The US Food System is a complex system that allows food to get from the field to your table. COVID-19 impacted the US Food System in multiple ways from supply to demand, and even to labor.
In the latest series of the Science by the Slice podcast, you will hear from four different guests across two episodes. In episode one, you will hear from agricultural communication graduate student, Michaela Kandzer, and Sarah Carte from Dasher Farms as they discuss pandemic purchasing habits and overcoming challenges faced by producers during the pandemic trying to get food from the field to the consumer. In episode two, you will hear from agricultural economists Dr. Hikaru Peterson from the University of Minnesota and Dr. Christa Court from the University of Florida, as they discuss current research related to COVID-19 and the impacts the pandemic has had on the U.S. food system.
“The fewer businesses that we can lose in the next situation like this, the faster that we can get food onto shelves or food into the hands of consumers that need it, then, again, we’ve been successful with this project,” said Court, “if we’re more resilient than we were going into this particular pandemic, we were successful.”
Learn more about COVID-19 and its impact on our food systems by listening to Science by the Slice! You can subscribe wherever you get your podcasts or listen now at: https://piecenter.com/media/science-by-the-slice-podcast/
Science by the Slice is a podcast from the UF/IFAS Center for Public Issues Education (PIE Center) that explores the science behind issues affecting our daily lives, encompassing public health, agriculture, and natural resources. Experts discuss the science of complex challenges in our society, then, through analysis and storytelling, piece together the motivations that reveal the way people think about, form, and act on opinions regarding these pivotal issues.
