Businesses across the country are feeling the financial burden of the novel coronavirus pandemic, and with summer around the corner, seasonal businesses are waiting and watching as safety measures continue.
The pandemic may mean berry picking — a summer tradition for many — is likely to look different in Manitoba this year. Manitoba’s Boonstra Farms, just outside of Stonewall, says it hopes the tradition continues, albeit with a few adjustments.
Owner Murray Boonstra tells Global News the company is already planning to change how it operates with the need for social distancing. “We’ll have people out there telling them which rows to go to so that they stay safely apart from everyone and the people in the next row to them,” he says.