Canada is struggling to contain a COVID-19 outbreak among a highly private religious group that lives in tight-knit colonies and eschews mainstream society for a more traditional agrarian lifestyle.Three Western Canadian provinces have reported hundreds of new cases of the coronavirus on Hutterite colonies in recent weeks, which have contributed to an uptick in Canada‘s COVID-19 curve.
Saskatchewan government restricting travel in, out of Hutterite colonies following COVID-19 outbreak The Hutterites, a small Christian sect, are a key cog in Canada‘s food chain, with colonies operating industrial grade farms that produce grains, eggs, meat and vegetables, which are sold to large distributors and at local farmer’s markets.“This outbreak is.