Our new reality

摘要

As I sat down to write this column, I found myself struggling to ignore the notebooks and folders piled around me on my dining room table at home.The chaos is hard to miss.It's sadly fitting right now, given the state of the world, and yet there's so much solace to be had in those piles: Ihave my health, a job, plenty to distract me and the ability to work from home as a safety precaution for myself, loved ones and others.At press time, more than 30 states had issued some form of a shelter-in-place or stay-at-home order to try to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, including Washington state and Michigan, where the Good Fruit Growerhas offices. Our employees are taking those orders seriously, as everyone should, even as we continue to work to keep you up to date — whether it's the latest on the outbreak and how it affects you, on our website at goodfruit.com, or new industry and research developments in each issue of the magazine.