Around 75% of immigrant farm workers in Bakersfield, California, ditched their shifts after Trump ramped up his threats by removing protections against ICE raids in “sensitive areas,” including schools and workplaces.

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The spring season is coming… No one planting seeds to sow. That’s gonna be fun. Plus hey, if you don’t plant nothing, you don’t need nobody to pick nothing. And we’ll loose some weight? All beautiful skinny ass Americans again! Yey!

    • carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works
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      22 hours ago

      Planting is easier to automate than harvesting. Pretty sure everything has been using seed drills for a while now. Harvesting and meat packing are going to get hosed though.