Monterey County’s ag commissioner is recommending additional steps to protect workers in the county’s largest industry from coronavirus.
Commissioner Henry Gonzales is now recommending that ag companies who bus their employees to the fields consider making multiple trips and limiting the number of workers on each bus.
Another plan would have workers skipping alternate rows and working in the same field twice to achieve more distancing.
Gonzales says big ag is a willing partner. Companies are working to keep their workforce safe from contracting and possibly spreading COVID-19.
