Local farm sees spike in demand amid coronavirus

Local farm sees spike in demand amid coronavirus

A time when food seems to be flying off the shelves ---local farm workers are busy making sure*you* local grocery store is stocked.

Action news now reporter karen alvarez stopped by a local dairy farm to see how business is going.

((nat sound of cow)) duivenvoorden farms is a local, family-owned and operated dairy farm south of redding.

Sot(ali duivenvoorden, co-owner) 11 seconds: we are a raw milk dairy.

We do everything here on the farm, so we milk the cows, we bottle the milk, and we self-distribute the milk to the stores.

Since the coronavirus pandemic---co- owners ali and seth duivenvoorden have been busy sot(ali duivenvoorden, co-owner): well we've seen an increase, definitely, since this whole thing has happened.

Sot(seth duivenvoorden, co-owner): i think it's because more people are at home.

And so there consumption of milk at home is going to be higher than them dining out three or four weeks.

Stand up: sot: (ali duivenvoorden, co-owner): we're having to make extra deliveries to the stores that are getting their shelves, that are empting their shelves.

To keep up with demand--- sot(ali duivenvoorden, co-owner): we've made special deliveries when they completely sold out which is great& we can do that, they can call and we can do it right away the duivenvoordens sell their product to over ten stores around the area.

But with their product selling out quickly--- sot(ali duivenvoorden, co-owner): people have been clearing out the shelves at the stores, so we've had a lot of the stores increasing their orders.

They've also noticed a surge in the number of people choosing to buy locally--- ((nat sound of pigs))) sot(ali duivenvoorden, co-owner): people are starting to make that shift to find their local foods whether it's milk or meat, they're vegetables, people are really reaching out to support their local farmers and their local community.

Duivenvoorden (doo-ven-vor-den) farms has been in business for over 30 years--- they currently have over 50 animals at their farm.## a city in