this is why farming as it goes on now in California is never sustainable… there isn’t enough margins to pay manual labour a living wage or benefits. This is why

this is why farming as it goes on now in California is never sustainable… there isn’t enough margins to pay manual labour a living wage or benefits. This is why we must AUTOMATE and start farming small acreages. A network of automated small acreages that takes care of local food. Whether we need industrial/commercial farms which are essentially open air factories that have horrific working conditions and environmentally debilitating for meager profits is something for CA to decide. Do we really need to ship perishable lettuce that is mostly water across the country or grow almonds to sell all over the world at rock bottom prices which extracts value from unsustainable practices and exploitative labour? There will never be enough margins to pay living wages in CA…That’s not going to work. Automation is the only way. Ag as an industry to ship perishable lettuce and growing almonds in one of the highest COLA states in the country is insanity…that’s like buying retail and selling wholesale