** This Q&A was recorded on May 1, 2020**

The coronavirus has forced the entire world into disarray, and the food industry in particular. With restaurants closing or reshaping business models around slimmed-down take-out menus, the dominoes are starting to fall for the farmers who suddenly have nowhere to take their food.

At the same time, food banks are teeming with hungry families. But getting food from fields to the families that need it isn’t as simple as it sounds.

Manuela Tobias, Fresno Bee reporter and contributor to CalMatters' statewide "California Divide" collaboration, moderates a conversation about the state's food supply chain -- where it’s breaking down, why that's happening, and how it can be fixed.

PANELISTS
* Cannon Michael, president of Bowles Farming Company in Los Banos
* Jaclyn Pack, food acquisitions manager for the Central California Food Bank in Fresno
* Anja Raudabaugh, CEO of United Western Dairies

WHO SAID WHAT WHEN
* 0 to 4:50 min - Intro to CalMatters, and why we're doing an episode about this issue
* 4:50 min - How the pandemic, and the shutdown of much of the food industry, has affected farmers growing crops and raising cattle
* 9:30 min - Are essential workers in the agriculture industry taking a hit from COVID-19, and is that affecting the supply chain?
* 14:55 min - How shutdown of the meatpacking plants is leading to the "depopulation" of cattle, swine and poultry
* 17:55 min - How the coronavirus has affected food banks, and the major challenges they're facing right now
* 22:35 min - Is federal aid currently allotted for farms enough to keep them from shutting down?
* 30:20 min - And are food banks getting enough state and federal assistance to feed their clients?
* 33 min - Why it's so hard for farmers to get their products directly to food banks
* 41:50 min - Lessons learned over the past few weeks about the dysfunctional food supply chain -- and thoughts about how to fix it
* 49 min - Will prices go up on these affected foods in the grocery stores?
* 50:45 min - Do vulnerable in-the-field workers have a say about these matters, and a voice in the conversation for changing things?
* 55:40 min - How Californians can help and support the ag industry right now