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originally posted by: AaarghZombies
a reply to: anonentity
This isn't anything new, we've known since early before Biden was elected that there would be problems not having sufficient labor to pick and pack thinks like fresh fruit and vegetables, and that there was a shortage of people to cut and prepare meat.
It's a combination of people trying to quit the minimum wage version of the rat race and a crackdown on cheap migrant labor under trump as well as Covid.
originally posted by: Klassified
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
a reply to: anonentity
This isn't anything new, we've known since early before Biden was elected that there would be problems not having sufficient labor to pick and pack thinks like fresh fruit and vegetables, and that there was a shortage of people to cut and prepare meat.
It's a combination of people trying to quit the minimum wage version of the rat race and a crackdown on cheap migrant labor under trump as well as Covid.
If what you're saying were true, there would now be a saturation of "cheap migrant labor" considering the amount of people who have crossed our borders with federal assistance and flown all over the country under the new administration.
It sounds like a simplistic and politically motivated answer to a more convoluted issue.
originally posted by: mikell
Tipped a few cold ones Sunday in the rain with a farmer friend in Southern Michigan. He owns 2800 acres and leases another 2000. He has no issues, fertilizer and seed purchased last year under contract. Prices are going up this year but he has no issues. His major issue is technology going way too far and breaking down way too often. He's buying 25 year old tractors and combines and having them rebuilt to run another 25 years. No food shortages just drama.