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Podcast: The Produce Moms Podcast
Episode: Covid-19 Vaccines For Agriculture's Essential Workforce With Christopher Valadez, President Of The Grower-Shipper Association Board Of Directors, And Dante Galeazzi, President Of The Texas International Produce Association
Description: "You can deploy the vaccine in an environment where there's already built in trust."Chris Valadez (7:37-7:42) "Our growers [in Texas] were really in the thick of their season when we had to adjust," says Dante Galeazzi, where Chris Valadez's agricultural workers (in California) were just getting started on their season when the pandemic hit. No one could have expected or been prepared enough for the Covid-19 outbreak this year. Even though we saw store shelves empty of toilet paper, bread, and boxed goods, in most areas around the country produce...