Listener Questions On How The Coronavirus Affects The Food Supply Chain

By Dan Charles

Published April 27, 2020 at 8:32 PM EDT

An NPR science correspondent takes listener questions about why some shelves in the grocery stores are empty and how the food supply is affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Dan Charles

Dan Charles is NPR's food and agriculture correspondent.

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Listener Questions On How The Coronavirus Affects The Food Supply Chain

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