From the “whocouldaknowd” files:
A crackdown on illegal immigration, more job opportunities in Mexico and rising fees charged by smugglers are reducing the number of workers who cross the U.S. border illegally each year to help make up more than 60 percent of U.S. farmworkers.
The American Farm Bureau Federation projects $5 billion to $9 billion in annual produce-industry losses because of the labor shortages, which have become commonplace for farmers such as Torrey, who said there were 10 applicants for every job five years ago.
It’s not the big agribusinesses who are feeling the pinch the worst, “60 percent of hired farm labor works on farms with annual sales of less than $1 million.”
for a tomato if one of these fat white fucks was tasked with picking it?
I did inhale.
The golden goal shouldn’t be cheap tomatoes. The current system isn’t serving laborers, small farmers, or consumers. Yeah, the Republicans get caught in the conflict between hating poor people and wanting cheap labor, but wanting cheap products from cheap labor is problematic, too.