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Plowing is not done by hand but picking is. Sugar beet field weeding used to be done by teams of migrant workers with handheld hoes. I think they've figured ou
by rdouble 13y ago
Plowing is not done by hand but picking is.
Sugar beet field weeding used to be done by teams of migrant workers with handheld hoes. I think they've figured out how to not have the weeds in the first place with better pesticides. Most fruits and vegetables are picked by hand.
- abstractbill 13y agoYou don't need big muscles to pick fruits and vegetables though, just endurance (I've done it for a couple of summers as a job).
- rdouble 13y agoI guess I didn't realize this was about muscles. I was just replying to the guy asking if agriculture was done by hand. Maybe shouldn't follow threads via the /comments page. I end up not knowing what the context is.
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- epmatsw 13y agoMakes sense. I guess I just was imagining corn and grains, stuff that seems like it'd be easy to pick mechanically. Didn't really think about stuff like beets. Thanks for the answer though!