Charles White owns an ice cream truck business in Memphis, Tennessee, called Boss Creamz. Compared to this time last year, he said “business here has been down at least 50%.” Even in the heat of summer, fear of the coronavirus kept a lot of customers away, White said. He had to keep two of his…

About a year and a half ago Emily Allen-Smith quit her job at the American Red Cross to turn her gardening hobby into a farming business in Plymouth, Ohio. She sells specialty products, like heirloom tomatoes and Mexican sour gherkins, to high-end restaurants. “It very much depended on that close, personal relationship with the chef,”…