There are a number of fads, new hobbies, and a plethora of unpredictable interests that the world has taken to throughout the pandemic. The latest quarantine fad? Mushroom growing.
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Now, sitting on the front porch of our family’s cabin in rural Missouri, just a couple miles down the road from my family’s original homestead, I have been doing a lot of thinking. I’ve been mulling over what was gained and what was lost by the great migration from rural to urban and from farms to desk jobs.
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Everyday there is a new headline about restaurants trying new ways to stay in business or policies temporarily changing to allow innovative ideas to flourish. The old adage, “necessity is the mother of invention” is unfolding before our eyes. New ideas and out of the box thinking is what is needed right now, and people are stepping up to the plate.
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The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) Prospective Plantings Report was recently released. U.S. farmers are expected to plant 97 million acres of corn in the 2020 season. This number is up from last year despite abysmally low commodity prices and decreased demand for biofuels. Why do farmers continue to plant these commodity crops with little return?
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Even amidst a global pandemic everyone has to eat; however the foods that fill our plates over the past several weeks has altered dramatically, leaving the U.S. agri-food chain struggling to adapt.
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The agri-food industry is an important focus during this time because of its essential services that it provides to all of us. We all need food. There is no option for our food system to fail. Now is the time to figure out how to build its resilience in the face of adversity.
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This is an important time in the agri-food space as people around the globe are exploring the impacts of the Covid-19 crises and its impact on food accessibility and our agri-food system. Many of these questions do not yet have clear answers. Our critical thinking about potential solutions must match its novelty.
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Looking at Covid-19’s potential impact on our food and agriculture system is an incredibly important task to prepare for the unknown and develop a more resilient agriculture system. The impacts vary widely across the gamut, from small vegetable farmers to large commodity grain operations.
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