Episode Description:
Coping with coronavirus is a reality for everyone. Hallock, Minnesota farmer Erik Younggren says this pandemic impacts the entire family. “My oldest child is nine years old and the two other girls are six. They haven’t seen most of their friends since March. I guess we’ll see what happens this fall with school,” says Younggren. “They are growing up not having all those social interactions they need.” On the farm, Younggren is concerned about labor. There is a lot of planning that never was an issue before. “The biggest challenge for us will be sugarbeet harvest. How do we handle things like sanitizing trucks, the regiment at the piles and just managing a lot of people?”
