Episode 26: The COVID Receipts. Part 1 of 3, By Errol Schweizer

The Covid Receipts is Part 1 of a 3 part series diving into the pandemic fueled crisis and its impact on the food system. This episode details the vast inequality in the USA and the inequities in our food industry, the levels of retail consolidation and profiteering, and the impacts on supply chain workers.

The cost of Covid19 on food system workers has been horrifying and astonishing. We've got the receipts.

Sources for all information are available upon request. Major sources include:

https://thefern.org/2020/12/documents-show-scope-of-covid-19-in-north-carolina-meat-industry/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/11/one-in-six-could-go-hungry-2020-as-covid-19-persists

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/business/hunger-coronavirus-economy/?itid=hp-top-table-low

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/10/pandemic-shoplifting-hunger/

https://inequality.org/great-divide/updates-billionaire-pandemic/

https://www.cepr.net/the-24-an-hour-minimum-wage/

https://www.epi.org/press/wage-inequality-gender-racial-pay-gap/

https://www.marketplace.org/2020/12/08/new-rand-study-quantifies-cost-of-rising-us-inequality/

https://time.com/5888024/50-trillion-income-inequality-america/

https://www.brookings.edu/essay/windfall-profits-and-deadly-risks/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/18/food-stamps-medicaid-mcdonalds-walmart-bernie-sanders/

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