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    Americans turn to home-farming as they fear for their food supply

    As Covid wreaks havoc on the US agricultural chain, a wholesale reform of the country’s food system is on the cardsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage
    by Edward Helmore in New York Jun 06, 2020 4 minutes
    Fabio Chizzola, owner of Westwind Orchard in upstate New York: ‘In all this craziness, hopefully something positive will come out’ Photograph: Handout

    Rotovators and shovels are mostly sold out at Tractor Supply; stock in Miracle-Gro has doubled in two months; Johnny’s, one of the largest seed distributors in the north-eastern US, has told customers it’s back up on 40,000 orders.

    As the Covid pandemic wreaks havoc on the US food chain, with outbreaks reported among workers in large midwestern factory producers, second-homers sheltering in the Hudson Valley and Catskill mountain foothills, are planting vegetables.

    At the same time, New York’s farm-to-table supply chain has been shaken by the loss of the restaurant trade and are is contending with the complexities of distributing directly to consumers and supplying food banks.

    Larger commercial farm operations, dependent on half, are grappling with flare-ups of Covid-19. In New Jersey, more than 50 workers had the virus at a farm in Gloucester County, adding to nearly 60 who fell ill in a neighbouring county. Almost 170 fell sick at a tomato and in Oneida, New York.

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