TY - JOUR
T1 - Pandemic Produce
T2 - Impacts of COVID-19 on Florida's Fruit and Vegetable Industries
AU - Court, Christa D.
AU - Outerbridge, David
AU - Baker, Lauri
AU - Birou, Laura
AU - Campbell, Catherine
AU - Digiacomo, Gigi
AU - Galindo, Sebastian
AU - Lai, John
AU - Magnier, Alexandre
AU - Miller, Michelle
AU - Oliveira, Gustavo De L.T.
AU - Orlando, Eyrika
AU - Peterson, Hikaru Hanawa
AU - Qiao, Xiaohui
AU - Roka, Fritz
AU - Ropicki, Andrew
AU - Saha, Bijeta Bijen
AU - Stevens, Andrew W.
AU - Zhang, Li
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston.
PY - 2023/5/1
Y1 - 2023/5/1
N2 - Florida has one of the most diverse agricultural economies in the United States, producing several dozen types of fruits and vegetables that are consumed within the state, across the country, and around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting policy responses occurred during the peak of spring harvest season for many crops in Florida, abruptly removing market demand from the food service industry and shifting consumer purchasing habits, which enabled insights into several aspects of the fruit and vegetable supply chain. This article examines how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted fruit and vegetable industries in Florida, how these industries responded to COVID-19 impacts, and how Florida's experience compared to that of other states. Data are derived from several sources including a statewide survey that measured agricultural production losses in Florida resulting from COVID-19 in early 2020, interviews with Florida operations that provided insights into how the pandemic induced change across the food supply chain, and a survey of food supply chain operations in three regions of the United States conducted in 2021.
AB - Florida has one of the most diverse agricultural economies in the United States, producing several dozen types of fruits and vegetables that are consumed within the state, across the country, and around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting policy responses occurred during the peak of spring harvest season for many crops in Florida, abruptly removing market demand from the food service industry and shifting consumer purchasing habits, which enabled insights into several aspects of the fruit and vegetable supply chain. This article examines how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted fruit and vegetable industries in Florida, how these industries responded to COVID-19 impacts, and how Florida's experience compared to that of other states. Data are derived from several sources including a statewide survey that measured agricultural production losses in Florida resulting from COVID-19 in early 2020, interviews with Florida operations that provided insights into how the pandemic induced change across the food supply chain, and a survey of food supply chain operations in three regions of the United States conducted in 2021.
KW - COVID-19
KW - economic impacts
KW - fruits and vegetables
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U2 - 10.1515/jafio-2022-0025
DO - 10.1515/jafio-2022-0025
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85156116961
SN - 1542-0485
VL - 21
SP - 69
EP - 88
JO - Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization
JF - Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization
IS - 1
ER -
