The health and safety of our nation’s farmworkers and food service members has long been a focus of concern for both food activists and policymakers alike. In light of the recent and accelerated spread of COVID-19 throughout the United States, these essential workers must now confront a new risk, that being infection. On this episode of Sustained, we speak with Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy to get a better sense of the current realities faced by the food sector's frontline and the need for protections that reflect this status of 'essential.'