Coronavirus impact on farmers (Greenville, NC)
Story Date: 3/24/2020

 

Source: Madeline Ashley, WNCT, 3/21/20


People across the nation are seeing impacts on their businesses due to the coronavirus, and that includes farmers. Shawn Harding owns Southside Farms in Chocowinity. He’s been a farmer for thirty years. Tourism is a big part of it,” said Harding. “We’ve got a lot of farms in our state that do agri-tourism. They’re just shut down. Schools are shut down, people are not coming to the farm.”

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