Any New Hampshire voter can cast an absentee ballot now because of the coronavirus crisis. But other New England election officials are not yet ready to sign off on mail-in voting. How are the Cape and Islands preparing for the all-important summer season during the pandemic? And why is Rhode Island simultaneously seeing a spike in unemployment claims as well as an uptick in ID fraud?

These stories and more in our Regional News Roundtable.

Guests:

Arnie Arnesen — host of The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen from WHNH

Ted Nesi — politics and business editor and investigative reporter for WPRI

Geoff Spillane — reporter for the Cape Cod Times

Later in the show:

Smashed eggs, dumped milk and plowed under vegetables — that’s what many of our nation’s farmers have had to resort to, after losing business from closed restaurants and hotels during the coronavirus pandemic.

This unprecedented food waste comes at a time when more people than ever are in need of food. Why are people having to wait hours in line at food pantries, while farmers are forced to destroy food? Part of the answer has to do with our broken food supply chains, which get farmers' crops to grocery stores and restaurants.

Guests:

Doug Rauch, founder and president of Daily Table, a not-for-profit grocery store chain, and former president of Trader Joe’s.

Arzum Akkas, assistant professor at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business and food supply chains expert.

Show Credits:

Under the Radar with Callie Crossley is a production of WGBH, produced by
Hannah Uebele and engineered by Dave Goodman.\

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Regional News: Cape Cod's Coronavirus Reopening, Unemployment ID Fraud In Rhode Island And New Hampshire's Mail-In Voting Controversy