Illinois orchards, pumpkin patches see growth during pandemic
Christopher Heimerman For The Telegraph
Jan. 8, 2021
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Chris Eckert, president of Eckert’s Country Store and Farms in Grafton, Belleville and Millstadt speaks during a virtual session of the Illinois Specialty Crop Conference on Thursday. Eckert said that, despite concerns, a shift to people having to make appointments to pick from the fields during the COVID-19 pandemic has worked well for the agribusiness. “While there was a lot of fear of it, acceptance was very high,” Eckert said.
BLOOMINGTON Apple orchard and pumpkin patch operators can pick out a number of surprise benefits from doing business during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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URBANA â Since the University of Illinois began using its saliva COVID-19 test in July, workers have been collecting test tubes full of spit at more than 15 locations across campus, transporting them to the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab where they processed more than a million results.
Now those workers are among the first to get vaccinated by the UI.
âClinical test site workers are classified by IDPH as 1A.5 and are therefore a priority,â McKinley Health Center Director Robert Parker said.
The test site workers have been offered the vaccine, though Parker wasnât sure how many are receiving it.
But âthrough yesterday, McKinley had provided 321 vaccines in total to all the 1A subgroups,â Parker said Wednesday.
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