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hc23hc <hc23hc@artlink.ne> wrote in message
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> David Kaye wrote:
> >
> > Most crops must be picked by hand -- everything from grapes to
artichokes.
> >
> > And who is going to pick those crops?  People from other countries who
> > need the money.  Americans won't do it.  As Mexico becomes more
affluent,
> > we will see a real agricultural crisis in California.  And don't forget,
> > California is the #1 agricultural state in the U.S., about double that
of
> > Texas, its nearest competitor.
> >
> > So, we should expect to see much higher produce prices in the future.
>
>
> There is so much monkey business in agribusiness, from additives
> to defoliants, cosmetic waxing of inert, useless produce and megatons
> of chemical manipulation of the food chain that it would be a blessing
> to pay more for produce if on a widespread basis, it weren't so rotten
> and produced in so many corrupt ways by gangsters who don't have to
> eat the crap they're heavily subsidized to bring to market.
>
> The migrant labor issue's one small part of the almost total exploitation
> of farming.  If more Americans were more involved in the growing and
> harvesting of the lousy products, they'd be off their broccoli for good.
> But what's it going to take to make that happen ?  Immigrants, legal
> or not, didn't start the agricultural ball rolling into hellish decline.
> Corporate "farmers" did.  Fighting about immigrants just buys them
> more time.  If armchair immigration theorists cared as much about the
> real craft of farming as they claim to in passing, they'd be taking
> other, more effective action.
>
> Support accountable growers only.  Shop at local farmers' markets
> for all produce and never at chain stores.

Sure, if you're willing to pay triple for a head of lettuce.