'Out the greenhouse and into a dumpster': Flower farmers impacted during COVID-19 pandemic
Story Date: 3/24/2020

 

Source: KSBW, 3/22/20


"If you can't sell, to be honest, there is really no point in harvesting the flowers. So we are taking the flowers out the greenhouse and into a dumpster. It's very bleak. It's not nice at all," said Farai Madziva, vice president of sales and chief of staff with Kitayama Brothers Farms. Kitayama Brothers is only operating with 25% of its staff, and the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing flower farmers to run a skeleton staff. .

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