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I believe most big farms in the US are family farms. It's not synonymous with small scale.
by panic 3y ago
I believe most big farms in the US are family farms. It's not synonymous with small scale.
- elguyosupremo 3y agofamily farm becomes a different thing when you start milking 1100 cows, it's usually a few of the family working with several undocumented immigrants. I live in upstate NY also tho our family sold the farm a couple of decades ago. The farm we used to own has gone towards organic milk to get a premium for their product, and the family that bought it now relies heavily on undocumented immigrants.
- 1letterunixname 3y agoAmerica relies heavily undocumented immigrants, from dairy to produce farm ag to meat processing to restaurants to landscaping. An open secret is that ICE doesn't touch meat ag's workers except for token enforcement. It's a dangerous occupation that includes underage child labor, deaths, and amputations without a social security net.
- jkepler 3y agoIf its an open secret (like the open mystery in Ephesians 3:9,10), can you provide some sources to substantiate your claim? Thanks!
- youngNed 3y agoAn open secret is something which is widely known to be true amongst people, but which is denied officially, for that very reason, providing sources is more usually than not possible for an open secret. I have no idea if an open secret is like the open mystery of Ephesians 3:9,10.
- tomrod 3y agoIndeed. That seems like a loaded cultural reference point considering the majority of the world (including Christendom) do fine not keeping up with bronze age letters as jargon. Maybe they mean an open secret like the Panama papers?
- bloomingeek 3y agoYour definition of an open secret is the best I've ever read, thx. As a person of faith, the reference listed above was in poor taste. Scripture should never be used in cryptic ways.
- biorach 3y agohttps://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/02/20/meat-packing-plant-child-labor-fines/11304311002/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/02/20/meat-pa... https://www.bu.edu/writingprogram/journal/past-issues/issue-4/farooq/ https://www.bu.edu/writingprogram/journal/past-issues/issue-...
- TheRealDunkirk 3y agoThis is the literal definition of an open secret: https://twitter.com/neeneinnyetno/status/1655217749495361536 https://twitter.com/neeneinnyetno/status/1655217749495361536. It is common knowledge, even in the deep midwest where I am, that there is no construction happening anywhere which doesn't have a large undocumented labor component.
- koheripbal 3y agoThis comment lacks sources and has a biased tone.
- Randomizer42 3y agoWhat is “ag”?
- SgtBastard 3y agoA common abbreviation for agriculture.