As Restaurants Reel, Produce Farmers Seek Reason to Harvest (1)

Grocers are struggling to keep shelves stocked during the coronavirus pandemic, so it might not make sense that farmers are dumping unsold milk and letting produce rot in the field because they have nowhere to sell it.

But food wholesalers say that reflects a marketplace that can’t be easily adjusted on the fly, even during a crisis. It’s why farmers and others in food supply are counting on $9.5 billion in aid designated for them within the $2 trillion CARES Act that President Donald Trump signed March 27 (Public Law 116-136) as an economic stimulus.

With restaurants, school ...