Farmers adapt to coronavirus impacts

  • Press photo/Andy Scheidler - It’s strawberry picking time for Deal Farms, which began plucking the ripe berries this week on farm ground located in the Cullasaja community. Caroline and Braxton Deal walk the rows Tuesday morning with the rest of their family. Farmers are hoping more people will continue eating locally-grown produce.
    Press photo/Andy Scheidler - It’s strawberry picking time for Deal Farms, which began plucking the ripe berries this week on farm ground located in the Cullasaja community. Caroline and Braxton Deal walk the rows Tuesday morning with the rest of their family. Farmers are hoping more people will continue eating locally-grown produce.
Joe Deal, along with his wife, sons and daughters, plucked fresh strawberries Tuesday morning after a brief rain shower subsided.  Each took a row, plucking the good berries and placing them in…

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