultural activity where workers jam into often crowded factories to package apples and other foods, has the highest per capita infection rate on the West Coast.

It’s a grim reality that’s playing out across the country as Covid-19 spreads beyond the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"QAE4RSDWX2PV","_id":"00000172-9a81-dd0a-aff2-fa85e6550000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">meat plants that have captured the national spotlight. At least 60 food-processing facilities outside the meatpacking industry have seen ...