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Two farmworkers sit at the end of strawberry field rows for their lunch break in Watsonville. January 2021
Farm workers suddenly lose $1.5 billion in Covid-19 safety funding
Health
by Kate Cimini
01.14.2021
Health
A woman wearing a mask picking an apple during Covid-19. September 2020
Pick-your-own farms let guests indulge a pastoral fantasy. Covid-19 has been a harsh dose of reality.
Business
by Kayla Voigt
09.10.2020
Business
dark room ex-offenders released early covid-19 outbreak April 2020
Released early to thwart Covid-19, ex-offenders confront hunger outside
Health
by Caitlin Dewey
04.16.2020
Health
Cutting meat in slaughterhouse. Butcher cutting pork at the meat manufacturing. December 2020
Foreign-born workers were blamed for spreading Covid-19 in meatpacking plants. Their behavior was not the issue, new research suggests.
Business
by H. Claire Brown
12.17.2020
Business
Whole Foods workers will stay out sick to protest the company's Covid-19 policies (March 2020)
Whole Foods employees want better Covid-19 protections. On Tuesday, they’ll walk off the job in a nationwide “sick-out.”
Business
by Sam Bloch
03.30.2020
Business
Whole Foods bulk Cambridge Mass. April 2020
Will the grocery store bulk aisle survive Covid-19?
Health
by Karine Vann
04.20.2020
Health
People seen partying at the Elbo Room as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Friday that effective immediately, Florida moves to phase 3 of coronavirus reopening plan with bars and restaurants at full capacity on September 26, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Florida lifts Covid-19 restrictions on bars and restaurants, clearing the way for normal indoor dining
Business
by Sam Bloch
09.29.2020
Business
Cattle graze in a field. July 2020
Beef packers’ profit margins reached historic levels during the height of Covid-19 plant shutdowns
Business
by Jessica Fu
07.24.2020
Business
Black pig lying in straw with golden sunlight on eye and face investigate midwest January 2022.
GRAPHIC: Despite COVID-19 closings and slowdowns, pork production was higher in 2020 than the year before
Business
by Sky Chadde
02.03.2022
Business
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