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Farmers destroy millions of pounds of fresh food

ORLANDO, Fla., April 6 (UPI) — U.S. farmers have destroyed millions of pounds of perishable food like tomatoes, lettuce and green beans because growers lost a vast number of customers after the coronavirus pandemic struck. “It’s a catastrophe, it really is,” Tony DiMare, a long-time tomato grower based in Palm Beach County, Florida, told UPI. […]