Study shows how farms and businesses survived COVID

A new study shows farms and businesses that used certain strategies emerged from the COVID pandemic stronger than their counterparts.

Andrew Stevens with the University of Wisconsin Department of Applied Economics studied the relationship between diversification and resilience.  He tells Brownfield some farms had vertical diversification with some processing and retail sales while others had horizontal diversification by raising crops, livestock, and perhaps offering agritourism, all within the farm’s link of the supply chain.

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