#MEPolitics Let’s take the lead in solving this problem before our small farms are driven under. We must revamp Ag business structure. This should include accessibility to robotics tech.
#MEPolitics #agriculture Video says it all; it is unfair that minimum wage elsewhere is ~$15/hr and not on Farms. On other hand, this will likely force many small farms to downsize/out of business, or incorporate tech to replace workforce:pic.twitter.com/RmBd34xxIH
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#MEPolitics FYI: this should also include increasing awareness that affordable food in America thus far has been a privilege, and not a right.Show this thread
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#MEPolitics something to consider; while I am personally against open borders, I am in favor of paying the same rates to any laborer that we would pay any American citizen. Failing do so is no different than colonization. Let’s do the right thing as we fix our broken Ag system.Show this thread -
An honest days work for an honest days pay should not differ based on country of origin. Especially considering Ag workers must be at minimum informally trained in biology and chemistry (fertilizer and cation exchange), with above avg problem solving abilities worked all climates
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, Conservative Independent, Mechanic
. College Ag student; former climate change denier.