Many small farmers have other jobs as farm workers on other farms to supplement their incomes. In infected areas that work has simply dried up. Farmers' Markets have been suspended indefinitely in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, Kirkcaldy and Forfar. The consequence is a loss of much needed revenue and a missed opportunity for the public to support farmers by purchasing food direct from the producer. There is always a role for the Church in being a voice for the voiceless.
Social exclusion is a popular phrase today.
Someone defined the term as referring to those who are on low incomes and do not always have access to the currency of the prevailing market. Someone whose problems are not readily understood by outsiders and who does not always enjoy the sympathy of the wider community. In addition, they may feel they are the victims of a harsh and unhelpful bureaucracy and that they can do little to affect their world. Jesus makes such people the centre and focus of his ministry. His Easter sacrifice in Jerusalem, the seat of secular and religious authority, was directed at challenging that authority with a message that God is present with those whom the world does not appear to value, whose voice is not being heard and those who have been dis-empowered.