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Here is what remains unsaid..the central California (and Southern California) hospitals that are full capacity..almost all of them are in farming regions of cen
by jelliclesfarm 6y ago
Here is what remains unsaid..the central California (and Southern California) hospitals that are full capacity..almost all of them are in farming regions of central California: https://apnews.com/article/public-health-california-coronavirus-pandemic-71077a6b16ae0de52135074d563313c1 https://apnews.com/article/public-health-california-coronavi...
Farmworkers are disproportionately affected due to covid because they have to keep going. They live together cramped in rooms and are transported to fields together. There is no concept of ‘social distancing’
This is also the population that would be most skeptical towards the vaccine.
We needed automation 9 months ago. Food shortages are a real possibility in 2021 when we will have no picking crews.
Hard truth and straight talk: most farm labour is brought across the border by coyotes. It’s not politically correct to say it..but here you have it. Not many people will be crossing the border in 2021.
Not that most food imports will cross the border either. Lettuce is not food.
For everyone who pooh pooh’ed farm robotics and automation because it wasn’t going to be profitable enough..well our food is going to become real expensive real soon.
And what little data harvesting tech they have developed..too little ..too late.