Plant closings and slowdowns are major symptoms of meat and poultry industries’ disruption as the result of COVID-19.

California Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross has penned a thank-you letter for retailers and food distributors across the country.

Every person has a different attitude toward risk, which manifests in the decisions — and, ultimately, the behaviors — they make, says Gabriella Bucini, Ph.D., an ecologist at the University of Vermont.

“We are seeing first-hand the strains that organizations like Feeding America are under,” Trish James, Produce for Kids vice president, said in a video about Stock the Food Pantries.

Seed sellers across North America have been overwhelmed by skyrocketing demand in recent weeks as home gardeners are preparing to grow their own vegetables in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Modern Farmer article.