This post originally appeared on July 11, 2020 in Amanda Kludt’s newsletter “From the Editor,” a roundup of the most vital news and stories in the food world each week. Read the archives and subscribe now.

I haven’t had a newsletter in a couple of weeks and wow how the trajectory of this pandemic has changed. The worst case scenario — premature loosening of restrictions, leading to spikes in cases and deaths — has arrived. And with it comes (necessarily!)