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Leopards Ate My Face

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[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 130 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I wouldn't mind being a crop worker...provided I get at least minimum wage, breaks, healthcare, and reasonable quotas that ensure my wellbeing.

...crickets...

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 40 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've done a lot of seasonal field scale farm work, mostly in Europe - it can be extremely hard work. Couldn't do it now, you have to be pretty fit.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Which probably means that it would have to pay significantly above minimum wage. But, farmers were getting that labour for below minimum wage because they had the luck to be able to use workers who had no other options.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Federal minimum wage is $7.25/hour.

Good luck with that.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I would assume they were joking. Why you would do anything for minimum wage is beyond me

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 11 months ago

Wasn't joking. Still, I would much prefer a living wage, like what we see from old-timey videos, where a single person can support a household and feel happy about their fiscals.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If only people would be willing to pay for that at the market...

[–] healthetank@lemmy.ca 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Something like 80% of the prices you pay at a grocery store go to middle men. Farmer is only about 11%, IIRC.

[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 13 points 11 months ago

Might be even less depending on your produce, also keep in mind that farmers don't have the same costs every year nor the same yields. A bad year can totally finish them in a bad economy.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] hark@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If only the parasitic middlemen were willing to reduce their ridiculous profit margins...

[–] Tja@programming.dev 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nowadays you can circumvent middlemen in a lot of cases (if you live in the center of a big metropolis probably not, but the you -need the middlemen). Farmers market, bulk orders or weekly markets are all decent options.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Good point

Here’s one of San Francisco’s :) just wonderful when the sun is shining

[–] Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's why governments subsidize agriculture, to keep the price down.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 11 points 11 months ago

So Walmart strategy, the government should subsidize my company so I can pocket the profit!